What's with all the blue roofs on the houses in Pensacola?

[Swede]

I was on google earth and there seems to be hundreds if not thousands of bright blue roofs.

[Lady Effingbroke]

1. They STILL haven't been repaired from hurricane damage...several years ago!

[Swede]

2. I kinda suspect hurricane damage,but several years?

That's not good.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Could be an older photo from a couple of years ago.

Although I can still see at least one blue roof in our neighborhood 3+ years after Wilma, and they are still repairing a road wall near us that was knocked down in the storm.

[SacredCow]

3. Some of those images on Google Earth are ancient.....

The image of my Parents' house includes trees that they had taken out in 2005...

[buzzycrumbhunger]

5. Tarps

Our county was hit before this by Hurricane Charley (and three others in quick succession--5 years ago?) and we also have many homes waiting for repair. Or a bulldozer. I know people in the Miami area who also never got help cleaning up after Andrew.

The moral of the story, I think, is that you can't count on anyone to really help after a crisis, especially the government. They're only going to help get bodies and debris out of the way and utilities restored--nothing in the way of long-term help. I'm starting to think my crazy Mormon friend is right; they're apparently taught to keep an emergency supply with food, clothes, etc. for every member of the family to last a year, rotating the stock yearly to keep it fresh.

Unfortunately, we're bombarded with hurricane preparedness messages and most people tune them out. A majority seem to wait until the big storm is less than a day away, and then they all run to WalMart and clean them out of bottled water and Spaghetti-Os. :eyes:

[SmileyRose]

6. look for the google watermark with the year taken

when I google my house it's from 2005.