Monthly Progress #77

September is the most active month for hurricanes in Miami. This year, we had the visit of hurricane Irma! Miami was very lucky when Irma, a powerful category 4 or 5 hurricane could have come and hit it directly. Instead, Irma hit the Florida keys with full force, while Miami only suffered from her fringes, with wind force equivalent to a category 1 hurricane. We lost power for about 2 weeks, and many, many trees were down. Fortunately, the Ficus religiosa escaped and is still standing. Sadly, a Cananga odorata, our state champion, and my favorite tree here was down!