“She's a 70-foot steel-hulled vessel, built in 1976 in Holland,” Greer said. He calls riding out Hurricane Irma “tricky,” but feels it was the best decision he could make considering the circumstances and considering the size and strength of his boat.
He makes a living renting boats.Īfter weighing his options, Greer, who lives aboard a sailboat in Key West, and his business partner decided to ride out Hurricane Irma.Īfter doing live call-in reports with News4Jax, viewers lost track of Greer when the storm hit. The question is, why do it if it's not necessary?"ĭustin Greer felt it was necessary to stay. "In other words, I put myself in harm's way. "I probably shouldn't have stayed either if something bad had happened, which could've easily happened," Evans said. He emerged from a neighbor's home only to find his own home had washed away. "It's kind of hard to put your mind around it," Evans said. Glenn Evans, who's lived there since 1990, rode out Hurricane Irma. In nearby Big Pine Key, there's still damage one year later. One of those times was just 30 miles east of Key West in Cudjoe Key. Irma, one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Basin, made landfall a total of seven times. There were neighborhoods underwater for weeks after Irma.” It was the Nassau River - locations that hadn't flooded in a long, long time. Johns River backed up, causing the river’s tributary system to back up, too. Gaughan, who has studied the weather in Jacksonville for over 30 years, said he’s never seen anything like the flooding when the St.
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