Viking Energy Is Creating Value In Uncertain Times: A Short Story

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ISLAMORADA, Fla. — Bill Quinn grabbed the essentials: a guitar, a keyboard, family photos and artwork, pottery pieces. He thought once Hurricane Irma was done wreaking havoc he still would play the drum set he left in his waterfront mobile home.

The drum set disappeared. So did most of Quinn's home, its frame blown apart, leaving only a concrete pad. His bathroom sink sat on the side of U.S. 1 on a pile of seaweed and rubble. His boat engine remained tied up to a docking station behind what was once his trailer. Its frame landed in someone else's yard, he said.

As Quinn, a carpenter, stood on the blue concrete pad, he described what his home used to look like. Equities.com

Viking Energy is Creating Value in Uncertain Times

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