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Alright, welcome to TALK IS GERICAL

And today's show is a little different from what we traditionally do here

As most of you know, Hurricane Irma plowed through Florida

And the Florida Keys and list a lot of destruction and damage in its wake

And I was actually in the eye of the hurricane

So what you're about to hear is my story about waiting for experiencing

Riding out and the aftermath of Irma here with my family in Tampa, Florida

Now we were unbelievably lucky, we didn't suffer any personal injuries or damage

And we didn't even lose power as you're here coming up

But many others in Florida, especially the Florida Keys weren't so lucky

Even other areas here in Tampa, Brandon, Valrico, Fish, Key, those type of areas

The devastation in the Keys, most specifically, where Irma made landfall as a category for Hurricane

Is unbelievable now

As I'm recording this, the Florida Keys have no running water, no power, no cell service

And the residents who stayed might now be forced to evacuate even though the storm has passed

Because of the terrible conditions

The flooding in Jacksonville from the storm surge and the rain left a lot of the area under water

And I know it seems like I'm downplaying it during this podcast a lot of times

Because I was literally in the eye of the hurricane, it moved a little bit east at the last minute

It just nothing happened, it was crazy, I was one of the lucky ones

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