ChopperNite # 9 Was planned for October 26, 2005.
With costumes bought and bicycles made everyone was just waiting for the weekend to arrive.
Then forecasts of Wilma hitting the area popped up.
With many keeping their freaky little fingers crossed!
The worst happened.
Wilma KICKED OUR COLLECTIVE ASSES!!
So with No power anywhere, and talk of it taking 3 weeks or more to get power back up, ChopperNite # 9 was cancelled.
A mandatory evacuation of residents was ordered for the Florida Keys in Monroe County and those in Collier County living West or South of US 41.[5] County offices, schools and courts were closed Monday, October 24. At least 300 Keys evacuees were housed at the Monroe County shelter at Florida International University in Miami-Dade County.[6] All Collier County public schools were declared closed for Friday, October 21. The schools were closed to "allow parents and staff to prepare for the storm and potential evacuation", and also allowed "for needed preparation of schools to be used as hurricane shelters." The schools remained closed on Monday, October 24 as the hurricane made landfall.[7] Schools around Fort Myers, Tampa, as well as Sumter, Marion, Pasco, and Polk Counties were closed on Monday, October 24. Schools in Palm Beach and Broward counties were closed for two weeks due to extended power outages and some physical damage to school buildings. Schools in Collier and Miami-Dade counties were closed for a little over a week, including the University of Miami.
