Friday

 

Beautiful weather

Loads of storm debris

According to the city, FEMA has deposited the equivalent of 13 olympic sized swimming pools worth of debris at Highlander Park alone. 

The debris gets crushed and then trucked out to permanent landfills. 

FEMA is not beginning to move debris out of Highlander park.

The park was chosen as a temporary dump because it's minutes away from the most impacted neighborhoods.

 In previous hurricanes, the city had to truck debris to the county landfill near St. Petersburg, about a 45 minutes haul, followed by a 2-hour wait in line, and then a return trip. It took six months to clear debris from Irma, a category 1 hurricane when it passed through the area. The city plans to have hurricane Helena and hurricane Milton debris cleared in 90 days. As we ride our bikes through the city and the trail, we can see they're making progress.

Black bean wraps with greens and cilantro vinaigrette

This recipe appears more complicated than it is. There are three parts to it: mushed up beans and spices (cumin, salt, chili powder, garlic powder), mushed up avocado and lime, and cilantro, garlic, white wine vinegar, and olive oil vinaigrette with romaine, radishes, radicchio salad.

Prepare all three parts separately. Prepare the vinaigrette with a handheld blender, then add to salad and mix. Put the bean mix on a tortilla with the avocado/lime mix, then top with the vinaigrette and salad. Roll up into burritos. No cooking; everything is fresh and cold and delicious.