The cleanup is an ongoing process, things are looking pretty normal but,,,, There is still lots of damage. Our roof on our home is dry but damaged beyond repair, we signed a contract Tuesday to replace the tiles. Twenty week wait !!! ( the hurricane hit on August 13th) My parents, who were in the process of selling one home and moving to another were rendered homeless. Two homes with horrendous damage, they are currently renting a home. The bicycle shop where I "work" has been relocated, the new building is still in the repair process.
Enough painting a picture of gloom and despair, the people here are a resilient bunch! Life seems almost normal, the tourist are back.
The flying machine that went under was not badly damaged. OK, I have two airplanes, one here in Florida and one that almost ready to fly in North Carolina. The NC plane was flooded by a different hurricane than that struck our home. It is a fairly large W.W.II trainer. Water was over the center section of the wing, submerging the fuel tanks. I drained about five gallons of water from each tank, the tanks were full of fuel keeping much of the water at bay. Each tank holds about fifty gallons of avgas.I was very lucky that none of the instruments or the pitot system were submerged. It is a conventional gear airplane with the engine fairly high off the ground. No water reached the engine! After three days of washing it is hard to tell it was flooded. I had to repack the wheel bearings, lube all the control cables, hinges and pulleys and it is basically OK.
The Florida plane was not damaged.
Hey, thanks for asking!
Here are some pics of the floodeed airport in NC:
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