Hurricane Grotto

Grotto, a photo by FireFlyBuzz on Flickr.

We got to stop by the Hurricane Grotto at St. Mary’s by the Sea church in Key West. The grotto was built after a destructive hurricane and the story goes, that as long as this grotto still stands, the town will be spared a direct impact from another hurricane. And so far it seems to be working.

In 1922, a nun built the hurricane grotto on the grounds of the church in memory of the 600 who died during the great Atlantic-Gulf hurricane of Sept. 10, 1919, a Category 4 hurricane that made a direct hit on Key West.