12/31/2023 0 Comments Sun sentinel dorian![]() It’s in the Bible, right? You’ve got to take care of your neighbour.” The weather is expected to worsen, and “might get pretty gnarly here,” he said.Īfter the storm, he said he and co-workers at a trucking company will help people clean up. The bar was packed, and country music blared.ĭre Yepes said he came to the bar after securing his home with shutters - on top of impact glass because he was “trying to keep from being stir crazy.” “This is a hurricane party,” Thomas Johnson said with a beer in his hand. Unlike some towns in northern Florida that shut off alcohol sales for the storm lead-up, it was flowing freely at Charlie’s, motto: “No working during drinking hours.”Ī “weather station” sign summed up the situation: “All conditions are ideal for drinking!” “We have generators and beer,” the sign welcomed. Every parking spot was filled, mostly with pickup trucks. The streets were all but empty in Stuart, but business was booming at Charlie’s Neighbourhood Bar & Grill. The wait-and-see attitude seemed pervasive, even in areas where the storm is projected to impact with strong winds. She said that the preparation by the state has calmed her nerves a bit. She just moved to Deerfield Beach from Ocean City, Maryland. Standing farther from the sand, and back on the boardwalk where people strolled as businesses and homes that were shuttered up was Carla Manna. Then he paused and looked out at the water once more. Still, Paveo said he didn’t expect anything more than some rain and heavy wind. Together they have survived Hurricane Wilma and Katrina, but Dorian would be their first Category 5. Paveo said they live down the street from the beach. The pair walked slow, stopping to shoot pictures of the water and the curling sky. Most of the people gathered there kept to the sand, such as Nelder Paveo and Jackie Moreno. Kalashinkov was one of a couple dozen surfers braving the waters on Deerfield Beach. “We don’t get much waves here in Florida,” Kalashinkov said. “It looks like there is no Bahamas left,” he said.ĭeeming it still safe enough to trek out in Deerfield early Monday, he took advantage of the waves and getting at least three hours of surf in. He woke up earlier in the morning to videos on Instagram of the storm and the way it chewed up houses and cars. Kalashinkov said he was aware of the destruction Hurricane Dorian was ravaging on the Bahamas not far away. Since Kalashinkov moved to Florida in 2001, he’s been surfing every storm to hit South Florida. He stretched in the sand, his surfboard next to his toes. ![]() “The day right before the storm and the day right after the storm are some of the biggest swells,” Kalashinkov said with a grin. But that only seemed to excite the people gathered. Sure, there were ominous grey clouds overhead and waves crashing against the sand. FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA.-On a windy pier in Deerfield Beach on Monday morning, it was hard to tell that a monster hurricane was a little over a hundred miles away ravaging the island of the Bahamas. ![]()
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