Unfortunately for some, Hurricane Emily struck during high tide. The National Trust, whose headquarters, `Waterville', is located off Crow Lane, was one of many places which were flooded by the surprise storm. Connie Dey, who was an administrative assistant for the Trust at the time, fondly recalled for The Royal Gazette having to dry out hundreds of newly-published books entitled, Bermuda, Her Plants and Gardens 1609-1850. "With the tide being so high, the water came over the wall and poured into an office on the ground floor," she said. "We had just received a shipment of the brand-new books and we stacked them on the board room floor until we could get to them."

But Emily reached them first, causing the overflowing tides to leave at least 15 inches of water in her wake.

But, according to Mrs. Dey, all was not lost. Once the vicious storm passed, employees of the Trust laid the books out on the lawn to dry in the sun.

"After they dried they were alright," she said. "Just a little crinkly."

And the Trust eventually ended up selling all of the books. But, in retrospect, Mrs. Dey said the Trust should have devised a marketing scheme which would have made the publications definite keepsakes. "We should have placed stamps in them which read `I survived Hurricane Emily'," she said with a laugh.