Had a great weekend in Gainesville. Good to catch up with the kid and see her settled in her new element.
We had a great time, getting her away from dorm food and taking her out to brunch and other meals; going to a bookstore; and going to a movie theater see Deadpool and Wolverine, which is hilarious and well worth watching if you haven't seen it yet.
Aside from power still being out in spots, and lots of trees being down you couldn't tell a storm had come through.
Utility linemen were out in force clearing fallen trees and restoring power to the city and then did a very good job of it. Gainesville missed the bulk of the storm for sure, and thankfully got off easy.
Weather during the visit was beautiful being nice and sunny.
The sunset while in the plane flying home was stunning.
It was a pleasant journey home, not nearly as rough as the outbound leg as turbulence was minimal. We actually arrived in Detroit early and I then made decent time getting home, which was nice. A great weekend trip.
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Gainesville has a continuous program of tree trimming around power lines, so we don't lose power for long unless something really bad happens. Even in 2004 when we got hit by 3 swirly storms most places were restored within 24 hours within the city proper.
And Live Oaks are impressive. Especially when they drop a limb the size of most trees on your car or house.
Being on the central spine of North Florida, Gainesville doesn't normally suffer much from storms. There are some low-lying areas that flood, and the aforementioned trees, but overall storms are significantly slowed by the time they reach us here.
Beans: Yep, Gainesville's power utility people strike me as being very competent and they certainly were out there getting things restored quickly.
As we've been told by other UF parents, Gainesville is the place people evacuate TO during a hurricane. Good to know its a safe area weather-wise for sure.
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