Day 47 (Fri., Oct. 28)

The cool thing about being part of a team is that you get to focus on different aspects of the hurricane and not try to cover everything at once. My assignment this morning was to follow an auto glass installer and see how much work the hurricane has brought him.

It was fun trailing Paul because I got a chance to forget about the overall destruction and focus just on the windshield factor. Plus the guy and his assistant, Marty, were very cool to me. Especially Marty, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from Granada Hills High School, a school which I played sports against during my high school athletic career. It was cool to see another Californian.

This is the kitchen at Paul's house. His wife, Debbi, used the cupboard doors as a way to keep track of all the jobs Paul must do. At 1 p.m. Paul and his workers were booked through Nov. 15 and calls continued to come through.

On my way back to the office, I got a call to go find "the big rig that's selling generators somewhere on Hillsborough". I was able to find it and I hung out there and took photos of it. More than half of Broward County is still in the dark, so generators are an esential thing. I hope people are not leaving the generators indoors.

Oh, speaking of that, the photos I shot yesterday at the generator-related death made the front page of our Local section. When covering a crisis like this, having a front-page clip is amazing. I felt really cool. I am glad to do my part in the hurricane coverage.

It's amazing how many people need gas. Most of So. Florida is still w/o power and many things are closed, so I wonder what's the rush for all these people to go out and get gas.

Later, I was out on Sunrise Boulevard and saw the above photo. It's quite ironic how the Shell gas station's sign was changed to "hell", that's pretty much the overall feeling at gas stations because of the lack of power and the long lines.

You know it's a pretty strong hurricane when planes are flipped over because of the strong winds.

This lifeguard stand at Ft. Lauderdale Beach wasn't so lucky either.

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