Posts by Kevin Godwin

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BEACH SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT SAFETY For Daily Setup and Take-Down Customers: Each day that you leave the beach, you are required to ‘drop the umbrella’.  You need to ‘remove the pin’ that holds the umbrella ( for 9 foot and 11 foot umbrellas) open and re-insert the pin into the hole and…

Winds are incredibly high for early morning and are forecast to keep rising through the day. Just as a reminder of our policy regarding winds. Our insurer has specific rules for us regarding winds as over the years we have all seen the dramatic videos of flying umbrellas and while it looks humorous, they do…

There will be no setup today due to the storm this morning causing substantial damage to umbrellas and then subsequent high winds which are measured on the beach, not by apps on your phone. Wind speeds on the beach are always 4 to 5 mph higher than what you see on your phone as those…

Hi Folks, While we did setup the umbrellas today, they are left in the ‘down’ position. Please do NOT attempt to open them as the winds are too high and the forecast for today from noon onward is supposed to be even higher. If the forecast is wrong and the wind speeds drops to a…

Hey Folks, same as yesterday but with higher winds this morning than yesterday..17 to 18 mph. Umbrellas will be left in the down/closed position. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPEN THEM. One person tried to yesterday and it flew out and hit a person next door. If you open them and they hit someone or…

July 1st, All umbrellas are left in the ‘closed/down’ position due to higher winds. Winds at 7:30 were measured on the strand at 15 mph. steady and the continued forecast is for increasing winds by noon. Please do NOT attempt to open umbrellas yourself. We left them closed due to our insurance requirements and beach/equipment…

Wouldn’t you know it? Rain and Thunderstorms through noon or beyond. If ‘Future Radar’ is any indication of the day, it’s going to be light rain through the mid-afternoon. Sorry folks this isn’t the way to start off your week, but we do need the rain. Monday and Tuesday don’t look much better 🙁 We…

Hi Folks. Weather this week is going to be very ‘iffy’ to say the least. We will advise you day to day of any happenings with your service as best we can. Umbs & Chairs are being setup today, but it is a day of forecast rain along with potential winds (winds last week were…

Weather is forecast to be an issue through late morning. At present we are delaying service this morning until we see how the weather pans out. Please bear in mind there is a strong potential that no set can occur even if the weather breaks and clears off as we don’t do late morning setups…

Folks, we are not setting up anything today as the winds on the beach are 18 to 20 mph and that’s above what our insurance carrier allows. The forecast also is calling for gusts up to 30 mph and we got some 25 mph gust already on the beach. It’s all due to this frontal…