In the Weeds

[bulldurham33 13]

 

[WesternGuy]

Interesting shot BD. Glad to see you back shooting again. How is the cleanup after the hurricane coming?

WesternGuy

 

[Fujidave]

Very good focus through the weeds, lovely colours.

 

[D7K]

Nice one.. nailed focus in a difficult situation.

 

[Jeff1582 82]

Very nice shot...

 

[bulldurham33 13]

How is the cleanup after the hurricane coming?

WesternGuy

They are finally starting on my house on the 11th, 4 months and a day after the storm. There are still over three thousand homeless yet Uncle Sam has deemed our area only needs 400 trailers for emergency shelters. The area, though about 50% cleaned up of fallen trees and yard/house debris looks like the kind of scenes you'd see in a vintage WWII newsreel after a bombing raid. And I say that because 90% of all the tree foliage was stripped off during the storm leaving the area stripped to the bone. Here are before and after shots.

The whole area a few weeks ago. My house is almost dead center at the bottom.

 

[WesternGuy]

BD, I don't know what to say - WOW or OUCH. Thanks for sharing your images. Those of us who live a long way away, probably have no comprehension of what the damage can be like and is like in these situations. The closest we ever come is an F1 or F3 tornado every few years and even then, most of those are in farm country where damage is minimal.

WesternGuy

 

[bulldurham33 13]

This was equivalent to F5 that lasted for 5 hours. This is typical of what it looked like for weeks after the storm.

 

[bulldurham33 13]