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As a follow-up to my previous 'photo-op' - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/25234156/ - I have one more photo montage of the back porch tree (a ficus) which used to stand behind my second-story condo apartment in Oriole Gardens (a complex in Margate, Florida), before the arrival of "Hurricane Irma" in September, 2017...
I'd said "used to stand", because once a tree is damaged by the wrath of Mother Nature, the condo association usually hires a crew of landscapers to cut it down with their chainsaws. And such was the case, just a little over a month later, when said crew set about their task of taking down all of the trees that were victims of the destructive storm.
Using the digital camera feature of my tablet, I'd managed to catch one of the landscapers cutting down the last portion of the back porch tree - in a three-part presentation. (NOTE: I could've used the 'video recording' feature on the same tablet, but these stills look a whole lot better.) All that remains now are the cars (parked by local residents and 'snowbirds') - that will stay there until the parking spaces of Oriole Gardens will be completely refurbished!
It's strange for me to recall a time, over fifteen years ago, when the area behind my building had over two dozen ficuses and palms, before "Hurricane Seasons" in 2004 and 2005 did a serious number on a majority of these tall trees. I used to see from my back porch a lot of fauna (including birds, lizards, opossums, armadillos, and even two little grey fox kits) hanging around all that vegetation - before storms like "Katrina", "Rita", and "Wilma" brought said trees down.
My back porch tree was a 'survivor' - providing me with shade and protection from the elements - until 2017, when "Irma" finally took its toll on it. And I'm uncertain as to when that tree (and others) will be replaced. I'm currently worried, as I have no storm protection anymore, and there's still over a month to go with this year's "Hurricane Season". (And even though the official end of the season is November 30th, that won't stop Mother Nature. I remember that the 2005 season, which had so many name storms, they ran out of English letters, and began naming additional storms after letters of the Greek alphabet... until early 2006!)
I'd said "used to stand", because once a tree is damaged by the wrath of Mother Nature, the condo association usually hires a crew of landscapers to cut it down with their chainsaws. And such was the case, just a little over a month later, when said crew set about their task of taking down all of the trees that were victims of the destructive storm.
Using the digital camera feature of my tablet, I'd managed to catch one of the landscapers cutting down the last portion of the back porch tree - in a three-part presentation. (NOTE: I could've used the 'video recording' feature on the same tablet, but these stills look a whole lot better.) All that remains now are the cars (parked by local residents and 'snowbirds') - that will stay there until the parking spaces of Oriole Gardens will be completely refurbished!
It's strange for me to recall a time, over fifteen years ago, when the area behind my building had over two dozen ficuses and palms, before "Hurricane Seasons" in 2004 and 2005 did a serious number on a majority of these tall trees. I used to see from my back porch a lot of fauna (including birds, lizards, opossums, armadillos, and even two little grey fox kits) hanging around all that vegetation - before storms like "Katrina", "Rita", and "Wilma" brought said trees down.
My back porch tree was a 'survivor' - providing me with shade and protection from the elements - until 2017, when "Irma" finally took its toll on it. And I'm uncertain as to when that tree (and others) will be replaced. I'm currently worried, as I have no storm protection anymore, and there's still over a month to go with this year's "Hurricane Season". (And even though the official end of the season is November 30th, that won't stop Mother Nature. I remember that the 2005 season, which had so many name storms, they ran out of English letters, and began naming additional storms after letters of the Greek alphabet... until early 2006!)
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