One July, I was working a wedding reception held on the town beach in a pavilion.  Hurricane Isabelle was out in the Atlantic, and there was a possibility that it would hit land.  I called the Town Hall and asked if the toilets at the facility were on pumps or the city sewer system.  After a long pause, the clerk said that no one had ever asked that question! I told her we were having a wedding there that coming Saturday and needed to know what would happen if the power went out.  Would the toilets still function without electricity?  She told me they were on the city sewer system, and we would be fine.  I did arrange for a back-up venue, though, in case the original once was damaged by the hurricane.  Next, I called a string band and had them on backup, just in case the power went out.  Then I purchased hundreds of candles.  The hurricane passed us, but it kicked up a lot of sand and dirt.  I was glad I had two custodians on call to clean the boardwalk around the pavilion and to wash the oversized windows.  Which they did after receiving a very hefty tip.

 

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