Trees rock in the waves and wind at the Hathaway Bridge as Hurricane Michael approaches Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. The bridge was closed after winds made the bridge unsafe to cross.
The Panama City News Herald after Hurricane Michael on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. The building suffered damage from the high winds, including losing part of the roof over the printing press. The front half of the building was eventually demolished and printing resumed at the News Herald three weeks later.
Workers bring out more generators for sale and pod coffee machines for free coffee at Sam's Club in Panama City, Florida after Hurricane Michael on Friday, October 12, 2018. Sam's Club was the first big-box store to reopen after the storm.
Ferrell Leah and Dewayne McGill help take the inventory out of the Bottle Stopper in Millville, Florida after Hurricane Michael on Friday, October 12, 2018. Both workers are concerned about the health of the owner and being able to reopen the liquor store.
Adrian Brown, 3, sleeps at the emergency shelter at Rutherford High School after Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida on Saturday, October 13, 2018. As windows broke and the roof peeled away during the storm his seven-year-old sister A'Eria Brown grabbed him, cellphones and her mother's medication and brought them to a safe spot under the stairs in their home. Since then they and their mother Ashley Brown have stayed at the emergency shelter.
Parishioners cry during the first service at First Baptist Church in downtown Panama City, Florida since Hurricane Michael on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
Jennifer Burton, the owner of Pockets in Parker, Florida, sweeps her front porch on Monday, October 15, 2018. Her husband painted a message for President Donald Trump near the road from Tyndall Air Force Base into Bay County. "Who's working for the working man like me? Who gets up everyday to help people like me?" Jamie Burton says. Jennifer and Jamie Burton think President Trump could relate to their experience as small business owners.
Jillian Young and Swizzy Nickels pack up Young's apartment at the Arbours apartments in Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. On Tuesday, Arbours residents were given 72 hours to vacate with whatever possessions they needed. She is not sure what all she needs to take with her and cannot find a storage unit in Panama City.
Megan Jones, a resident at the Arbours apartments in Panama City, Florida, passes a box of her belongings to her friend Amanda Lampe on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. On Tuesday, Arbours residents were given 72 hours to vacate with whatever possessions they needed. The management company left a not on resident's doors telling them to take out everything salvageable and provide a forwarding address for their security deposits.
A partially destroyed unit at the Arbours apartments in Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. On Tuesday, Arbours residents were given 72 hours to vacate with whatever possessions they needed. The management company left a not on resident's doors telling them to take out everything salvageable and provide a forwarding address for their security deposits.
Springfield, Florida mayor Ralph Hammond enters the destroyed Springfield City Hall and Police Department on Thursday, October 18, 2018. The entire building is unusable after Hurricane Michael.
A.D Thomas's home glows blue due to a tarp roof in Parker, Florida on Thursday, October 18, 2018. Thomas and his daughter were trapped in the house for four days because of tree limbs and his fallen roof.
Tyler Gay cuts up two trees knocked over by Hurricane Michael in Parker, Florida on Friday, October 19, 2018. Multiple residents on the street made requests on thechainsawarmy.com for help in removing the trees blocking in cars and the road. He uses a hatchet to cut off small limbs and a chainsaw to cut the large ones into manageable pieces.
Volunteers from Freeport Elementary School, Seagrove Baptist Church and locals organize donations at Jinks Middle School in Panama City, Florida on Saturday, October 20, 2018.
Children of residents at the Massalina Apartments in Panama City, Florida play basketball on Monday, October 22, 2018. Wait lists were so long to become a resident at Massalina that the housing authority stopped accepting new applicants before Hurricane Michael, says resident Rebecca Turner.
Katie Greenwood thanks Na'Kyah Williams, 9, for bringing her food from a Red Cross truck at the Massalina Apartments in Panama City, Florida on Monday, October 22, 2018. She is on the board of resident commissioners of the apartments and will live with her daughter temporarily while she evaluates her next step after losing her home after Hurricane Michael.
Residents talk at the Macedonia Gardens apartments in Panama City, Florida on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.
A Mini Cooper that somehow appeared behind the police station in Mexico Beach, Florida on Friday, October 26, 2018. There was no where to park a car behind the police station before the storm and police are not sure where the car came from.
Peter Kitt at his home in Springfield, Florida on Friday, January 11, 2019. Part of his home and workshop were damaged in Hurricane Michael and has made some repairs while living in a trailer provided by FEMA. "It''l take me some while to do myself, but with help it won't take long," he says about his damaged roof and windows.
Robert Green shows his destroyed home in Parker, Florida on Thursday, January 17, 2019. After being offered $31,000 from his insurance company to repair his home, he turned to Noble Public Adjusting for help getting closer to the amount needed to fix or replace his home.
People pick up free trees at Florida State University-Panama City on Friday, January 18, 2019.
Springfield Elementary School, a school proposed to be "mothballed," on Thursday, January 24, 2019. During a school board meeting Thursday Bay District Schools announced a plan to temporarily close four schools in the district because of storm damage and lowered enrollment.
Springfield Elementary School, a school proposed to be "mothballed," on Thursday, January 24, 2019. During a school board meeting Thursday Bay District Schools announced a plan to temporarily close four schools in the district because of storm damage and lowered enrollment.
Jesse Nelson, senior pastor at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, in the old sanctuary of the church in Panama City, Florida on Thursday, February 7, 2019. The part of the church most damaged by Hurricane Michael is not the main sanctuary, so services have continued since the storm.
Mark Plesner shows the wood he mills himself and the boxes and furniture he makes out of debris from Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. His company, Redemption Mill, grew out of his desire to make sure the trees did not go waste after the storm.
David Shedd, an independent contractor for Preferred Environmental Solutions, shows a house in Callaway, Florida where he is performing mold remediation on Friday, May 31, 2019. Shedd was inspired by Leviticus 14:33 to pursue a career in mold remediation. "That's pretty cool," he remembers thinking after first reading Leviticus, "I think I wanna be the Levitical priest that scrubs the rock."
City workers clear debris from Hurricane Michael and garbage from a lot near the corner of West Beach Drive and Mercer Avenue in downtown Panama City, Florida on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.
Trees rock in the waves and wind at the Hathaway Bridge as Hurricane Michael approaches Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. The bridge was closed after winds made the bridge unsafe to cross.
The Panama City News Herald after Hurricane Michael on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. The building suffered damage from the high winds, including losing part of the roof over the printing press. The front half of the building was eventually demolished and printing resumed at the News Herald three weeks later.
Workers bring out more generators for sale and pod coffee machines for free coffee at Sam's Club in Panama City, Florida after Hurricane Michael on Friday, October 12, 2018. Sam's Club was the first big-box store to reopen after the storm.
Ferrell Leah and Dewayne McGill help take the inventory out of the Bottle Stopper in Millville, Florida after Hurricane Michael on Friday, October 12, 2018. Both workers are concerned about the health of the owner and being able to reopen the liquor store.
Adrian Brown, 3, sleeps at the emergency shelter at Rutherford High School after Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida on Saturday, October 13, 2018. As windows broke and the roof peeled away during the storm his seven-year-old sister A'Eria Brown grabbed him, cellphones and her mother's medication and brought them to a safe spot under the stairs in their home. Since then they and their mother Ashley Brown have stayed at the emergency shelter.
Parishioners cry during the first service at First Baptist Church in downtown Panama City, Florida since Hurricane Michael on Sunday, October 14, 2018.
Jennifer Burton, the owner of Pockets in Parker, Florida, sweeps her front porch on Monday, October 15, 2018. Her husband painted a message for President Donald Trump near the road from Tyndall Air Force Base into Bay County. "Who's working for the working man like me? Who gets up everyday to help people like me?" Jamie Burton says. Jennifer and Jamie Burton think President Trump could relate to their experience as small business owners.
Jillian Young and Swizzy Nickels pack up Young's apartment at the Arbours apartments in Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. On Tuesday, Arbours residents were given 72 hours to vacate with whatever possessions they needed. She is not sure what all she needs to take with her and cannot find a storage unit in Panama City.
Megan Jones, a resident at the Arbours apartments in Panama City, Florida, passes a box of her belongings to her friend Amanda Lampe on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. On Tuesday, Arbours residents were given 72 hours to vacate with whatever possessions they needed. The management company left a not on resident's doors telling them to take out everything salvageable and provide a forwarding address for their security deposits.
A partially destroyed unit at the Arbours apartments in Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. On Tuesday, Arbours residents were given 72 hours to vacate with whatever possessions they needed. The management company left a not on resident's doors telling them to take out everything salvageable and provide a forwarding address for their security deposits.
Springfield, Florida mayor Ralph Hammond enters the destroyed Springfield City Hall and Police Department on Thursday, October 18, 2018. The entire building is unusable after Hurricane Michael.
A.D Thomas's home glows blue due to a tarp roof in Parker, Florida on Thursday, October 18, 2018. Thomas and his daughter were trapped in the house for four days because of tree limbs and his fallen roof.
Tyler Gay cuts up two trees knocked over by Hurricane Michael in Parker, Florida on Friday, October 19, 2018. Multiple residents on the street made requests on thechainsawarmy.com for help in removing the trees blocking in cars and the road. He uses a hatchet to cut off small limbs and a chainsaw to cut the large ones into manageable pieces.
Volunteers from Freeport Elementary School, Seagrove Baptist Church and locals organize donations at Jinks Middle School in Panama City, Florida on Saturday, October 20, 2018.
Children of residents at the Massalina Apartments in Panama City, Florida play basketball on Monday, October 22, 2018. Wait lists were so long to become a resident at Massalina that the housing authority stopped accepting new applicants before Hurricane Michael, says resident Rebecca Turner.
Katie Greenwood thanks Na'Kyah Williams, 9, for bringing her food from a Red Cross truck at the Massalina Apartments in Panama City, Florida on Monday, October 22, 2018. She is on the board of resident commissioners of the apartments and will live with her daughter temporarily while she evaluates her next step after losing her home after Hurricane Michael.
Residents talk at the Macedonia Gardens apartments in Panama City, Florida on Tuesday, October 23, 2018.
A Mini Cooper that somehow appeared behind the police station in Mexico Beach, Florida on Friday, October 26, 2018. There was no where to park a car behind the police station before the storm and police are not sure where the car came from.
Peter Kitt at his home in Springfield, Florida on Friday, January 11, 2019. Part of his home and workshop were damaged in Hurricane Michael and has made some repairs while living in a trailer provided by FEMA. "It''l take me some while to do myself, but with help it won't take long," he says about his damaged roof and windows.
Robert Green shows his destroyed home in Parker, Florida on Thursday, January 17, 2019. After being offered $31,000 from his insurance company to repair his home, he turned to Noble Public Adjusting for help getting closer to the amount needed to fix or replace his home.
People pick up free trees at Florida State University-Panama City on Friday, January 18, 2019.
Springfield Elementary School, a school proposed to be "mothballed," on Thursday, January 24, 2019. During a school board meeting Thursday Bay District Schools announced a plan to temporarily close four schools in the district because of storm damage and lowered enrollment.
Springfield Elementary School, a school proposed to be "mothballed," on Thursday, January 24, 2019. During a school board meeting Thursday Bay District Schools announced a plan to temporarily close four schools in the district because of storm damage and lowered enrollment.
Jesse Nelson, senior pastor at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, in the old sanctuary of the church in Panama City, Florida on Thursday, February 7, 2019. The part of the church most damaged by Hurricane Michael is not the main sanctuary, so services have continued since the storm.
Mark Plesner shows the wood he mills himself and the boxes and furniture he makes out of debris from Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Florida on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. His company, Redemption Mill, grew out of his desire to make sure the trees did not go waste after the storm.
David Shedd, an independent contractor for Preferred Environmental Solutions, shows a house in Callaway, Florida where he is performing mold remediation on Friday, May 31, 2019. Shedd was inspired by Leviticus 14:33 to pursue a career in mold remediation. "That's pretty cool," he remembers thinking after first reading Leviticus, "I think I wanna be the Levitical priest that scrubs the rock."
City workers clear debris from Hurricane Michael and garbage from a lot near the corner of West Beach Drive and Mercer Avenue in downtown Panama City, Florida on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.