I'm checking in from Ft Lauderdale, I just got my Internet access back. Most still have no electricity here.
This power of Katrina took everyone by surprise here. I'd say about 20% of eastern Broward county has been defoliated,tens of thousands of downed trees, with minimal structural damage. Everyone here learned a good lesson: a "weak hurricane" is an oxymoron.
I spent a few hours driving around today, I'm impressed with the way people were driving without working traffic signals. Ft Lauderdale is a heavy traffic area with a lot of 6 lane streets. The "treat a broken signal as a 4 way stop rule" was mostly ignored but any person trying to enter or turn left across lanes was immediately let through because people actually all stopped. I'm still blown away how well traffic flowed with no signals.
We'll survive here, good luck to whoever gets her next........
So glad to hear you are back online--and safe! This storm has been one frightening surprise after another.
Glad to see you back. Thanks for checking in.
Glad you checked in and are OK - thanks for the local update.
I'm checking in from Ft Lauderdale, I just got my Internet access back. Most still have no electricity here.
Glad you checked in. You and Sam Cree were the two that were still missing. I'm sure Sam Cree is just waiting for his power to come back on.