I took a walk around the neighborhood this evening. There is quite a bit of damage, although nothing terrifying. Landscapers and roofers will be doing a booming business for the next few months, though.
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There’s a curfew in place for all of Miami-Dade county, not that it has stopped the steady flow of traffic past my house. But it stopped me from getting into the middle of it, which isn’t a bad idea, given the number of blocked streets.
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A huge ficus tree went down on the Barry University campus. A group of students were standing on the enormous root ball being videotaped, shouting “Fuck you, Wilma!”
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When the sun started to set I realized I had a good walk ahead of me without streetlights. Fortunately, I’m an ex-Boy Scout, so I had a flashlight in my bag.
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Once I got home I decided to take advantage of the stillness and sit on the porch for a while with my radio and HobGoblin. The night is still and cool, the way it is supposed to be, not the way it usually is.
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But now I’m sitting in the dark, wrapping up a post, and getting ready to have a drink and go to sleep.
