August 26th, 2011
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Hurricane Irene Readiness, Delaware Beaches
Delaware orders mandatory evacuation and designates shelters ahead of Hurricane Irene. For information that may pertain to your situation, please visit http://www.sussexcountyde.gov/services/storm.
If you want to see what’s going on at the Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk you can check the live cam at www.rehobothbeachcam.com.
If you are worry about your pet, please know that shelters are accepting pets, within reason. Don’t think you can take a horse, though. If you do need to go to a shelter, just check ahead of time.
I decided to see how the town of Rehoboth Beach was reacting to the news that visitors needed to evacuate like yesterday.
The first think I noticed on Rt. 1 which is Coastal Highway, was that somewhat of an exodus was taking place.
Rehoboth Avenue first looked dead, but as I got closer to the Boardwalk it was busier and people were still eating, God forbid, all the Boardwalk grub.
Some of the stores were boarding up.
Five Guys had an “open” sign. It must have been a joke. Just one guy outside. I think he had his tip jar there, as well.
You can see that the Boardwalk was definitely quiet.
The beaches were getting ready for Irene.
The north side of the Boardwalk was even quieter. A few houses boarding up.
Safeway was open but definitely boarded.
The groceries stores are well stocked but don’t look for size D batteries. You won’t find them.
A lot of the restaurants will be closing. Call ahead if you are in need of eating out.
I am worried about my fig tree. Of course they are starting to get ripe. The tree looks gorgeous this year and about 400 figs or more are on the tree. I am sure they will be gone on Sunday.
All in all, the Delaware Beaches are doing what they need to do. I think we are ready. We will see. Wish us luck.
Update: Some weeks ago I mentioned that Hanna was a student from Bulgaria that had been working at Gelato Gal located on Coastal Highway in Rehoboth Beach. Her time in Rehoboth is almost up. She wanted to leave us a mural that depicted the Rehoboth dining scene. Thanks Hanna. It does look beautiful and I am glad you got to finish it before the hurricane got here. Hope you can come back and visit us again soon. Good luck in your upcoming year.
Talk to you later…
Tags: Delaware, Delaware Beaches, hurricane info for Rehoboth Beach, Hurricane Irene, rehoboth beach, Rehoboth gets ready for Hurricane Irene
As ready as we’re gonna get!
Enjoyed the blog.
Thanks for the comments. I have friends right in town riding it. I am about 2 miles from the beach.Take care.
Thanks for the update. I left dodge,Thursday around 7am to come back to Balto. After dismantling my studio. Stay safe and hope to see you next week. Susan
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