Hurricane Wilma ushered in the week.
Most of the freshmen were snatched home by frantic parents at the beginning of the weekend so most male floors were half empty and girl floors only had a handful of girls left when the hurricane hit Monday morning.
It was a dry hurricane and a non event for my residential college. We lost power for most of Monday but had backup generators in powering the lobby, hallway lights, and elevators. By Tuesday afternoon it was determined that no one would be electrocuted if they went outside and everyone crawled out of their dorm towers to look at the “damage”…which consisted of a bunch of downed trees.
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- Hurricane Wilma damage at the University of Miami
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- The damaged palm trees at the entrance of the campus
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- A downed tree at the University of Miami
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- Hurricane Wilma damage at the University of Miami
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- Strangler Figs taken down by Hurricane Wilma
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- Another fallen tree at the University of Miami
By Tuesday evening class was canceled for the rest of the week so flights were booked and road trips were planned. By Wednesday night I only had five or six (out of 41) residents left.