Doug Quirtles, a Clearwater man who has developed a status over time for his elaborate shows of vacation decorations is having to cut back this 12 months as a consequence of his property being broken throughout Hurricane Milton.
‘Normally I’ve synchronized lights, inflatable snowmen, lasers and a fog machine. I misplaced all that stuff when my home flooded” he stated. “So this 12 months I’ve a pile of yard waste.”
“It breaks my coronary heart that I can’t put up one thing spectacular this time,” he stated. “It’s one thing I sit up for all 12 months.”
He has festooned the particles that’s been awaiting pick-up by sanitation employees for over two months with a handful of ornaments and a few strings of coloured lights.
“They don’t even blink,” he stated glumly.
His neighbors not less than recognize his dedication and the trouble he places into it yearly, particularly this one.
“I do know he feels dangerous however I want he didn’t,” stated Margo Klopps, who lives throughout the road. “Yearly, Doug goes all out and places up an incredible show. If he’s restricted in what he can do that 12 months due to that rattling storm, that’s okay. We perceive. He’s nonetheless attempting.”
“And to be trustworthy, it’ll be sort of good not having a bunch of rubberneckers driving via each evening for a change,” she added.
