CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — Ten weeks to the day after Hurricane Irma, some neighbors in Middleburg are still coping with huge debris piles in their yards.
“With all this stuff piled up on the road, it’s kind of depressing,” said Patrick Hall, who lives along Black Creek.
More than two months later, Hall and his neighbors have to look at large piles of debris in their yards.
“Everybody’s life is piled up on the street. It’s kind of depressing. It’s everything, walls, ceilings, everything out of everybody’s home, everybody’s personal possessions,” Hall said.
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Neighbors say it’s a daily reminder of everything they’ve lost, and they are just trying to move on.
“It’s kind of hard with all this stuff out here on the road,” said Hall, who has reached out to the county several times.
"They keep making promises -- this week, the next week, the next week -- and nothing happens,” he said.
The county spokesperson told Action News Jax, they still have a lot of debris to pick up, and hope to be done by mid-December. In the meantime, Hall and several other neighbors are living in RVs and trying to keep a positive attitude.
On top of the eyesore and living in RVs, the County Road 218 bridge is still shut down, meaning it takes neighbors an extra 20 minutes to get into town.
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