By daylight on
Saturday, August 14, Chuluota found trees of all sizes covering
roads and tangled in power lines.
This tree snapped and
its fall was broken by an adjacent power line.
Many roads were
rendered completely impassable.
Some roadways had to
be taped off until crews could remove dangers along the way. .
High power equipment
lies amid fallen trees and poles.
Other roads were that
would have been shut down under normal circumstances remained open
to allow travelers to pass at their own risk.
Trees much larger
than this fell to the earth.
This tree had been a
beautiful source of shade in one Chuluota development.
High power electrical
equipment lies amid trees and branches along one Chuluota
residential street.
This power line had
yet to be replaced a week after the storm..
High power electrical
debris lies strewn along the roadsides.
This homeowner knows
it may be a long while before his debris is removed. Until it
is, the remains of at least one tree is nicely stacked along the
road.