“LIMITED menu, cash only!” said the owner of Luna Rosa, a seaside restaurant that opened for business on September 11th, hours after Hurricane Irma stopped lashing Delray Beach on Florida’s eastern coast. Police limited access to those who could prove they lived along the shoreline road, which was cluttered with debris, uprooted palm trees and fallen power lines. Running on its propane-fuelled generator, Luna Rosa served an early lunch. Business at the bar in particular was brisk. On the beach, just across the road, intrepid surfers revelled in the churning waters left behind by Hurricane Irma.
Irma’s landfall was preceded by one of the largest peacetime evacuations in America’s history. Around 6.5m people were ordered to move by the state government, including 650,000 in Miami-Dade County, Florida’s largest (a small fraction obeyed). Yet thanks to Irma’s unexpected path, Miami was spared the worst of the flooding. Some evacuees found themselves in areas on...Continue reading
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