Two weeks after the hurricane
By Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
September 28, 2017 12:29pm CST
Our senior community where I live was hit by Hurricane Irma about two weeks ago. If you saw some of my posts, we did have damage to our car port but not the cars, thank goodness.
Today the truck came around and picked up all the piles of leaves and branches. There was a very long flat bed and four men picking everything up. They actually had to use a chain saw to cut the big branches. The yard is starting to look back to normal.
I did lose a lot of plants and trees but some can always be planted again.
Some of the plants looked like they were in a fire as the ends of the branches were burned off.
My one prayer is that all the people in Puerto Rico, Dominica, Texas, Mexico and any other islands I might have missed can recover soon.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58103)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Sep 17
I am glad you guys did not suffer more damage.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
30 Sep 17
Thank you @thislittlepennyearns. Did you get any damage? I don't know where your town is.
@thislittlepennyearns (58103)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
30 Sep 17
@ramapo17 We got a little from the wind but nothing that bad. Close to Alabama. Lol
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
1 Oct 17
@thislittlepennyearns I always forget about that part of the state. I am still trying to learn about this side.
I am only here 3 years and my first year I think I was in depression as I missed the northeast. Now when I go back there and just riding from one place to another I wonder how I lived there all my life. I will always miss the beauty of the winter and cold and the fall with all the colors. I can always visit if I get in one of those moods or even look in the computer.
I am only here 3 years and my first year I think I was in depression as I missed the northeast. Now when I go back there and just riding from one place to another I wonder how I lived there all my life. I will always miss the beauty of the winter and cold and the fall with all the colors. I can always visit if I get in one of those moods or even look in the computer.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
28 Sep 17
Glad that you did not have major damages.It is good that the yard will look back to normal before Christmas.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
30 Sep 17
@ramapo17 Seasons are not the same at all the places.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
30 Sep 17
@silvermist That is for sure. I really miss the season when I lived in the northeast as each season was very unique. Here in Florida I don't even know what month we are on. I always ask my husband what day it is. They are all the same.
@moffittjc (118365)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Sep 17
We still have huge piles of debris all over the city that hasn't been picked up yet. But with such a heavy tree canopy in Gainesville, there were a lot of trees and branches that came down during the hurricane, so it's only natural that it will take a while to clean up.
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@moffittjc (118365)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Oct 17
@ramapo17 There are two things that could have caused the "burning" of your leaves: 1) it may have been from wind damage, as high winds whipping leaves back and forth can cause that appearance; and 2) it may have been from salt exposure from the hurricane blowing all that salty ocean water inland. Salt can cause "burning" of the leaves. Or it may have been a combination of the two.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
1 Oct 17
@moffittjc I lost half of one of my big plants last year and it started to come back. I bought 2 small ones just like it and planted them in front of it. It is growing on a trellis and it looked so sparse through the year I went and bought long artificial leaves and weaved it through the plant. It looked pretty good until we came home from this year. I won't give up. I will have to go out and give it some more tea.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
30 Sep 17
We had a lot of leaves on my plants burned during the hurricane. It was the strangest thing. I never noticed that before but I was only in hurricanes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and we really didn't have many leaves on the plants then.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
28 Sep 17
Yes. Hope they can recover soon. But will take time.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
30 Sep 17
@ramapo17 hurricanes dont end til november.. 
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
28 Sep 17
Good the truck came by Nancy.
And glad the yard is looking better.
Yes the other places that were hit also are still suffering.
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@kobesbuddy (74420)
• East Tawas, Michigan
28 Sep 17
Those countries are quite poor, so it's harder for them to get the help they desperately need:(
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