 Mild hurricane season leaves
Florida residents desperate, in need of home repairs
(Miami,
FL) After a hurricane season with far
less than the predicted number of storms Florida homeowners have been
left destitute and heartborken at the thought of fixing leaky rooves,
loose siding, cracked windows and flooded basements all on their
own.
“This is usually the time of year when
everyone in the community comes together using government disaster
relief and insurance payouts to make much needed repairs to their and
their neighbor's possibly storm damaged homes,” said city
council woman Tammi Weisner, of Daytona Beach. “But
this year it looks like it's everyone for him or
herself.”
“I've had
a swimming pool in my basement ever since my toilet broke while I was
in the Keys last September,” complained a shirtless, hose
wielding Havier Richardson from his front yard in Jupiter,
adding, “With no storm to blame it on last season
who's supposed to pay for that?!”
Residents
of Florida's usually pummeled
Atlantic Gold Coast have had to endure the unbroken indignity of living
every day in their stifling cinderblock ranch homes rather than getting
to spend a few weeks each fall in airy, comfortable shelters. The
lack of forced socialization and neighborly help has taken its toll
most notably on the elderly.
“My
living room sectional is almost five years old and I was looking
forward to a couple burly neighbors hauling it's musty, water logged
carcass to the curb after the next big storm," complained Beverly
Washington, 68, of Delray. "But that storm just never
came so now I'm stuck.”
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