A Yard In Fort Pierce

Tropical Storm Fay is completely gone now. She did set a record for herself by hitting Florida 4 times before she moved on. The last I heard Fay had taken 11 lives while on her path of destruction. Today here in Fort Pierce Florida we have had full sun so far. The sun is a nice change after a week of gloomy skies and rain. The down fall is that the sun is now drawing all that water up which is creating a very humid environment. It is already very humid here as it is, but now when you are outside it feels like you are in a pool. The air is very moist and thick. It was a perfect beach day. The water was really murky though from being all stirred up during the storm.
Today was the first day that I took my son to the beach. He had a great time soaking up the sun, but he got hot so quick he jumped out of his suit right when we got there. The following pictures are of my sons first day at the beach right after Fay has left us.

Are you talking to me?

I LOVE THE BEACH!!

No Storms In Sight

I Am So Happy That Storm Is Gone

Yeah, I Rock The Mohawk!

Thanks For Stopping By, See You Next Time!

It appears that Fay has finally left us here in Fort Pierce Florida. It is still very wet, so wet the ground is mushy. We are still getting some pretty good gusts of wind and brief, light showers here and there. The news was saying that here in Fort Pierce Florida, we received the worst of Tropical Storm Fay.

While it was bad, it seemed like just another rain storm to me after sticking out Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Jean and Hurricane Wilma. Those were some bad storms, they even made the top ten worst Hurricanes list. I am glad I wasn't gardening back then, I would have lost everything. I had lots of damage in those Hurricanes. I tell you what though, those were some of the best times of my life. It is amazing to see how everyone pulls together in times like that. Everybody helping each other and setting aside their differences for the greater good. I could do a whole post itself about those times. Maybe if I get enough requests for it I will do one.

Back to Fay, I can now see the sun peeking out from behind the clouds to help soak up some of this water. It is about time, I haven't seen the sun in days. I can't take to much of that, I think I draw my energy from the sun and without it I am powerless. Lol!! My dad's house in Lakewood Park Florida is surrounded by water. I can't make it over there in my car, but I saw the helicopter cam on the news last night and MAN is it flooded there. They may have had the worst flooding around. It will take a while for them to dry out.

Well the sun has just disappeared again and that's my que to go back outside and clean up some more. Have a great day!!

Well it is about time, I think Tropical Storm Fay has decided to calm down. It has been raining for a whole day now. My yard is flooded, my whole county is underwater. I tried to go to the store earlier and pulled up to an intersection around the corner from my house and there was water higher than ever blanketing the entire intersection and a full block radius. There was a newer model Mustang car that attempted to cross and he found himself stuck in the middle of the intersection buried with water up to the bottom of his windows. There were also a couple of small trucks stuck out there too. I had to seek out an alternative route.

While on my little venture to the store I noticed a few trees that had been blown over by the wind and lots of garbage cans everywhere. It was difficult to travel around in a car, every corner was flooded and there was debris all over. I would say from my experience in the last Hurricanes that Tropical Fay did her thing. I did not expect to see as much damage as I did. Personally I didn't think it was bad at all here in Fort Pierce Florida. We had lots of rain and lots of wind but the wind was not very strong,I just thought that it lasted forever. All in all, we needed the water, it may be enough to lift all the bans.

Tropical Storm Fay is dying out but is soon to hit water again and may become a boomerang storm which could mean trouble for the north eastern coastline. No one is sure yet exactly what Fay will do but with any luck everyone is preparing themselves for the storm. I wish everyone good luck.

Here are some pictures I took from my yard during Tropical Storm Fay.


This one is my little Mangoes hanging on for dear life.



The following 2 pictures are of my neighbors Papaya Trees that went down in the winds.


This is a picture of my pond area.


Here is my baby Pandanas utilis or Screw Pine getting flooded.


Here is a picture of my back yard starting to flood. It is about 8 inches deep in this picture.


These are my neighbors Palm Trees swaying in the wind.


Here is another picture of my back yard starting to flood. Oh boy!

I hope you enjoyed reading my post on Tropical Storm Fay. Stay tuned for tomorrows post on the Damage Toll of Tropical Storm Fay in Fort Pierce Florida.