S. Kendall Photo . . .: "Tropical Depression #16 "

Yes, Tropical depression. I guess thats code for "Were not going to call it a hurricane but its just as bad"

Since I obv couldn't take my camera out in this I borrowed Morgans point and shoot, just to document what happens here during a "Tropical Depression." And just one of the things that happens is that all of our cruise ships got rerouted and we were called OFF!!! Who ever heard of a RAIN-day??!!!

Fact Of The Day: Due to the fact that there are no taxes here, everything brought in and sent out is taxed.

If you have an item shipped to you here, you have to pick it up in

person at te post office and they open it up in front of you,

Decide how much your item is worth and tax you on it.

So essentially you pay twice to ship something.

SOOO I know all of you want to send me bars of gold and precious jewels,

BUT please REFRAIN. I cant afford it!!

T.I.....oh lovely Treasure Island: : :

This lovely mess was RIGHT outside my door.. I wasn't sure what exactly this was until I
looked up.....

Yes, it was the ceiling. Once again, the sky was falling....

I can only imagine whats going to happened with the REAL hurricanes come...

As I went downstairs I noticed that the SANDBAGS had come out, and were placed all over the Lobby Bar. Again I wasn't sure what exactly they were there for, since the Lobby is all open and exposed to the rain...and then I looked over and saw the pool....

I know its pretty poor quality but if you look real hard you can see that the pool is ABOUT TO OVER FLOW. And NOW the sandbags made sense. All I have to say is THANK goodness that I am on the second floor...

Unfortunately we don't have a car here, so we were FORCED to walk in the sheets of rain to get food, so that we didn't starve. This woman was decked to the NINES..(What does that mean? The Nines? Is that the right word even?) I didn't even know people here OWNED jackets. And yes, even the grass is flooded.

I know I know, you've seen floods before. But the difference is these floods were EVERYWHERE. And people just didn't even TRY to avoid them. Its like they didn't even notice it...

See If I was in THIS car, I MIGHT be nervous that I wouldn't make it, since the water is up PAST the floor boards. But this woman just slammed the gas and went on her way.

I was trying to show you just how deep the water was on the driveway, but its kinda hard to see. It was up to our ankles. This is what we had to trudge through the entire way. Should have just worn bathing suits and called it a day.

On our way back we saw the "Pool Irrigation System" which consisted of a long blue rubber hose (ish) thing, which had one end in the pool and the other in the parking lot. Very high tech.

Ok this might be the WORST photo Ive ever taken, (because my flash didn't reach and I didn't want to just walk over to the workers and take a pic) but they are Squigy-ing (SP.) the floor. There were about 5 of them doing this, fighting the never-ending battle.

And this is what we came home to right outside our door. Apparently floods don't care that they don't belong on SECOND floor hallways. (And no, it hasn't crept under our door into the apartment yet, because if it DID we'd be somewhere else.)

Later on, we trekked (This is how spellcheck told me to spell this, but It really doesn't look right) out again...(Yes for food, don't judge, the NORMAL person should eat 5-6 times a day) And this is what greeted us in the gas station...

Again I looked up: : :

Yup, another celling on the fritz.

But enough of that. Now I would like to give a shout-out to the Bronx Zoo!!!

(This is a Tiger)

(This is a monkey)

(This is a gorilla)

Random PictureS Of The Day: : :

This is the CUTEST thing Ive seen in a gas station. These are legit homemade sandwiches. Im not sure what the CB stands for (possible Cheese and Butter, or Chicken and Beef, or Cauliflower and Broccoli, or Candlewax and Bologna or Cinnamon and Beets. ...OOOH or CHESSE AND BACON....my FAVORITES!!)

And this is the COOLEST toilet I've seen thus far. It was in Carlos and Martins Restaurant and was so fun I actually FELT like I was sitting on a 'Thrown' (And Yes I flushed before I took this pic. You guys are gross.....)