Author Topic: Hurricane Thread (Read 2002 times)

Rusty Edge · « **Reply #15 on:** December 09, 2018, 05:49:26 AM »

How are things these days in the Panhandle? Recoveries are seldom newsworthy.

E_T · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2018, 01:15:58 AM »

If it's anything like I had observed in South/Central FL after the 2004 storms, then post Storm Cleanup is still ongoing, but almost completely done

By this, I'm talking about stuff that people have put out on the curb to get picked up to be removed. But when compared to the amount of shear devastation...

I worked Cleanup (Cleanup & Safety Monitor - I was all over the state - Started right after Charley) in 2004 and the only break I got was for Thanksgiving Day (and when the other storms had come through). I was out the door before daylight and didn't get back home until well after dark, 7 days until just before Christmas. By that time, it was down to the last pass (for pickup) and only a few people were needed after the New Year.

Elok · « **Reply #17 on:** December 25, 2018, 12:07:55 PM »

Okay, back from Advent break. The area's sorta recovering--the rubble's mostly cleared, there aren't as many giant piles of trash--but the hospital I was working at bungled repair so badly that it's shrinking to a quarter of its previous size, and I got laid off. I'm not too stressed; there's other work in the area, I own this (undamaged) house, and they're paying me for the next two months. I've been applying; we'll see.

E_T · « **Reply #18 on:** December 25, 2018, 03:12:12 PM »

Hope that you don't have to relocate, although undamaged housing (in your general area) is likely at a premium (for now), thus allowing you to possibly sell it, relocating is still a major hassle...