Locals roam deserted Miami ahead of Irma’s wrath

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Sep 9, 2017

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090817 Hurricane Irma…the calm before the storm on Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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Claudia Russell, 47, enjoys an empty beach in Miami. Matthew McDermott

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David Wallack oversees a construction crew boarding the front of his establishment, Mango’s, in Miami. Matthew McDermott

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Saharen Cardenos roller blades through the empty streets of South Beach Matthew McDermott

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090817 Hurricane Irma…the calm before the storm on Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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091017 Hurricane Irma…Irma as it begins to hit Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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Simone Boinay, with her dog Lily, enjoys an empty famed South Beach. Matthew McDermott

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090817 Hurricane Irma…the calm before the storm on Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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091017 Hurricane Irma…Irma as it begins to hit Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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091017 Hurricane Irma…Irma as it begins to hit Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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091017 Hurricane Irma…A desserted Miami as Irma begins to hit Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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090817 Hurricane Irma…the calm before the storm on Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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Former NYPD officer and 9/11 responder Sal Mistretta, now a local, works out on Miami’s South Beach. Matthew McDermott

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090817 Hurricane Irma…Miami Beach PD patrols an empty beach, the calm before the storm on Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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090817 Hurricane Irma…Local Claudia Russell, 47, enjoys an empty beach, the calm before the storm on Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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090817 Hurricane Irma…the calm before the storm on Miami’s South Beach. news MATT Matthew McDermott

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