Two houses away from the small beach we went swimming at every day, was a house that was in ruins,with concrete beams crushed and fallen, missing floors and a roof collapse. This is all the result of hurricane Wilma. From Wikipedia: "Hurricane Wilma was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. It devastated parts of the Yucatán Peninsula and southern Florida during October in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Wilma set numerous records for both strength and seasonal activity. Rainfall amounts in excess of 23 inches were reported in several areas. During the storm, waves five to eight meters high (enough to reach the third floor of many hotels) slammed against the coast line." So that would explain the devastation to this house that I photographed. I was able to photograph this by climbing up some damaged foundation walls, then walking along the top of a narrow wall, which put me on the collapsed floor of the house. The juxtaposition of the calm and beautiful sea with the destruction in the forground was why I was attracted to this scene. I made many photographs of the ruins while up on them.
Wow, that is beautiful. Recent ruins. I did get a kick out of the fact that to photograph them, you had to climb precariously along broken, crumbling walls to unsafe areas of structural damage so you could reach a collapsed floor from which to photograph... but it was worth it! :)
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