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Omaha Steve

(99,055 posts)
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:45 PM Sep 2020

Hundreds of thousands still without power in Sally cleanup

Source: AP

By ANGIE WANG and JAY REEVES

LOXLEY, Ala. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people were still without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally as officials assessed millions of dollars in damage that included a broken bridge in Pensacola and ships thrown onto dry land.

While the cleanup pressed on, the record-shattering hurricane season notched another milestone: Forecasters ran out of traditional names for storms, forcing them to begin using the Greek alphabet for only the second time since the 1950s.

In Loxley, Alabama, Catherine Williams lost power and some of her roof to Sally. The storm also destroyed three pecan trees in her yard that she used to try to make ends meet.

“There’s no food, no money. I took my last heart pill today,” said Williams, who has been laid off twice from her job as a cook because of the economic problems caused by COVID-19. She hoped that the Red Cross would soon show up at her home.



Seleka Souls looks over a neighbor's home that was damaged by Hurricane Sally, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


Read more: https://apnews.com/f76ed70054903dff6a7731b1f0ab9998

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Hundreds of thousands still without power in Sally cleanup (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2020 OP
Blue states have all their power, so oh well soothsayer Sep 2020 #1
If you don't count the Red States Hurricane Sally didn't damage anything. TeamPooka Sep 2020 #4
Exactly. What are those governors doing? Tsk tsk soothsayer Sep 2020 #5
Alas, the power outages after hurricanes often last PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #2
Yep Deuxcents Sep 2020 #3
Sad Sherman A1 Sep 2020 #6

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
1. Blue states have all their power, so oh well
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 05:47 PM
Sep 2020

Do Drumpf’s mindless followers get how dumb and cruel that sounds?

Deuxcents

(15,776 posts)
3. Yep
Fri Sep 18, 2020, 06:01 PM
Sep 2020

Grew up in Dade County, Florida. Lived there more than half my life.. loss of power n clean water was a given. We filled everything with water before plastic bottles. Bath tubs, pot n pans..a family of 6 can go thru water. Loss of power for 2 weeks was a given. I watch the news n after all these years, I remember. I’m still in Florida n my heart goes out for those without. As with the fires burning our West. Mother Nature will have her way but we’re behind with how to manage. Way behind.

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