Yacht Club and Panama City

I can only imagine the pain the residents of the area suffered.  We have experienced several major typhoons in Okinawa and  major hurricanes in Fort Walton Beach but we never had the damage that Hurricane Michael wreaked on this poor area and this wasn't even the hardest hit.  If you are unfamiliar with hurricane characteristics, the "best" place to be is on the West side of the eye.  The forces of wind and waves are exponentially worse at the eye and points east.  The eye came ashore about 50 miles east of here.  If these pictures look bad think about the folks that saw the worst of it.  It will be many years before the area is made whole and no one can blame the people who have chosen to relocate rather than deal with it.  The pictures are a bit random in order but that was to make the download faster.

This is the back of the SABYC.  They were so proud of their new floating docks.
The power of the storm destroyed it all.  Those floating pieces are strewn all along the shore from
the club for several hundred yards south.

A worker village near the City Marina.

Power boat covered storage at the City Marina.  The entire facility was destroyed.

A building in downtown Panama City

A section of the city marina and Bayfront Auditorium.

Two of the boats that were stored at the club and the yard behind them.

One of the club docks.

Thankfully these majestic and ancient oaks survived .This is the
back view of the club.

The club swimming pool.  The surrounding fence is gone but it does seem to be holding water.

Huge piles of debris are still all over the area even 3 months later.  It gives
you an idea of the scope of work as many such piles have already been removed.

This is an outside elevator and debris tube.  The workers were shoveling debris
off the roof through the tube to a dumpster down below.  I'm sure those guys
were grateful for the good weather.  It's about 60 degrees today.

The fuel dock at the city marina.

Removing piles of debris from the shoreline.

More of the city marine docks waiting for attention.

The main office of the city marina.

This used to be storage and bathrooms at the city marina.

So many downed trees.  I had heard that over 1 million trees went down.
I'm sure there were even more in the National Forests and Military lands.

The neighborhood around the club.

The city is going to have so much work to repair and replace infrastructure
without the previous tax base.  I don't envy them the tough choices ahead.

So common to still see trees uprooted.  Imagine the wind it took to topple this oak.

Also common are lots cleared of ruined houses.

Apparently Hurricane Michael didn't obey this sign.

The roof and back wall of this building are gone so you can see the crane and
barge behind it pulling the ruined docks out of the water.

Trees akimbo and blue roofs everywhere.

A very changed shoreline view.