Fourth of July weekend sees a stormy start

Last week’s issue of the Longboat Observer featured a front-page story about the “Boom Boom on the Bay” event at Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant and how the crowd had a blast despite the storms that cut short the fireworks show. But Longboat Key resident Cyndi Seamon captured the other side of the night while boating and said that it was pretty scary out at sea. But there’s good news to report: Everyone weathered the storm and made it home safely.