Post #117689 by Swanky on Sat, Oct 2, 2004 12:55 PM

I was as surprised as everyone when I woke up Saturday morning to find I had to be out of the room by 10AM. I took the list from the front desk and called and got a room. We got over there and bought gallons of water and food and prepared for a long stay.

Then I called the Mai Kai and they said they were open and the bar was full. So I threw on my suit and we all headed over for dinner. I needed a shower badly, but, you gotta go. I was glad I did.

Being at the Mai Kai made all the stress of the previous days go away. It made me relax. It was very nice to be there. You would not have known there was a hurricane outside unless you peeked out at the winds.

Then we headed home to our rank hotel room and found that it was the only place without lights! Every building around had lights, but our hotel was dark. So we opened the window for a breeze and tried to get to sleep.

About 2AM I heard what sounded like rowdy men arriving. Shouts and car doors shutting. Then I heard more and more. Then I began to realize it wasn't stopping. It got REALLY loud. Lots of just screaming and hollering at the top of their lungs. Then it wasn't actually car doors, it was them throwing furniture at the windo of their room! It got louder and louder. It sounded like they were killing each other! I don't know when I have ever heard such screaming. And now the window has shattered and you can feel the furniture bouncing around through the floor. Insane primal screaming. Can't tell what they are screaming. And the halls are pitch black.

So we are fearing these insane men might set the room on fire. The cell phone had just minutes of battery left and we called 911. They came and arrested the two men. But our poor nerves were shot.

I had driven to Florida so even though things were cleared up south, I could not head back north because Jeanne was still in the way. So I spent more nights at the Mai Kai.