Hurricane Irma - immediate & delayed impacts on skaters

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Elizabeth
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Hurricane Irma - immediate & delayed impacts on skaters

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IceNetwork put up a story about the impact of Hurricane Irma on the skaters who train in Florida (and on their coaches). They have now updated the story - some skaters are still without ice :(

Read both parts of the story here: http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2017/09/ ... rs-coaches
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wow, even when you see all the pictures and hear the stories you never realize how these storms affect absolutely everything and everybody. And there is more to come...
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We're even getting things that get left out of weather reports, like how it affect the people there and what the mood is. I keep thinking what might have happened if Irma had remained a category 5. Might we have lost whole arenas and the people inside them. Building codes might need to be updated to deal with Global Warming strength storms.
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