Today the town is
beginning to look like a ghost town, most of the people that are leaving have already left. Marta and I are staying
and making all of the final preparations for the storm. Still not sure if we are staying on the land
or the boat as of yet, but do have several options to stay on land. Yesterday afternoon we gathered with a few others
that were left on the island for a little bit of relaxing before things start
to get more serious.
That being said,
we are riding around the island seeing how people have secured their places for
the storm. One of first businesses to
board up was the Hemingway Rum Distillery.
They were boarded up on Tuesday and had everything secured by then.
Yesterday I
visited with several friends that are leaving the island as they put the final
touches on their houses and yards. One
friend had a landscape person in to pull all of the coconuts off of the trees
and to prune them back, giving them a better chance of survival in the
winds. The preparation varies from one
place to another, the variety of the residential environment. The marina, condo’s, houses, trailers and so
many other structures all have to be prepared in different ways.
In the marina,
sailboats are all pulling down their sails and everyone is taking the Bimini
tops  |
| Duval Street Boarded up and Ready |
