From Saturday, Oct. 12, and well into the following week, American Legion Post 382 members and volunteers cleared debris, placed items into rented U-Haul pods and tried putting back together their beloved Legion building after Hurricane Isaias ripped off most of the roof.
“We worked all day Monday, all day Tuesday, got the pods on Wednesday and worked all day Today (Thursday, Oct. 15),” said Loreen Skobel, American Legion Post 382’s post adjutant.
Following the Oct. 9 landfall of Hurricane Isaias, SpringHill Suites on Navarre Beach closed for renovations, mostly to repair damage to part of the hotel’s roof and Beach House Social, the restaurant attached to the hotel.
On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the hotel announced it was back open for business.
Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, which sticks out a mile into the Gulf of America, was the first thing in Santa Rosa County to feel the effects of Hurricane Isaias.
Due to the storm’s winds of more than 100 mph and storm surge, the pier was damaged.
Hurricane Isaias rolled through Navarre around 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, with winds exceeding 100 mph.
The storm, which was listed as a Category 2 as it made landfall, brought plenty of damage to the area and knocked out power to most of Navarre. Snapped trees, downed powerlines, missing siding and shingles and other debris inundated the region.
Sean Acosta was supposed to be holding tryouts for the Navarre boys soccer team on Monday.
Instead, he and several Raider athletes were at the Navarre Soccer Complex on a sun-splashed October morning cleaning up the mess left by Hurricane Isaias, which ripped through Northwest Florida as a Category 2 storm on Friday night.
History is within reach for the Navarre Raider volleyball team, which will play for its first district championship in program history next Thursday.
The Raiders (11-12) are the top seed in the three-team District 1-6A tournament and get a bye into the championship round, hosting either Pace (9-13) or Crestview (9-13) for the crown.