Big Pine Key Post Irma

Work has begun 

So much work to do 

Sand Everywhere

More from Higgs Beach. This time the main beach. Salute seems to be okay taking deliveries and all:

Reynolds at Atlantic is closed: 

The Garden Club looks trashed though the Martello tower seems fine. 

Higgs And Rest Beaches And Irma

With the post hurricane limited bandwidth I can only post a few pictures at a time in the middle of the night so bear with me. At least I have this after days of being completely cut off. 

Irma And Smathers Beach

I went by the south side of Key West yesterday and saw the smelly chaos of seaweed thrown onto land to decompose. It too will be cleared even more thoroughly than it has been so far 

Irma In Big Pine

The center of the storm went over the Keys somewhere between Cudjoe Key and Big Pine. 

Home to many trailers. 

The National Guard brought supplies:

Winn Dixie offered air conditioning serenity and wi fi.

More Pictures of Irma

I have hundreds of pictures but battle fatigue does set in at some point. You keep seeing wreckage and it burns out your eyeballs. So I'll post as many pictures as the temporary cell phone service offers. As of today there is some electrical service in spots around Key West and some emergency medicine available at the ER but there is no running water or Internet service.  The highway is closed at Mile Marker 74 in Islamorada, consequently there is very little civiliantraffic on the roads or in the streets. There is a dawn to dusk curfew in the city of Key West.