Your sister is beaming a very privileged point-of-view.
Milton was pushed south by a cold front, so we were spared the worst of the storm. We felt tropical storm effects a.k.a. under 74 m.p.h. winds. I think our winds were maybe 30 m.p.h. constant. No biggie for us.
Helene on the other hand, kicked our collective asses. My house had 67 m.p.h. constant winds. The gusts were surely in the hurricane winds level. My less than a week old roof had to be patched. Since I work in the county community services, I staff the shelters and deal with the fallout of storms.
Helene left over 65,000+ homes without power in the city. Our population in the county is around 280,000 people. Our population is heavily in poverty, so people lost their food and emergency WIC funds went out. That was scheduled for yesterday when the storm hit. I spent last week and this week with people losing their shit, because they no longer had food, a home, or power. Lost of power means no food and hot uncomfortable people. When you are in poverty, it's hard to recover or protect your resources.
Also, the state, Duhsantis, enacted a new law banning homeless from the public a few weeks ago. The polic did a clean up and many went to jail for tresspassing on public lands. It made the situation a lot worst.
Debby gave us a good shake down. Helene kicked our asses. Milton was a prolonged thunderstorm and the least of the bunch. I happily live on the NW side of town. My power lines are underground (code starting with 1982 construction) and never lost power. I am lucky and I know it. I've shared my AC with friends.
Gainesville is in the middle of the state. Storms have to travel 80+ miles before they get to us. A category three on the coast turns into a category one for us. Hurricanes fall apart when they hit land. We will always have it better than the area around us, and why I live here instead of the coast. There is no dodging a bullet. It's just safer here.
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Date: 2024-10-10 11:14 pm (UTC)From:Milton was pushed south by a cold front, so we were spared the worst of the storm. We felt tropical storm effects a.k.a. under 74 m.p.h. winds. I think our winds were maybe 30 m.p.h. constant. No biggie for us.
Helene on the other hand, kicked our collective asses. My house had 67 m.p.h. constant winds. The gusts were surely in the hurricane winds level. My less than a week old roof had to be patched. Since I work in the county community services, I staff the shelters and deal with the fallout of storms.
Helene left over 65,000+ homes without power in the city. Our population in the county is around 280,000 people. Our population is heavily in poverty, so people lost their food and emergency WIC funds went out. That was scheduled for yesterday when the storm hit. I spent last week and this week with people losing their shit, because they no longer had food, a home, or power. Lost of power means no food and hot uncomfortable people. When you are in poverty, it's hard to recover or protect your resources.
Also, the state, Duhsantis, enacted a new law banning homeless from the public a few weeks ago. The polic did a clean up and many went to jail for tresspassing on public lands. It made the situation a lot worst.
Debby gave us a good shake down. Helene kicked our asses. Milton was a prolonged thunderstorm and the least of the bunch. I happily live on the NW side of town. My power lines are underground (code starting with 1982 construction) and never lost power. I am lucky and I know it. I've shared my AC with friends.
Gainesville is in the middle of the state. Storms have to travel 80+ miles before they get to us. A category three on the coast turns into a category one for us. Hurricanes fall apart when they hit land. We will always have it better than the area around us, and why I live here instead of the coast. There is no dodging a bullet. It's just safer here.