We have been traveling for the last 30 years during the last two of weeks of August into the early days of September and besides the humidity, we have only three times we can remember of when we had weather to worry about.
One was a cat 2 which affected SXM for maybe 24 hours.
Hurricane Earl (I believe 2010) was a bit more winds with the palms bending to the ground) kept us sequestered to our room for a long 24 hours followed by a day of no travel
Earl was quickly followed by Tropical storm Fiona which bought the floods
Really was never worried about this storm as we were assured Royal Islander could easily withstand these weather conditions
Generator kicked in immediately and watched Shrek which was fed into the TV by RI over and over as there were no live stations
RI checked on all guests often
Last and certainly will not be forgotten ERMA, the storm of all storms
She came during the end of our second of three weeks and developed slowly picking up tremendous speed day by day
Even though we follow conditions stating across the ocean, this one really surprised us
Although we started about 5 days out to try to get off the island, there was no flights or sea travel to get off the island until the last night when we were graced with two seats on the last flight off the island the day the storm hit
A series of events led to us getting on a plane almost like hitting the lottery
I believe two young women who didn't speak good English did not confirm their flights and we were fortunate enough to get them
We continue to travel this time of year but we would not hesitate to get off the island if really bad weather is predicted
Before hand we thought it could never be that bad until Erma changed everything
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