Hurricane Dennis

Hurricane Dennis' fringe visited the Grove and it wasn't pleasant. I shudder to think what is going to happen in the Panhandle as it approaches.

Luckily, there was no flooding, we had all that flooding a few weeks ago yet nothing from Dennis.

Some trees were down, nothing major, mostly in the Coral Gables area. Main Highway seemed to come through just fine, there were some areas near Ingram that needed tree removal and it appears that Old Cutler Road made it through ok. All the beautiful ficus trees seem to be ok.

The power was out in our area for almost 20 hours, it feels so good to have the a/c back on and all the comforts of home. You don't realize how much we rely on electricity, I can only imagine what it was like without electricity in the old days of the Barnacle and before. It must have been dark and spooky and mosquito-ridden in the Grove way back when.

The photo here is not in the grove, but will give you an idea of some of the minor damage done to trees.