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dsc02731.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
Wilma blackout reveals wondrous night sky.
Sagittarius, Milky Way, nebulas, clusters.
Bright patch above center tree is center of our galaxy.
30 sec ISO 200 digital time exposure.
Flashlight sweep paints CJK and MHK in dim light.
 
dsc02732.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
Night sky, Pleiades, Hyades, Taurus, Mars
 
dsc02733.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
Night sky, Pleiades, Hyades, Taurus
 
dsc02743.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
Night sky to south
 
dsc02749.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
Cassiopeia through the trees
 
dsc02753.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Fallen tree on golf course
makes tent house for the kids
 
dsc02754.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
 
dsc02762.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Day laborers removing golf course fallen tree
 
dsc02765.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Neighbor's screen enclosure destroyed, as most were
 
dsc02766.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Rear of home viewed from the fairway
 
dsc02768.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Neighbor's house with destroyed screen enclosure
 
dsc02769.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Long shot of golf course tree
 
dsc02773.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Our lost live oak
 
dsc02777.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
HDK and RMK on live oak felled by Wilma
 
dsc02778.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
HDK and RMK on live oak felled by Wilma
 
dsc02782.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
HDK and RMK by red maple partly felled by Wilma
 
dsc02786.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
HDK and RMK from roof by red maple
 
dsc02790.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Southwest view from roof
 
dsc02792.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Start of our frontage, melaleuca felled
 
dsc02793.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
Start of our frontage, melaleuca felled
 
dsc02812.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
RMK with the last orange from our felled citrus tree
 
dsc02830.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
JDK and CJK burdened by debris collection
 
dsc02840.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
CJK, MHK, JDK running wagon to move debris for collection
 
dsc02851.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
News chopper broadcasting over our house
 
dsc02859.jpg Fri Oct 28 2005 [Large] [Max]
JDK and CJK handle rigging to guide felling of remnant live oak limb
 
dsc02860.jpg Fri Oct 28 2005 [Large] [Max]
JDK with rigging
 
dsc02861.jpg Fri Oct 28 2005 [Large] [Max]
RJK sez pull like this while he cuts,
will avoid hitting fixtures below
 
dsc02862.jpg Fri Oct 28 2005 [Large] [Max]
JDK with mailbox that tumbleweeded down the block
 
dsc02870.jpg Fri Oct 28 2005 [Large] [Max]
RJK signals proper traction to rigging crew
 
dsc02874.jpg Fri Oct 28 2005 [Large] [Max]
RJK makes bottom cut
 
dsc02877.jpg Fri Oct 28 2005 [Large] [Max]
Chips fly as RJK makes top cut
 
dsc02904.jpg Sat Oct 29 2005 [Large] [Max]
Without power, pool deck is RMK's dining area.
Pasta from $100s worth of food
"looted" from Publix dumpster.
 
dsc02908.jpg Sat Oct 29 2005 [Large] [Max]
RMK gives opinion of HDK's cooking
 
dsc06354.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
Areca palms partly flattened,
screens blown out.
 
dsc06355.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
Pool collects windswept brush and dust,
turns green in a matter of minutes.
 
dsc06358.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
2000 lbs of boat lifted up against house
 
dsc06361.jpg Mon Oct 24 2005 [Large] [Max]
CJK models the "Wilma" hairstyle
 
dsc06386.jpg Tue Oct 25 2005 [Large] [Max]
RMK and MHK perched on Wilma's handiwork
 
dsc06400.jpg Thu Oct 27 2005 [Large] [Max]
RMK and RJK enjoy HDK's outdoor breakfast grill