‘S OFFICE … OR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS HEADQUARTERS. NOW AT NOON — IT WAS A WILD SCENE CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE CAMERA — A HUGE WAVE GUTTING THE WINDJAMMER SURF BAR IN WESTERLY LAST YEAR. THE GOOD NEWS — AFTER MONTHS OF REBUILDING — THEY ARE NOW CONDUCTING A “SOFT” REOPENING
TODAY — GEARING UP TO WELCOME BACK CUSTOMERS. IVE NOW IN WESTERLY. >> OKAY, WE HAVE STARTED TO SEE A FEW PEOPLE START TO TRICKLE IN AS THAT SOFT OPENING DUST KICKED OFF AT NOON AND NOW THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO REMODEL THIS
RESTAURANT FOR MONTHS AFTER THAT STORM BACK IN DECEMBER. WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOU THAT VIDEO ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE IT IS JUST JAW DROPPING THOSE WAVES CRASHING INTO THE RESTAURANT BACK IN DECEMBER 18, DESTROYING EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH. AND WHILE THE OWNERS
WERE WORKING ON THOSE REPAIRS, ANOTHER STORM CAME MONTHS LATER AND WIPED OUT ALL OF THAT WORK. NOW EVERYTHING NOW IS NEW, INCLUDING THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY KEEP SOME OF THE ORIGINAL ROLLERSKATING FLOOR. SO THAT IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR SOME LOCALS HERE.
HOWEVER, WITH MORE STORMS ON THE WAY AND POSSIBLE STORM SURGES IN THE FUTURE, THE OWNERS HAVE DONE SOME THINGS TO KIND OF AVOID ANY FUTURE ISSUES ARE PLANNING ON BOARDING UP MORE OFTEN TO TRY TO AVOID MORE DAMAGE. NOW,
IT’S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY THAT THEY’RE LOOKING >> FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT’S NEXT. >> TYPICALLY ARE OPEN YEAR-ROUND. SO BEING CLOSED FOR THIS LONG HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR BOARD. WE’RE GOING STIR CRAZY. ANXIOUS AND IT’S JUST IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK
AND AND STARTING FRESH FOR 2024. >> YEAH. AND THE OWNERS JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO ACTUALLY PUT UP THE OPEN FLAG ON THE ROAD SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO BE PATIENT
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. LIKE I MENTIONED, EVERYTHING IS NEW, INCLUDING THIS, THEY’RE JUST HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE COME
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