The second day of Hurricane Hermine has brought unexpected chaos to Hillsborough county and the bay area. Hillsborough County decided to close schools for a second straight day, meaning students will have had a five day weekend by the time they return to classes on Tuesday.

After assessing the damage Thursday evening and night, the best decision was to shut down school for the second straight day. Even after no signs of a Hurricane showed in the morning of Thursday Sept 1, the afternoon brought heavy storms and lots of rain.

With the cancellation of classes, many looked to the fate of the football games around the county. Around noon today, it was announced on twitter that many of the games would be canceled.

Around the time of when the games would occur, no heavy rains or heavy winds came to the Tampa area, so the possibility of poor field conditions because of overnight showers is what caused the cancellation.

Around the South Tampa area is where the Hurricane effects were felt. Many parts of the South Tampa community were flooded, including Bayshore, Bay to Bay and Platt Street, all of which were closed.

Theatre director Dan Franke’s house was severely flooded, as he provided insight on what has transpired these last few days.

“Our front and back yard were pretty much underwater for a while beginning at 4 a.m. this morning, but the water has receded quickly, and only one-half of the backyard is still a dirty pool. We didn’t sustain any damage to the house or property, so that’s a big bonus,” Franke said.

As for the  fall musical “Little Shop of Horrors”, the cancelation of school can have its affect on production as well as the development of the cast, in which Franke notes.

“Rehearsals for the past two days and our Saturday build day tomorrow have been canceled, but we have a longer schedule than usual for this show, so it shouldn’t hurt us too much,” Franke said.

Franke himself also said that there has been a positive and negative aspect to this cancelation of school. “When it’s all said and done, the only negative I can find is that I’m not looking forward to adding extra school days to the school year, but I am glad that the district was more interested in our safety than in worrying about that part of the equation,” Franke said.