Wow, what a time this past week has been. <br />Sat. the 7th I get called into work due to a 5 car crash that leaves 2 dead, 1 at the scene in a crushed, overturned car. (Im a Traffic Homicide Investigator)<br /> Crash Scene Nothing Gory <br />I was on vacation, planning to spend time fishing, but duty calls. (I did get 1 1/2 days of fishing in though)<br />I start a whirlwind investigation on the crash, heading into mid-week and Hurricane Charley decides to come our way.<br />I'm in Central Florida and in the path of Charley.<br />Wed I take the boat out of the water and get caught in a hellatious storm at the boat ramp, lightning, heavy rain, got soaked to the bone.<br />We go into Emergency Operations mode, beefing up shifts with double squads.<br />We open our Emergancy Operations Center at City Hall. I start at 0800 Friday morning and finish the day at midnight. I get called about 4 hours later telling me I dont have to be there at 0600......cant go back to sleep now.<br />The Hurricane went about 15 miles to our Southeast putting us on the backside of the storm. We got over 4" of rain and 50 mph wind gust. A few trees were down blocking roads. The biggest event was a 12-14 foot alligator that took refuge in the porch of a mobile home. The Captain and I used garden hoses to urge the gator to go back to the lake. We sprayed water on its head/nose area. It didnt like it and sloowwwlllyyyy meandered back to the lake.<br /><br />Here are some photos of the gator<br /> Gator_1 <br /> Gator_2 <br /> Gator_3
