Today I write about Hurricane Irma which looks like it is heading to the Florida Keys.
It looks like it is going to be a big one and I hope that all of my Key West friends who are planning on not evacuating are safe. Hopefully many who are planning to stay will have a rethink over the next 24 hours if Irma continues on course.
I visited Key West a year after Wilma. There were many new cars on the island because they had all been flooded in the storm surge. I could see water lines on the houses to where the water had risen and then some of the roofs were covered in tarps and wood because there was a serious shortage of repair men. And I also saw signs on houses saying "FEMA won't pay my claim" - some of these were the houses with tarps on the roof.
I return to Key West this October. I hope I won't see anything like I saw after Wilma.
