Cape May, New Jersey and it’s Bed and Breakfasts survived Hurricane Irene.  As usual the weather folks got this one wrong.  Don’t get me wrong, we complied and evacuated as requested but how many times can you cry wolf before one starts to ignore the warnings?  I am thankful that we have a Cape May to come back to.  If the weather folks were correct in their prediction,  I think Cape May would have been wiped off the map; so I am glad they were wrong again.  It was quite an interesting week for me.  Starting with the calls to cancel reservations for the upcoming storm and at this point I didn’t even know anything about it’s pending arrival.  It is very frustrating for innkeepers here in town as we are constantly struggling with the poor predictions of the weather people.  I have to say as long as I have been here I think they have been wrong 100% of the time.  Well, maybe 99.99% of the time.  That doesn’t mean I would want anyone to put themselves in danger but when you are trying to survive in our business it really makes it difficult to overcome the poor predictions, even the routine everyday ones, when someone is telling folks it’s going to rain and it turns out to be a beautiful sunny day.  I kid around all the time with people.  I tell them, “It doesn’t rain in Cape May”.  Now in reality it does but very infrequently and definitely not even close to the amount of times they predict it will.   So the next time you want to know the weather in Cape May just call me and I’ll stick my head out the window and give you a much more accurate assessment of  the current conditions here in Cape May.  LOL

According to a story written by MC1(AW) Elizabeth Burke, Master Sergeant Bubba  G. V. Beason, of McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, is the 305^th Maintenance Squadron, 305^th Air Mobility Wing, Air Mobility Command’s 2010 nominee for the Spirit of Hope Award.  While on vacation he came up with an idea to honor the fallen servicemen and women from New Jersey in OIF/OEF.  He contacted Judy Tapper, mother of David Tapper, a Navy SEAL who was killed in Afghanistan in 2003 and is now the New Jersey President of Gold Star Moms with his idea.  Master Sergeant Beason organized a 140 mile run which starts in Cape May, New Jersey and finishes at the Veteran’s Memorial in Holmdel, New Jersey.  The run was started in 2009 and will continue its mission with another run starting September 25^th   from the Cape May Lighthouse and will cover 140 miles before finishing at the NJ Vietnam Memorial in Holmdel the following day.  The runners will mark every mile of their journey with an American flag and a personalized biographical card in honor of every fallen service member.  The runners are comprised of active duty and reserve Airmen and Soldiers from McGuire Air force Base and Ft. Dix, NJ.   For more information visit www.njrunforthefallen.org .