A week after Hurricane Helene came through I went out for an early walk on Dodecanese Blvd in Tarpon Springs. I like to go early and walk around before the street is crowded with tourists that are there to shop and eat. I knew there wouldn’t be any tourists here this morning. This morning there were only construction people. Everything was closed since the area flooded during the Hurricane. They were still hauling stuff out of stores and restaurants and the doors were open while workers were going in and out. Floors and walls had to be replaced. I parked behind Hellas Restaurant and they had all of the kitchen equipment and furniture out on the back lawn while the restaurant was being restored.

I didn’t see a lot of boat damage. They must have had everything tied up very well.

The old sponge diver statue was still there.

All of the streets around the area looked like above with furniture, drywall and kitchen cabinets piled on the curb. This street was several streets back from the water and most of these houses were several feet up but the water got too high this time.

In early November I went back for another walk after Hurricane Milton. There was still a lot of stuff on the curbs and the stores and restaurants were trying to restore by Thanksgiving since that’s a huge tourists week.

Hellas was almost finished and the bakery part of the restaurant had all new fixtures in and was about to open.

On this walk I did notice some of the boats and buildings across the water had some damage. Many of the old docks were falling apart.

The streets were still deserted with the exception of construction workers.

This old boat was still around, up on pilings. I wondered what it’s story was. It’s been up there for years.

Most of the area looked like this. New floors and walls and new equipment in boxes. Most opened back up right before Thanksgiving and almost all were opened before Christmas.

Linking to A Stroll Thru Life.