Tom_Sussi's Blog

Hello, everybody. Sorry I haven't been in touch. I was busy covering my first tropical storm. And, let me tell you, it was quite an experience. Fay was a real bitch!

The gusting winds, pounding waves and non-stop rains were impressive. It tops the ice storms and blizzards I covered when I worked in Michigan and Ohio.

But here's a few things that really caught my eye.

1-Surfers riding the waves near the Flagler Beach Pier during the peak of this storm. What nutbags! One young dude's board was busted in half when the waves rolled him into the pier. He used the board as a shield. Luckily, his neck didn't snap in half.

2-As I was doing live shots on Flagler Beach, I spotted two guys filling up sand bags!These morons actually had the guts to grab shovels and bags and steal sand from the beach! Over the past few years, millions of dollars have been spent to restore the eroded coastline. And here's two creeps filling up sand bags. They left before I could leave my live post.

3-The brut force of the winds and waves were also tough on the wildlife. One afternoon, I came across a family that rescued a bird from drowning. Apparently, the winds knocked this poor little creature right out of the sky. It looked like its wings snapped. The family scooped it out of the sea, wrapped it in a blanket and turned it over to a local woman who rescues injured birds and animals. You, my friends, are rock stars!