This is What a Florida Hurricane Looks Like š³
Coming from desert-dry Egypt, Iām not used to the wet lashings of the sub-tropics & hurricanes are intense.
So much so, that our apartment on the 10th floor condo building was actually swaying & successive tornado šŖ warnings kept me sheltering in the closet.
Whatās more, the local airport was shut down and in nearby Miami, a friend told me that not only were the streets flooded, but there fish š swimming in them.
Surrealā¦
The sound of the howling winds, as I huddled inside our apartment, was truly humbling ā a cross between a passing train and a giant wolf banging against the balcony shutters trying to get in.
Mercifully, I was not harmed in my first hurricane š (alone) in South Florida, but I did develop a deeper appreciation for how mighty, awesome and devastatingly beautiful nature can beā¦
Beauty that 'hath terror in it'...
This is how epic poet John Milton describes the Sublime. Emboldened by the company of brave souls in my building, I ventured outside to experience the Hurricane:
And to think we had it comparatively easy - away from eye of the storm! Around 4 million without power in Florida..
It was a minor miracle to still have electricity, when neighboring buildings and streets are without...
Tornado hit airport by our home and, during the day, house swaying from time to time. Feels like I'm out at sea, with howling winds and crashing rain.
Makes one think that humans are like insects on the back of a sleeping giant. Once the giant awakens and stirs, we donāt stand a chance!
Stay safe out there, and look for the rainbow at the end of the thunder stormā¦
Neighbor swung by, early morning & we went off to survey building and neighborhood: draining tennis court, which looked more like a pool, collecting wooden fence blown away from the actual pool, and searching nearby streets for pieces of an air conditioner that flew off the roof š³
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these photos are amazing
Thank you, Stefano. Just a small taste of the power of Mother Nature. The palm trees looked like tall, beautiful women with their hair blowing in the wind..
One of these days Mother Nature and the Atlantic Ocean will reclaim Florida. Until that happens I will continue looking at hurricanes from a safe distance through other peoples' photos š I've always wondered what it would be like to ride out the full force of a hurricane but have never done so, thanks for giving us a peek at what that's like!
Stay safe out there!
It's a wild, wild world! I don't know, for example, how people life on fault lines where there are earthquakes... But, we humans get used to anything, I guess. Long term Floridians, even in my building, were unimpressed by this hurricane --even as it felled trees and lifted the air conditioner off our roof, tossing it over a couple of blocks!
Thanks, for your kind note and may you continue to experience natural disaster, vicariously, through the lens of others :)
I got hit by irma and a few others. It's not that bad actually but it can be depending where you are in florida
I'm glad you were spared by Irma and others, mercifully, we were too. But, I know that others were less fortunate... Stay safe and lucky :)
This beauty is, there's a rainbow at the end of it.
May you remain out of harmās way.
Thanks, for your kind wishes šš½