Irma and Me

"Walter Cronkite hosted "You Are There," a television series that made you feel like you were witnessing history. You get the same feeling reading Louis Petrone's journal about his evacuation from the island of Key West during devastating Hurricane Irma."
- Hollis George, noted editor and anthologist

Popular blogger Ley West Lou shares his journal that records the evacuation from Key West during the recent Hurricane Irma disaster. Along with his day-by-day diary you will find a visual record of the storm and its aftermath -- a dramatic gallery to accompany Louis Petrone's words. History told firsthand!