FRIDAY, 18 OCTOBER
I don't think either of us realized how out of shape & energy [read: old]
we were until we worked for several days, raking & cutting & raking some more . . .
We coud only work for an hour or two in the morning;
the weather was so beautiful, exactly why we stay in Florida.
(For those who asked, THIS VIDEO 'spains WHY we stay in Florida,
despite the threat of hurricanes.)
However, this also meant that once the sun hit the yard,
it was time to retreat . . . Neal indoors, me to the lanai . . .
or at least to stop working for several hours.
Florida has instilled a feeling of mañana in us;
what we didn't clean up today would still be there mañana;
Pinellas County had informed us that trucks would be through twice;
cleanup was expected to last AT LEAST six weeks,
so there was no reason to push ourselves.
As we had no destroyed household items to drag out of the house,
as so many other victims of H. Helene & H. Milton did,
we considered ourselves to have been very lucky indeed!
And THIS is where it all goes . . .
. . . the Pinellas County Hurricane Debris Field (one of several, I was told).
In September 2017, after our first hurricane, H. Irma,
(which we went thru wth NINE dogs ),
this field was piled to the rafters and the borders with brush,
as there was little flooding, just a LOT of wind damage.
Actually, this is all still from H. Helene, as the H. Milton pick ups hadn't yet begun . . .
The household goods are all in one area, and I've no idea what happens to it all,
and the brush goes into another, where mulchers & shredders run 24/7 . . .
Pity the folks who live right on the edge of the field,
altho since 2017, this field has lain fallow, so it's been quiet all that time.
Across Keystone Road, slightly past this field, is a $26,000,000 house;
IMAGINE spending that much for a house,
and then having to listen to this noise for WEEKS!
I'd want a refund!
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