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"It came close to being trouble, came real close," said Sam Thompson, who owns a boat repair yard in St. Mary's County, not far from the foot of the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge. The winds on Friday night, he said, appeared to be blowing harder than they did during Isabel, but the 50 boats in his custody appeared to have escaped damage.
On the other side of the bridge in Solomons Island, the large Tiki Bar-famous for hosting springtime parties for more than 10,000 revelers-was under 2 1/2 feet of water at high tide late Friday, said owner Terry Clarke. Water also flooded several motel rooms on his property, said Clarke, who estimated cleaning and replacement costs of roughly $40,000.
"I didn't think it was going to be this bad," he said yesterday morning.
But none of that would hold him back. He promised that the main bar would be open by noon.
Kim Boquel got a good view of the winds Friday afternoon when the organizer of the 32nd annual Solomons Island Festival found herself alone in her van on the festival grounds.
"I was sitting out here. It's thundering, the van's shaking, and then the port-a-potties blew over," she recalled.
On the other side of the bridge in Solomons Island, the large Tiki Bar-famous for hosting springtime parties for more than 10,000 revelers-was under 2 1/2 feet of water at high tide late Friday, said owner Terry Clarke. Water also flooded several motel rooms on his property, said Clarke, who estimated cleaning and replacement costs of roughly $40,000.
"I didn't think it was going to be this bad," he said yesterday morning.
But none of that would hold him back. He promised that the main bar would be open by noon.
Kim Boquel got a good view of the winds Friday afternoon when the organizer of the 32nd annual Solomons Island Festival found herself alone in her van on the festival grounds.
"I was sitting out here. It's thundering, the van's shaking, and then the port-a-potties blew over," she recalled.
No, Not the Tiki Bar......... Damn you Ernesto!!!!! Why couldnt you have spared the Tiki Bar 
Where will we all go to get plastered now, ok, whose got the tarp and the pick up truck...a couple of roman candles for that water jet effect maybe?
