| Wilma Journal Pg 3 Con't I had to unhook the fridge to plug in the microwave and made two poached eggs,yummy. COFFEE !!!!!!!!!! I feel very stiff and am suffering from a skin bacterial infection. No hot water and I am in need of a HOT soak. The phone and main electric still is out,no repair trucks in sight. I put drops in Minnie Cat's ears.They seem to be bothering her,she is shaking her head back and forth and meowing alot. I am off to get my check hopefully,Publix is OPEN. No checks??? They fronted me $50. so I could see a doctor and get needed medicine. Work at 5. The store shelves are empty. Adious for now dear Hurricane Journal. It is 3 am.I got off work at 11 and had to get a special pass because of the curfew here in the Keys. It is so noisy here tonight. Natives are getting restless. The phone wires outside are a tangled web. The electric crew was on the job when I left for work. 11 PM~Home from work,electric is on. Let there be light :) Note: I am off to pick up cat and bird food.I will drop my film off and get them posted later this day. Still no PHONE,but here I am online go figure that one out and Life goes on. Blessed be. |
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| Keys fall off the radar after initial storm impact
Larry Kahn - Keynoter Editor: lkahn@keynoter.com Dear World: How's it going? Down here in the Florida Keys, not so good. We had a hurricane Oct. 24, you might have heard. Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach got it, too. We know you know about the mainland, because it's all we see on TV or read in the larger papers. We had the same hurricane, but much worse. Three others since July, too. And this year, unlike last when we escaped major damage, well, this year was the bomb. The Florida Keys 2005: Hurricane Central. Those three mainland counties, yeah, many still have large portions without electricity. And many roofs were blown off and many people displaced. There's a lot of hurt going on all over. But don't please forget, we're hurting too, and likely will continue to do so in the longer run than Wilma's mainland victims. The local, state and federal agencies, as well as the relief organizations, have for the most part been super so far, no doubt a response to the FEMA disaster in New Orleans. Yes, there are delays in getting inspectors and adjusters here, but that's to be expected since resources are stretched over the entire southern end of the Florida peninsula. I'm not saying we're not empathizing with our mainland friends, because we are. Most of us have relatives and friends who were affected. I'm just saying that our longstanding social and economic problems here - lack of affordable housing, loss of workers, low wages - are contributing to the post-storm problems in ways the mainland would never see. They will get all of their electricity back. They will find roofers quicker than we can. But us? Aside from the massive structural damage caused by the tidal surge - and don't forget, we did get roofing damage, too - an entire industry, commercial fishing for lobster and stone crab, was wiped off the map this year. You might have heard about that, but likely not. Tourism? It's coming back, and will continue to. That's obvious. But even a short-term hit in that area means long-term hurt for the hotel workers, the bartenders, the gift-shop staffers - the folks living day by day. We're resilient down here, that's perhaps the biggest attribute of the Keys - well, maybe right behind the sense of community that is hard to find anywhere else. We're known for being tough, and we're known for helping each other. That is the spirit of the Keys. Just please don't think that everything's OK right now just because we're not showing up on the mainland media's radar. |
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| Pictures of Wilma Destruction 2005 |
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