Following the landfall of Hurricane Irene, Labor Day weekend was looking bleak for Hamptonites. Power was lost at Trata, Robert’s and Nobu had a broken water main to contend with. LIPA owned-up to 500,000 Long Islanders without power. The waterlogged arborous Hamptons was left with four days to dry out, repair and get back on the grid for the final holiday weekend of the summer.
With inspiring resilience, proprietors and staff of these glamorous Hamptons establishments got to work. Parking attendants hauled out a 2-foot diameter tree that had crashed down on the driveway of Dune/Axe Lounge. Trata’s resourceful owner obtained a generator the size of a small house, to power his party.
One of their staff even flew back from college to work for one last weekend of the summer!
Nobu fixed their broken water main and reopened--Richie Notar would not let his party die!
The Palm, in East Hampton, never lost power and guests continued pouring in, dodging the pouring rain drops.
South Pointe booked one of the hottest DJs in the World:
Dune/Axe Lounge echoed this jet-setter DJ booking by having LEE KALT spin at their exclusive club, which was remarkably spared by the storm.
Sir Ivan even hosted the Crown Prince of India, Manvendra Singh Gohil, at The Castle, as Irene slammed the shores of Southampton!
Witnessing the Hamptons pull together and ensure a warm holiday weekend, days after their biggest storm in 20 years, is truly a lesson in American Resilience.
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