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But the impact has been quite extensive: A streak of tornadoes and floods powered by Milton has killed at least 16 people and displaced tens of thousands more; various parts of western Florida have been drenched with mud, while others are sifting through mountains of debris from torn-up infrastructure; more than 2 million residents still have no power; and the risk of contracting severe disease from bacteria lingering in Helen and Milton floodwaters remains high.

I observed women twice my age — at the front of my classrooms or dining in my favorite vegan restaurant — in their flowing garments and artistic jewelry and feared that someday, when I was old and wizened like them, a mysterious authority would swoop in to confiscate my miniskirts and stilettos and torn-up sweaters and issue me a new wardrobe of linen pants and drapey cardigans and flat shoes from Clarks.

The Panorama reporter found torn-up pieces of paper in Bullman’s room with the details of a convicted stalker and a nickname, “Penguin”, which a colleague suggested belonged to a sex offender.

Each time she cleans a room, she fusses through the guests’ belongings and photographs them: a stethoscope and rosary on the bedside table, a torn-up postcard, a lobster claw under the bed sheets, a pair of black heels in the trash, white underwear hanging to dry and diaries detailing “excellent lasagna,” hot baths, small bridges and good soup.

The pace of construction has picked up dramatically in the past few years, which drivers can see in snarled traffic and torn-up roadways.