Close Menu
  • CURRENT ISSUE
    • Cover Story
    • Profiles – Companies, Products & People
    • Spotlight Feature
    • VR Spotlight
    • Favorites & Special Reports
    • Bob Cooney Special Reports
    • Editorial
    • Datebook
    • Columns
      • Q&A with AMOA
      • Q&A with AAMA
      • NOW TRENDING by Howard McAuliffe & Nick DiMatteo
      • George McAuliffe’s GAMEROOM GURU
      • Adam Pratt’s ENDGAME
      • Jack Guarnieri’s JERSEY JACK
      • Beth Standlee’s PARTY PROFESSOR
      • Clint Novak’s PRIZE PATROL
      • FUN ACROSS AMERICA
      • Frank Seninsky’s FRANK TALK
      • Tom Fricke’s REDEMPTION & THE LAW
      • Randy White GUEST ESSAY
  • INSTANT REPLAY
  • PODCASTS & VIDEOS
    • The RePlay Podcast
    • Machines, Myths & Legends
    • Older Audio/Video Archive
  • GET REPLAY
    • Subscriptions
    • Sample Copies
    • Order Back Issues
    • Index
  • ABOUT
    • About RePlay Magazine
    • Meet the Team
    • Cookie Policy
  • LINKS
  • CONTACT
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Trending
  • Foundations Next Week Featuring Industry Experts
  • Arachnid’s Mike Gannon Retires After 42-Year Career
  • Jim Hines Returns to Univest
  • Betson Part of Huge Install at Elston Electric
  • Hippie Fish Mini-Golf FEC Now Open in Gulfport
  • First National Darts Day Rousing Success for BullShooter
  • VNEA Names Mike Wiltse New Executive Director
  • QubicaAMF Launches New Scoring System
X (Twitter) Facebook RSS Instagram YouTube
RePlay Magazine
  • CURRENT ISSUE
    • Cover Story
    • Profiles – Companies, Products & People
    • Spotlight Feature
    • VR Spotlight
    • Favorites & Special Reports
    • Bob Cooney Special Reports
    • Editorial
    • Datebook
    • Columns
      • Q&A with AMOA
      • Q&A with AAMA
      • NOW TRENDING by Howard McAuliffe & Nick DiMatteo
      • George McAuliffe’s GAMEROOM GURU
      • Adam Pratt’s ENDGAME
      • Jack Guarnieri’s JERSEY JACK
      • Beth Standlee’s PARTY PROFESSOR
      • Clint Novak’s PRIZE PATROL
      • FUN ACROSS AMERICA
      • Frank Seninsky’s FRANK TALK
      • Tom Fricke’s REDEMPTION & THE LAW
      • Randy White GUEST ESSAY
  • INSTANT REPLAY
  • PODCASTS & VIDEOS
    • The RePlay Podcast
    • Machines, Myths & Legends
    • Older Audio/Video Archive
  • GET REPLAY
    • Subscriptions
    • Sample Copies
    • Order Back Issues
    • Index
  • ABOUT
    • About RePlay Magazine
    • Meet the Team
    • Cookie Policy
  • LINKS
  • CONTACT
RePlay Magazine
You are at:Home»INSTANT REPLAY»The Great East Coast Mop-Up

The Great East Coast Mop-Up

0
By Casey Minter on October 10, 2016 INSTANT REPLAY
Hurricane Matthew damage near Vanceboro, N.C. today. Clean up is underway throughout the industry, as it is with citizens and other businesses along the southeastern coast. Photo by Todd Michalek, New Bern Sun Journal. Used with permission.
Hurricane Matthew damage near Vanceboro, N.C. today. Clean up is underway throughout the industry, as it is with citizens and other businesses along the southeastern coast.
Photo by Todd Michalek, New Bern Sun Journal. Used with permission.

Hurricane Matthew’s wet and wild journey from Florida to North Carolina caused a ton of water damage to locations, said Betson Atlanta’s Rick Murphy. “We heard this from customers in Charleston, Raleigh, Myrtle Beach, Raleigh, Lumberton and some other places,” he advised this morning. “We did okay at the office since we’re pretty far from the coast. But, we do expect calls from operators needing some immediate help as the hours and days go along and the real cleanup gets underway,” he added.

Sandy Woodard over in Brady-Starburst’s parts department in Charlotte, said their area also did okay. “A lot of water fell on this part of the world, but other than that, and a lot of wind-blown debris in the streets and yards, we’re right as rain, no pun intended. We’re standing by ready to help customers,” he advised.

hurricane-matthew-flooded-pics2Eddie Chermak at Legacy in Myrtle Beach said the city lost two piers while another one that the Green family owns suffered a good bit of damage, but is still standing. “Right now, the office has power in some rooms, none in others,” Ed said when we reached his cell phone Monday. “The land line phones are acting up as is the Internet. Over a foot of water fell in this part of the world in eight hours and there’s water damage and trash all over. But on balance, we did okay and are anxious to help customers wherever we can with whatever they may need. (He advised that the folks down at the big Beyer & Brown route in Daytona hadn’t contacted him as yet, so he’s hoping that prominent route survived the worst of the storm that hit that part of Central Florida.)

Down in Daytona Beach itself, Justin Jennison said his factory did okay, all things considered, and they’re in cleanup mode right now. . .Eddie Roseboom at Bob’s Space Racers said that factory came through, but they’re mopping up inside and outside as well. . .Benchmark, as reported earlier, skirted the worst of the storm. Al Kress said his wife Donna had taken on the job of restoring their backyard at home which looked like a graveyard of broken tree limbs.

Needless to say (but we’ll say it anyway), operators can contact suppliers for any help they may need to “upright the ship.” Helping hands are ready and willing.

 

Betson Atlanta Bob's Space Racers Brady Starburst Eddie Chermak Eddie Roseboom Florida Hurricane Matthew Justin Jennison Legacy North Carolina Rick Murphy Sandy Woodard
Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
Previous ArticleHeighway Pinball Presents Alien
Next Article One VR Application Looks Set to Grow: Gambling

Related Posts

Foundations Next Week Featuring Industry Experts

Arachnid’s Mike Gannon Retires After 42-Year Career

Jim Hines Returns to Univest

Comments are closed.







RePlay Logo

RePlay Magazine is a monthly trade publication covering the game center and route business. Since 1975, RePlay has been reporting on the equipment, people and trends that have made "coin-op" a fun and exciting business.

Get the FREE Instant RePlay Newsletter

Sign up and receive newsletters to keep you in the know.


© 2025 RePlay Magazine - All rights reserved. For permission to reproduce content, email [email protected].
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.