Hurricane season
June 1 marks the official beginning of hurricane season. And those of us who have lived through a couple of doozies we mark the date with dread! I’m fairly prepared (flash lights, canned goods, water, bleach) but the aftermath of last Friday’s storm in Miami makes me realize that our competent local authorities are NOT prepared. A three-hour storm drenched the city and Miami Beach was completely inundated with 9 inches of rain. Overflow from canals turned the city’s streets into rivers, there were hundreds of abandoned cars and the water didn’t receed until the next morning. It took me three hours to drive 40 blocks along main streets. I didn’t see a single police car or cop along the way, even though traffic lights were out for most of the route.
I shudder to think of what would happen if we got hit by anything more than a force 2 hurricane…

