On October 21, 2005 South Florida was ravaged by Hurricane Wilma. Winds in excess of 125 miles per hours went through our area causing massive destruction and property damage throughout South Florida. Over 6 million people from West Palm Beach to the Florida Keys lost electricity, cable TV, telephone service, and even cell phone service was interrupted. Repairs are expected to take between 4-8 weeks for partial restoration, and up to 1-2 years for total repairs.

Last year we installed a 50,000 watt natural gas/propane generator and our facility continued operating before, during and after the storm. Our electricity was out for 6 days, but thanks to our generator, we never stopped working on orders.

    To give you an idea just how bad it was, all schools in 5 counties have been closed for 2 weeks, almost every traffic light in 3 counties are down (over 30,000 were destroyed), massive amounts of electrical poles (15,000) fell, and almost every road has been blocked by fallen trees, power lines, cable & telephone lines, and debris which is everywhere. The national guard, army and FEMA have moved into the area to help with the recovery effort. Approximately 70-80 percent of structures sustained damage. Almost all cities and towns in South Florida have been under a dusk-to-dawn curfew for almost 2 weeks.

Hurricane Wilma as it went over our South Florida Headquarters

    Because our main generator worked so well, we were able to lend several of our portable 6,500 - 11,00 watt units to numerous people and businesses. We supplied power to several houses, kept a woman on a ventilator, and also helped in getting a few businesses up & running. We also helped getting several gas stations back online so that people could once again purchase fuel for cars & generators.

Below are pictures that were taken after the storm

The remains of a collapsed 5 story marina

A concrete electric pole that was blown over by hurricane force winds

Office building with extensive damage

Palm tree that snapped in the middle

A huge tree that just missed a house

A roof that was blown away during the storm

A decorative light that was destroyed by Hurricane Wilma

Kids-R-Us store with it's top blown in

90 foot pine tree that snapped in half during the storm

Apartment building damaged by Wilma's winds

Another large tree that couldn't resist the winds

Flipped car and building damage caused by Wilma's fury

An electric pole with all of it's wires blown off by Wilma

Hopefully this will be the last time a
major hurricane decides to hit Florida.

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