I am surprised there is a paucity of pix from the recent meteorological events.
Mac
Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
Just a guess here, but if you're trying to clean up your property and salvage what you can from the rubble, photography may be way down on your list of priorities.
Also, don't discount the public safety and security factors. A non-credentialed photographer may be restricted by law enforcement and has no access to areas other than their own immediate neighborhood.
rehess
Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
I am surprised there is a paucity of pix from the recent meteorological events.
I suppose you could say I had an opportunity. Normally clouds move west-to-east around here. Wednesday morning was rainish with clouds moving backwards - east-to-west - it turned out that we were on the north edge of the remains of Irma, still rotating counter-clockwise. But otherwise it looked like any other rainish day, and there wasn't much of interest to photograph.
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
I am surprised there is a paucity of pix from the recent meteorological events.
I expected more, too. I could post some of my destroyed roof after Hurricane Sandy (2012), but that's old news.
In my case, the storm came through in the darkness. My mobile home survived intact. Call it survivor's guilt, but I just couldn't take pictures of the loss and misery of others. So I opened my home and shared what I was blessed with instead. No time to take a photos then.
Really couldn't go outside during the hurricane. This was taken after on my phone. Also, we had a curfew the next day and were not allowed out on the roads and gas was scarce.
Wow! Fortunately, the people I know in FL got by unscathed.
The storm came through in the middle of the night, and it turned out to be not that bad(in Tampa anyway). I only saw a few downed trees, no roofs blown off or other building damage. The predicted storm surge never happened either, and we are happy for that!
I would imagine there will be a lot more photos in the near future from FEMA employees, Red Cross workers, etc. I was a disaster responder for FEMA 6 years, and although I took lots of pictures, it was about 60 days before things got stabilized enough to do anything except go to work for 12-14 hours, then go to bed. I have hundreds of pictures from Katrina and others, but did not post any until things slowed down
I also was blown away by that fact.
Putting things in the order of importance is good.
very good point. The priority was for the safety of people and property and the foto deluge will come as people get back on their feet.
Thank the lord not more folk were injured in the destruction.
I also worked Katrina as a responder and I learned a good lesson. "Things just aint that important and can be replaced, people well that's different".
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