Hugh describes the devastation very well and personally, having experienced it firsthand.
I’m becoming a resident of Cedar Key and have been there the past two weeks to see the most amazing transformation of destruction to rebound I have ever experienced.
I am so reminding of my shipwreck long ago and that feeling of ‘this is so weird’ seeing all our possessions sloshing around. The residents of cedar key are already past the ‘weird’ and hard at work restoring and rebuilding and digging their heels in stronger than before.
All of them say tell your friends to come. There are places to stay and restaurants and even a latte bar right by the art center (that survived).
Thought the sail meet was cancelled for November we still hold hope for May.
What a shame. Have always wanted to visit Cedar Key. Hopefully a majority of the people who have been displaced will find a way to come back and it will return to some semblance of what was.
We were at Cedar Key last Friday, and ate at 2nd Street Cafe. Nothing else was open, and we were told some businesses might open in a month or two, ( or never). We love staying at CK - we live in Dunnellon. It’s nice to travel to the a place like Florida used to be… it will take time, but I’m sure that CK will be back again! It will take time and tons of rebuilding.
Having gone through Hurricane Iwa in Hawaii in '83, I get shivers seeing these pix - the destruction is unreal. After the storm, I volunteered to help clean up a local hotel that was still half under water - I remember cars floating upside down and on top of each other in the parking lot, the horrifying smell of maggots in the lower deck storage rooms for the kitchen, 2x4s sticking out of walls like pins in a voodoo doll - the amount of work it took to clean up that one hotel was unimaginable, but we did it in a month.
It took a full year to clean up the island. But the best thing about it all was the community that came together as we all pitched in - I still have friends from that time period.
One thing that bothers me when seeing those pix - what happens to all that lumber, and all the trees that got knocked down? All that wood! What a waste! I keep imagining wood workers flocking there to get the trees and make something from them. I'm a resources scrounger - seeing all those 2x4s makes me drool! I'd want to grab any of them that were long enough and dry enough to cut off jagged ends and reuse -
Hugh thank you for your report. It is kinda weird, part of me wants to like this report with clicking on the heart - but yet a tear seems to be more appropriate. Wishing you and your local friends the best with your recovery. The right edge of your first photo... levels of decking, looks very very interesting!!
Hugh describes the devastation very well and personally, having experienced it firsthand.
I’m becoming a resident of Cedar Key and have been there the past two weeks to see the most amazing transformation of destruction to rebound I have ever experienced.
I am so reminding of my shipwreck long ago and that feeling of ‘this is so weird’ seeing all our possessions sloshing around. The residents of cedar key are already past the ‘weird’ and hard at work restoring and rebuilding and digging their heels in stronger than before.
All of them say tell your friends to come. There are places to stay and restaurants and even a latte bar right by the art center (that survived).
Thought the sail meet was cancelled for November we still hold hope for May.
And for Clam Girl to set sail SOON.
What a shame. Have always wanted to visit Cedar Key. Hopefully a majority of the people who have been displaced will find a way to come back and it will return to some semblance of what was.
We were at Cedar Key last Friday, and ate at 2nd Street Cafe. Nothing else was open, and we were told some businesses might open in a month or two, ( or never). We love staying at CK - we live in Dunnellon. It’s nice to travel to the a place like Florida used to be… it will take time, but I’m sure that CK will be back again! It will take time and tons of rebuilding.
How might we small craft enthusiasts best contribute to Cedar Key's recovery?
Glad to Cedar Key will perceiver. All of us lifing on the coast can identify and are drawn here by our spirit.
Having gone through Hurricane Iwa in Hawaii in '83, I get shivers seeing these pix - the destruction is unreal. After the storm, I volunteered to help clean up a local hotel that was still half under water - I remember cars floating upside down and on top of each other in the parking lot, the horrifying smell of maggots in the lower deck storage rooms for the kitchen, 2x4s sticking out of walls like pins in a voodoo doll - the amount of work it took to clean up that one hotel was unimaginable, but we did it in a month.
It took a full year to clean up the island. But the best thing about it all was the community that came together as we all pitched in - I still have friends from that time period.
One thing that bothers me when seeing those pix - what happens to all that lumber, and all the trees that got knocked down? All that wood! What a waste! I keep imagining wood workers flocking there to get the trees and make something from them. I'm a resources scrounger - seeing all those 2x4s makes me drool! I'd want to grab any of them that were long enough and dry enough to cut off jagged ends and reuse -
Hope things come around...BestRoy
I really enjoyed sailing the Cedar Keys with friends a few years ago and wish Cedar Key a speedy recovery. It's such a seafaring little place.
Hugh thank you for your report. It is kinda weird, part of me wants to like this report with clicking on the heart - but yet a tear seems to be more appropriate. Wishing you and your local friends the best with your recovery. The right edge of your first photo... levels of decking, looks very very interesting!!