Photos for Headline Surfer by Jeanette DiCara / A NSB Utilities Commission crew is shown here just after the storm responding to a loss of power at Magnolia and 8th street near the Edgewater border.NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- City Commissioner Lynne Plaskett knew the sudden blinding rain was too much for her windshield as visibility disappeared like a whiteout from a fast moving rainstorm while on her way to Edgewater to drop off her granddaughter from school, so she pulled over on Park Avenue.
In less than 10 minutes, the worst of it was gone, even as she heard reports on the radio warning of possible tornado touchdowns throughout the region. Upon returning to her New Smyrna Beach home, Plaskett was locked out of her house for 45 minutes because of a power outage. She has an electric-garage door and bolts the other doors from the inside.
She drove around and noticed how quickly city employees from New Smyrna Beach as well as nearby Edgewater had reacted to the storm, picking up debris from severed tree branches.
City Commissioner Lynne Plaskett said she was pleased to see the quick response of city workers here as well as in nearby Edgewater responding so quickly to debris pick-up following a nasty rainstorm Wednesday with reports of possible tornadoes that felled trees and caused power outages.
"The New Smyrna Beach Utilities people were out there, everyone," the eight-year commissioner said.
City Commissioner Lynne Plaskett said she was pleased to see the quick response of city workers here as well as in nearby Edgewater responding so quickly to debris pick-up following a nasty rainstorm Wednesday with reports of possible tornadoes that felled trees and caused power outages.
"The New Smyrna Beach Utilities people were out there, everyone," the eight-year commissioner said.
Plaskett said she was coming back from Daytona Beach when the rain started and by the time she got to New Smyrna Beach and into Edgewater, the heaviest part of the storm was upon her.
She added stoically, "I'm really surprised nobody was killed."