First, never take the threat of a Hurricane lightly. Get ready, as you, nor no one, knows which direction the path a storm may take, sure they can set the cone or path, but this is not 100%, so again, but ready, as living in Key West and the Florida Keys, this part of our lives this time of year.
For the first few days when the news begins to hit the airwaves about a possible storm, we have learned not to glue ourselves to the TV screen, as the updates are about every four hours or so, thus if you sit in front of the TV 24/7, you will drive yourself crazy. Stay busy with your normal work and duties, checking every 4 hours or so, then as the storm is only a few days away, begin to get ready, perhaps increasing your monitor times. Trust me, the mental drain by checking every 10 minutes can be as hard on you as taking a direct hit from a hurricane.
Saturday, we purchased our food and water. Sunday, we filled our car with gas and packed some travel gear – food, water, dog food, important papers, and then odds and ends. So that was done and we could vacate our home and the island quickly.
Saturday we also made sure the restaurants and resort who offer Island Joes Coffee had plenty of coffee, as even with the tourist leaving, the employees and other locals, would need their coffee.
Monday morning, Brandon, my son who created Beemer’s Breakfast Blend and I went to the store and roasted for several hours, really we did not have a lot of orders on hand, but it really just cleared our heads, allowing us to go over any loose ends. We realized our generator was not running smoothly, so we unplugged our coffee equipment in case of lightning strikes, then went next door to talk to Victor at the Honda shop, asking why our generator was not running smoothly. “Clean the jets in the carburetor.” So rebuilt the carb. Once this was done, we just had to monitor the radar, then begin our wait and see mode, which is mentally draining.
Monday afternoon, the front weather bands begin to hit and the power went out, but was only out a few hours. About 7 pm Monday night, it seems the back weather bands begin to hit us, but it was light and to our surprise and luck, nothing bad came of it.
Tuesday morning, we did a light clean up and headed back to the roaster. You would think we sometimes roasting 7 days a week you would not miss roasting, but we you cannot roast, you miss roasting. Oh well.
Island Joes is roasting and ready for orders.
We do wish the rest of the people in the path of Hurricane Fay the best of luck – Keep your lines tight.
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