Friday, September 15, 2017

Life after Irma

They say you should not make decisions after a life altering trauma. Loss of a job, the death of a loved one, a divorce.  But what about waiting for a category 4 hurricane that comes knocking at your door?

Irma made her path known just days after Harvey wrecked havoc in Houston. Recovery and first responder teams stretching their resources nearly a thousand miles away while Irma sat on top of Cuba, making us guess which way she would go.

Meteorologist trying to predict the path of her destruction when she would finally make landfall in the US. They started pointing their arrow straight towards my home town. 

And so we wait, and we watch as the storm inches it's way towards Key West. And because the storm had been heading towards the east coast, supplies and water became non existent when we all realized she was heading our way. Plywood vanished, as did all paper products, canned goods, ice, and the most precious, water. 

Irma stormed past Key West, laying her destructive slap, and made her way north west. But in the wake, she weakened. She started losing strength. Yet that did not settle the nerves that hovered over the entire state. When she finally made her entrance to the Tampa Bay area, there was a lot of wind and rain. Thankfully, Irma started breaking up. She no longer held the strong eye we were watching before we lost power. She shifted north east, sparing us the worst of the storm.

Even so, she did some tree trimming.





We are so grateful none of these limbs hit the roof of our house. 

Even in the aftermath of the storm, the butterfly's returned, just to let us know that they still believed in tomorrow.


13 comments:

Debbie said...

Very glad to hear you were spared strong storm damage. My brother from Naples arrived here on Sat. and doesn't know when he will get back there....no power, boil water, no gas. We lost power for a while, but are back to normal now.
Your description of the storm and path is quite real.

QuiltShopGal said...

I'm sorry you had to live thru two back to back major nature nightmares, but glad you are ok. I never thought about it before, but I wonder where the butterflies go during such a storm. I'd almost think that they would disappear for weeks, but how special to see them right afterwards. Clearly, it is good to believe in tomorrow.

Big virtual hug.

QuiltShopGal
www.quiltshopgal.com

Ada Plouvier-Kopitopoulou said...

Glad to hear you are ok and that the branches spared your house! It must be a frightening experience. We don't have hurricanes, but we have earthquakes, also a frightening experience.

Pamela said...

Glad you made it through all right! Love the butterflies coming back - what a special sight.

Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...

So glad you are safe, and only lost some trees. I'm still waiting to hear from Dana, who's home is in the Keys.

Terry said...

I'm glad you're all safe and sound. I was so happy to see Irma weakening as she headed your way.

Jo said...

Very lucky you only have trees and branches to clean up.

Laura Jean said...

Thank God you're all ok. HUGGGs

Laura Jean said...

Thank God you're all ok. HUGGGs

Marie Atkinson said...

Glad to hear your home was not damaged. Such a lovely account of the butterflies. There is hope for tomorrow.

Amy, a redeemed sheep said...

So thankful you are okay!!!

terry said...

So glad to hear you came through Irma okay. What a beautiful sign of hope in that butterfly.

Terry

Allie-oops Designs said...

Praising God you are ok with no damage to your home - what a horrid storm!