‘DODGED A BULLET’
Hurricane Idalia hits
Brett Shields of Shields Marina and Stan West of Riverside Cafe talk about Hurricane Idalia. Both have been through numerous storms. PHOTOS BY LYNDA KINSEY
St. Marks received high waters in the streets. Riverside Café flooded again, but Stan West, owner of Riverside Café was grateful that it has not gotten into his kitchen equipment. Brett Shields of Shields Marina says that the water was not brackish. Both Shields and West have weathered these storms many times before. “It is what it is, and we move on,” West says. “When the water goes down we will clean, disinfect and hopefully reopen on Friday.”
The folks at Bo Lynn’s were concerned that people driving into the water on the road were creating waves causing further flooding of properties.
St. Marks fisherman Daniel Conner said he has been up all night tending to the fishing boats, keeping them tied and water drained. “It’s too close to stone crab season to lose a boat right now,” Conner said.
