A few more Matthew pics- Daytona area

[Bill H2DB]

Not to be beating a dead horse , but we were hit fairly badly.     Yesterday , one month after the storm , I drove around a bit and took a few pics.

  This urban area is made up of 7 separate cities , and part of it is not in a city but is in the County of Volusia . So.., as result , the cleanup has varied a great deal.

Side streets in Daytona Beach ,  still have debris canyons in many cases.  Signs , particularly on the beachside , have been damaged greatly . many bigger stumps and 

large bldg. debris are here and there as well.  Bit by bit , it's being cleaned up though.

  Here's a few pics , all on the beachside , in Daytona Beach , and in Ormond Beach .  Damage to palms varies quite a lot from one neighborhood to another .

Apparently there were " streaks " of higher winds , and luck of the draw made a difference , as to which palms etc were damaged or not .

I included  a couple of Ficus's  as well , just for the tropicalness of it . We do not have many of them .

Royal in OB post Matt 2 by Bill H, on Flickr

Royal in OB post Matt 4 by Bill H, on Flickr

Small Cocos near F. Nitida in DB by Bill H, on Flickr

Rubber tree after Matthew by Bill H, on Flickr

Ficus Nitida or..post Matt. 1 by Bill H, on Flickr

[DoomsDave]

ouch

But, like the Phoenix it will rise again from the ashes, and in a few years the damage will be unapparent in the palms.

Glad things weren't worse.