Sunday Isaac was headed for the Keys with the promise of becoming a Cat-1 to a Cat-2 hurricane. Windows were boarded up, a lot of establishments were closed, at least those I could see by webcam. There was even a loss in communications with a lot of the webcams either from the storm or by being used by other people wanting to see the action.


Well as far as the Keys is concerned, Isaac was a flop. It stayed as a tropical storm and never made it to a Cat-1. But don't think that a tropical storm is a walk in the park for a lot of damage fan be done. Yet thevpeople in the Keys are used to those and are better prepared all around, so for them a tropical storm is a walk in the park.


Looking at the webcam outside of Sloppy Joe's I saw some very minor flooding if you want to call it that. From where I sat the water was in the gutters of the road and never really made it to the crown of the road. There were some big puddles in the intersection of Duval and Greene, but nothing bad. We get that here in a good rain storm.


Sunday night at about 11:30 PM Sloppy's was closed but the Green Gecko was hopping. People were having a great time. I looked at the Hog's Breath and saw leaves scattered all over the place as a result of the winds. Monday moring they were all cleaned up before 9 and the Hog's Breath was ready for business.

On Facebook people were posting videos of the storm. Chris did a fabolous job as he went about Key West during the storm. One person, Corey James posted a photo of a section of Duval where the water did cover the sidewalks. I included it here.

Photo by Corey James

Even though the storm left the Keys, the ocean has not calmed down.  That will take a little while.

 Now life is returning to the Keys, the plywood is coming down, restaurants are opening up, and in no time at all it will be business as normal.

Plywood coming down at Anna's

Workers are setting up for business once again.

Plywood coming down in the background on Duval Street

Some stores still need to remove their plywood (this was at 9AM on Monday)

Sunset Pier has a big job, put everything back from storage.

But at 12:30, they are busy setting up to reopen.

The Hog's Breath is ready for action.

Now New Orleans is in the line of fire from Isaac. That area was devastated a few years back with Katrina follwed by another storm. I hope and pray that Isaac will not do any damage to the area. I don't think they can take too much more.

'till next time.