Less than a week after Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, destroying nearly everything in its path, people are working to clean up and rebuild their lives. And although 140 m.p.h. winds battered much of the Florida coast, the bulk of the state’s medical marijuana facilities appear to have survived the hurricane—for the most part.
Despite widespread damage throughout the state, the Miami Herald reports that the state’s 12 licensed cultivators and distributors have said their facilities seem to have survived the hurricane mostly unscathed, although there were a few exceptions.
In Tampa, Surterra Wellness, one of the state’s largest medical marijuana cultivators, noted on Twitter that while its warehouse was missing its roof, all the plants were safe.
#IrmaRecovery we are very lucky with minimal damage to @Surterra#mmj facility! Minor flooding, a missing roof but all plants are safe! pic.twitter.com/KOxZ9KjNO2
— Surterra Wellness (@Surterra) September 13, 2017
Surterra also tweeted a pic of the friendly critter delivered by Irma to the cultivation center: a baby gator.
#IrmaRecovery we also found and rescued this unexpected guest at our #MMJ cultivation facility! #Florida#GoGators! 😂 pic.twitter.com/6KMSfsZMSq
— Surterra Wellness (@Surterra) September 14, 2017
Trulieve, a Tallahassee-based company that owns the only standalone dispensary in Miami-Dade County, posted on Twitter that its dispensary in Miami had reopened open on Wednesday. Several of its other dispensaries, which had closed for the storm, reopened on Tuesday.
Delivery services from Trulieve, however, have been temporarily suspended due to a gasoline shortage in the state.
— Trulieve (@TrulieveFL) September 11, 2017
Our Miami location will be opening at noon today! Deliveries for Miami and the surrounding South Florida areas will resume Friday.
— Trulieve (@TrulieveFL) September 13, 2017
Late Thursday, the dispensary tweeted that all of its storefront locations are back up and running.
All dispensaries are now open!
— Trulieve (@TrulieveFL) September 14, 2017
