After Hurricane Wilma

It's the first of November. South Florida was walloped by Bitch Wilma. Our city is in shambles. Schools are closed. Businesses are just beginning to get power. It blew through here around 5 am Monday morning, October 24th, with 120 mph winds. Blew solidly for 6 hours. We put the hurricane shutters up, we had ice, water, propane for the grill, and tons of food from 3 different refrigerators. Speaking of the fridge, the fridge on the back porch blew off the porch, which is 3 feet off the ground.
Our power went out at 7am. Because I was in my partner's home on the beach, we were safe. It's built of poured concrete, and can withstand a nuclear bomb (we're thinking). She put in high impact windows and doors. As we looked out the doors, we could see rooftops coming off, we could see the tops of trees being cut off. I sat on the floor at the back door and watched the neighbors 10 foot satellite dish fall off the roof, (the metal snapped) and fall into my partner's backyard. Thank Goddess, the palm trees stopped it from coming at the house. We sat in here until about noon, when the worst was over.
I looked south, towards Miami, and could see some blue sky's and realized the worst was over. I jumped into some shoes, and a jacket and ran out the front door with my camera. The road, the Broadwalk had 1-3 feet of sand covering it. All buildings were completely coated in sand. Some doors were blocked by 4 foot sand drifts. I felt like singing that song that the Good Witch in Wizard of Oz sang to the Munchkins; "Come out, come out, wherever you are."
People starting coming out of their homes, motel rooms. We all headed out to the beach. I ran across Ocean Drive and went to look at the waves in the Intracoastal. I saw fish jumping like mad. Big waves with white caps.
Then I went over to the beach and couldn't believe the waves.. I took lots of pictures of the waves. Life Guard stands were imploded, signs bent, cbs buildings crumbled. wooden structures were gone for good.
Out of 5.2 million residents of Dade and Broward Counties, 10 gas stations had generators. FEMA wouldn't authorize the release and distribution of ice and water until Wednesday. The trucks sat, fully loaded in Homestead waiting for authorization to head to distribution areas.
10 Traffic signals remained hanging.

School buildings crumbled.
Ships broke free of rope and banged into bridges.
Millions of non-native trees came down and pulled power lines down, fell on top of homes, and vehicles.
Trees blocked roadways, blocked in residents of gated communities...

It's Day 9 and no power. It's getting old. Gas is still expensive. A typical generator powering a fridge, a computer, and maybe a microwave or toaster oven takes 5 gallons of gas per day.

At night, with the time change, it gets dark at 5:30. Which means we need more batteries for our tv, our flashlights.