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Hurricane Delta Update: October 6, 2020

Hurricane Delta is projected to impact our area as a major weather event. The predicted impact is currently Friday PM (Oct. 9) or Saturday (Oct. 10).

We have made a decision to prep our homes for the coming hurricane Delta. Our maintenance team is currently working through 10 groups of homes or “zones” to prepare homes for the storm. They are working in two, two-man teams at the current time to address the needs of each home and owner.

We are currently allowing guests with a check-in date of Today Oct. 6th through Sunday, Oct. 11th to selectively postpone their vacation or move back their check-in date.

Notes on postponement

> You will need to reserve a time in the same home within 18 months of your current check-in

> If you have trip insurance and would like to cancel, we strongly encourage you to file a claim..

Click here to start an insurance claim.

Update: Tuesday, September 22, 2020

We do not feel like our homes or our area will be ready for a proper vacation over the next few weeks so we are going to cancel, refund, or post pone all reservations from 9/27/2020 -10/10/2020.

We are in a heavy crisis and reconstruction phase in Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fort Morgan and we are preparing our area and our homes to be enjoyable for our guests to ensure you get the Harris experience.

Please give us a few weeks to repair and assess and we will send out another update on October 5th.

Thank you for being patient with as we get you information regarding refunds, cancellations, etc.

Please e-mail [email protected] to let us know how you would like to handle your upcoming reservation if your check-in date is before 10/10/2020.

Update: Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 2:30 PM

The storm is currently a CAT 1 storm. It is not expected to strengthen.

Expected Landfall as Predicted CAT 1 Storm.

Significant strengthening from this point is not expected

Sally has slowed to a crawl, only moving forward at 2 MPH

Sally will be a weather situation for our area into Thursday It could be Thursday or Friday before parts of low lying Fort Morgan are accessible

Predicted landfall is gradually moving east and is now centered on Mobile Bay, AL, this includes a direct hit to the Fort Morgan Area

Alabama Gulf Coast will see-

Very High Levels of Rainfall The storm will be very slow-moving and affect our area through Wednesday evening or possible into significant parts of Thursday

Predicted CAT 1 Hurricane force winds- We are expecting these to start Tuesday PM

Storm is predicted to be a CAT 1 at landfall

Update: Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 7:30 AM

The storm is currently a CAT 1 storm. It weakened overnight from a brief period as a CAT 2.

Expected Landfall as Predicted CAT 1 Storm.

Significant strengthening from this point is not expected

Sally has slowed to a crawl, only moving forward at 2 MPH Sally will be a weather situation for our area into late Wednesday evening

It could be Thursday or Friday before parts of low lying Fort Morgan are accessible

Predicted landfall is gradually moving east and is now the AL & MS border

Alabama Gulf Coast will see-

Very High Levels of Rainfall

Storm will be very slow-moving and affect our area through Wednesday evening or possible into significant parts of Thursday

We are expecting these to start Tuesday PM

Update: Monday, September 14, 2020, 4:30 PM

Here is what we know about the storm:

The storm has ​become a CAT 1 Hurricane.

Expected Landfall as Predicted CAT 1 or CAT 2 Storm

The cone has moved East and Alabama is now in a Hurricane Warning Zone

This will be a very slow moving storm and will be a significant weather event into Tuesday Evening or possibly Wednesday

Predicted Landfall around the Biloxi, MS area. We are on the East side and will see Huge Amounts of rainfall and wind driven rain.

Alabama Gulf Coast will see-

Very High Levels of RainfallPredicted CAT 1 Hurricane force winds or higher

Storm Surge of 4' - 7'

Governor Ivey has issued a beach closure order (3 PM Monday) and "Recommended" evacuation of low lying or vulnerable areas.

What we are doing-

We have asked each guest to pull in lighter weight deck furniture. Most of our guests have chosen to evacuate.

We are working to prep non-occupied homes.

We have communicated to our guests through our in-house emergency communication system

We are re-arranging some check-outs and check-ins to make for safer environments for our guests and our team members

HVR Team has a "Head Home" order in place for 5:00 pm this evening to keep them safe.

We are prepared to work from home as the storm makes landfall and remains in our area.