Key West Horror Story No. 11

 The ten days after Hurricane Irma were about the most difficult days of my life. I had a little damage to the roof of my house  I lost parts of my fence after not-all-that-tall trees fell upon it. And I was without power and potable water for more than a week. I stayed with friends and we made the best of it. I stayed in Key West for the storm and was lucky enough to learn my house was okay in spite of the minor damage.

During the next two days I went by many of the houses I had sold to inspect for damage. There were trees down in many places including in front of one particular buyer's property. A couple of guys were already on the spot cutting tree limbs. I spoke to one of the men to see if he could help cut and remove the trees that damaged my fence. He said yes. We talked some more when he told me he is also a licensed electrician. Since we did not have electricity, he was doing tree trimming and removal. We set a time for him to come to my house.

Two days passed before he showed up. He explained that generator at one of the local mortuaries had gone kaput. The owner knew the tree cutter was also an electrician and told him that the bodies were starting to thaw. The tree cutter was able to bring the generator back to life so to speak.

The tree cutter came to my house removed for trees from my property in about an hour's time The price was $500. That was okay with me. I would have ended up in the mortuary if I had tried to remove those trees by myself.