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Want to see how fast we're coming back to normal around here?
(Arguably, of course, there's never much that's really quite "normal" in South Florida. Part of our charm, we locals like to think.)
Talk to Bob Ferro, owner of the venerable Nick's Bar & Grill on Hollywood's famous beachfront Broadwalk. Nick's had power again by Friday, four days after Wilma's freak October wallop.
"We had some minor damage. One little fan came off the roof, that kind of thing," Bob says. "The beach is pretty much cleaned up now. They're still moving some sand around. Broadwalk is cleaned up. The city did a tremendous job!"
As he talked, one bulldozer shoved a 15-foot-high hill of sand back from beach to sea. A cool breeze blew off the ocean. And the laidback folks strolled into Nick's for a cold one - or two.
Just like normal.
"We're just doing what we do here, same as always," Bob says.
Sure, there's still lots to clean up around greater Fort Lauderdale after Wilma. But chunk by chunk, the pieces are coming back together.
By Wednesday afternoon, about three fourths of Broward County customers had electricity back. Businesspeople wearing fashionable dresses or shirts and ties scampered around Las Olas looking for the best lunch spots, just as they do every weekday. Sports fans were still talking up the Dolphins' big win this week.
And back in Nick's on Hollywood beach? Things are so normal that Bob Ferro has taken down his makeshift sign, which he posted in the front window right after the big storm.
Bob's handwritten sign had read: "Wilma was scared of Nicks"!
(Arguably, of course, there's never much that's really quite "normal" in South Florida. Part of our charm, we locals like to think.)
Talk to Bob Ferro, owner of the venerable Nick's Bar & Grill on Hollywood's famous beachfront Broadwalk. Nick's had power again by Friday, four days after Wilma's freak October wallop.
"We had some minor damage. One little fan came off the roof, that kind of thing," Bob says. "The beach is pretty much cleaned up now. They're still moving some sand around. Broadwalk is cleaned up. The city did a tremendous job!"
As he talked, one bulldozer shoved a 15-foot-high hill of sand back from beach to sea. A cool breeze blew off the ocean. And the laidback folks strolled into Nick's for a cold one - or two.
Just like normal.
"We're just doing what we do here, same as always," Bob says.
Sure, there's still lots to clean up around greater Fort Lauderdale after Wilma. But chunk by chunk, the pieces are coming back together.
By Wednesday afternoon, about three fourths of Broward County customers had electricity back. Businesspeople wearing fashionable dresses or shirts and ties scampered around Las Olas looking for the best lunch spots, just as they do every weekday. Sports fans were still talking up the Dolphins' big win this week.
And back in Nick's on Hollywood beach? Things are so normal that Bob Ferro has taken down his makeshift sign, which he posted in the front window right after the big storm.
Bob's handwritten sign had read: "Wilma was scared of Nicks"!
posted by LauderBLOGGER at 10:02 AM
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