Fortunately, we woke up and the sun was out. We loved walking down an empty Worth Avenue,” Langmaid said. Resident Bruce Mazza Langmaid said he and Chuck Poole “sheltered in place with two bottles of Veuve Cliquot and caviar that we brought from Maryland. Palm Beach billionaires: America’s wealthiest: Trump back on Forbes 400 and is among list’s 34 Palm Beach billionaires
In Palm Beach: Crews begin razing billionaire’s $110-million-plus tear-down mansion I videotaped the palm trees in my back yard. “Then I went home and slept in my own bed, neurotically checking the updates and looking out my unshuttered bedroom window. Last night I went to Marcello’s La Sirena and had real pasta,” Bone said Thursday. “I’ve lived in Florida all my life and here is the truth: The preparation and uncertainty of every hurricane path is far more stressful than the storm itself. Longtime Palm Beach resident Bill Bone also weathered the storm at his home. “But we just made the determination yesterday - after comparing what was actually happening to what they predicted - not to evacuate.” And she had considered leaving the island before the storm, she said She described the storm “as a big nothing,” noting that she saw no flooding on her property or neighborhood streets. On the North End, Judy Pensabene and Louis, her French bulldog, were on a quiet street headed toward the beach Thursday morning. ‘Preparation and uncertainty’īut in Palm Beach, it was much milder story. It left at least two people dead in Orange County before heading north, authorities said. The massive storm caused severe coastal damage in Daytona Beach before crossing the state as a tropical storm Thursday. I was surprised how well the storm held together as it moved over Florida.” “I don’t think we had winds more than 40 mph,” he said. On one of the streets near the beach, Alexander Speyer was using a leaf-blower to clear leaves from his driveway. He matter-of-factly described Nicole as “a non-event” in Palm Beach. Trump's Mar-a-Lago:: How has former President Donald Trump's club fared during hurricanes? Heading west: Tropical Storm Nicole continues to weaken as it moves across Florida. “I’ve heard that they say it’s calm before the storm,” Laham said, “but I didn’t know it was calm during the storm.” He and Gangemi both said the storm’s arrival overnight was otherwise uneventful. “All of a sudden, look what’s happened,” he said. The beach, the couple agreed, looked entirely different from when they made their regular 9-mile walk - from the marina to former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club - the day before.įor one thing, the sand ledge that previously defined the dune had vanished, Laham said. They had been rescheduled to leave Thursday and were taking one last walk. The couple had planned to fly to Providence, Rhode Island, Wednesday but found their flight canceled because of the storm. As they have done for several years, they were living aboard their yacht docked at the Palm Harbor Marina near the Flagler Memorial Bridge on the West Palm Beach waterfront. 'Weathered everything well': Palm Beach escapes significant damage from Hurricane NicoleĮvacuation ordered: County issues mandatory evacuation order that includes Palm Beach ahead of Tropical Storm NicoleĪt Midtown Beach, Paula Gangemi and Joe Laham had unexpectedly extended their visit to the Palm Beach area from Cape Cod, Mass.
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The outer bands of the storm had whipped the waterway, which rose even higher because of the full moon. The official high-wind reading in West Palm Beach came in at 45 mph overnight.ĭowned palm fronds appeared to be Nicole’s main calling cards in Palm Beach, although the Lake Trail saw flooding as a storm surge caused the Intracoastal Waterway to rise Wednesday afternoon. Palm Beach felt the effects as a tropical storm, one that likely won’t be remembered locally for its drenching rains or powerful gusts. The dramatic and far-rougher-than-usual surf was a remnant of Hurricane Nicole, which had made landfall about 3 a.m. just south of Vero Beach, more than 70 miles to the north, as a weak Category 1 storm with 75 mph winds. Palm Beach residents and visitors headed to Midtown Beach Thursday morning, some walking their dogs, others taking a run - but all scanning the Atlantic Ocean, where a churning surf sent waves rushing toward the shore, crashing into the rocks and sand, and sending up plenty of spray along the way. View Gallery: Hurricane Nicole approaching Palm Beach, and morning after it leaves
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