Just got back from helping move furniture out and wanted to share with you guys.
I work at a well known beach resort in Florida in a small kitchen open for the guests on the resort. Just in August, we opened a beautiful new fine dining seafood restaurant that cost whatever millions of amounts of dollars. It was supposed to be hurricane proof from what I’ve heard in the construction, but this is clearly not the case.
The entire island the hotel is on was essentially underwater as well as the first floor of the hotel. Mud is everywhere. Lobby, the prep kitchen, my kitchen, the nightclub in the building, everything flooded. Even the stage where band plays is completely destroyed. Never seen anything like it since I’ve lived in Florida. Chef told us we won’t be back for another week minimum. I’m thinking two weeks after seeing the damage it caused.
Our brand new seafood restaurant was destroyed by Hurricane Helene
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Damn! I know Clearwater and Tampa got hit Katrina style.
Wow, that’s some serious damage. Hang in there, man. Hope you’re back up and running again soon.
Maybe Florida places are literally built different but bro with that amount of water, you’re looking at foundational damage. It’ll be two weeks if you have a shady building inspector, but that bitch will collapse.
It’s going to take more than a couple of weeks to get that back to normal.
Seafood so fresh it’s like the ocean came to your table!
Sorry to see this shit man. I’m still waiting on some friends in NC to get back to me. And actually, looking at the vid I’d say this looks a lot more hurricane-proof than a lot of shit I’ve seen elsewhere.
Same thing at my friend’s restaurant on Anna Maria Island… Its a damn mess, we start cleanup tomorrow.
I don’t mean to be pessimistic but I think for your own sake you should keep an eye out for other work. Two weeks for that amount of damage and remediation when the entire coast of Florida is like this and there are limited contractors to put things right seems generous.
It’s going to be a tad bit longer than two weeks chef.
“How long on those sausages, Charlie?”
“Two minutes Turkish”
“It was two minutes five minutes ago,”
Sorry this has happened to y’all. It’s a great big ficking mess, and I hope you make it past this.
That really sucks. Check eligibility and file for unemployment the same day you’re out of work, as benefits might not be retroactive if you delay. Looks like you could some more cleaning shifts if you’re willing to do that work.
I think even two weeks sounds *insanely* optimistic, and would not count on that, but I guess it depends on how much money they have to expedite things.
No way they are gonna have that thing cleaned, repaired, and inspected and cleared for occupancy in 2 weeks.
That looks like it was a beautiful setting. My condolences.
Talk about farm to table
“Hurricane proof” cannot be a real term bandied about, can it? How the fuck can anything but a bunker be hurricane proof? lmao
“Another week minimum”
It could be months
You can’t hurricane proof relative to flooding unless it’s on stilts. Probably meant hurricane proof wind wise.
All State was there
I wouldn’t count on that being open any time soon if ever. Will insurance pay out? Will they be able to get insurance again? At what price? Even if it was reopened, who is going to vacation in a disaster zone? I’d take a long hard look at the recovery timelines from Katrina and seriously consider pulling up stakes and heading somewhere else for a year. It’s going to be an economic disaster zone for a long time and maybe no longer insured.
That’s really tough. My condolences.
Sorry for your loss but maybe future proof it a bit or relocate next time as this type of thing is becoming more common.
Damn. Sorry, chef
Poseidons revenge eh
I’d be surprised if this reopened this year.
Another week? Dude find another job immediately we are about to roll into season.
Oh [here](https://streamable.com/kzcy50) is a video of what it looked like right before we opened as comparison.
“Hurricane proof” is so fucking funny to me
Two weeks?