The next morning (20 October) we got up and they were serving croissants by the pool, so we had bread and coffee ($10). We thought breakfast was included, WRONG!! We did not know at the time that this would be our last meal of the day. We went to the beach in the rain. It was fairly deserted as businesses were getting ready for the hurricane. We sat on one of the bar decks and watched the ocean and talked to a couple of people. We went to the office to inquire about our rental car and were told no car today due to the hurricane. That evening a lady from the office came to secure our deck furniture. We asked her if there was any place to get something to eat and she said no. When we told her we had hardly eaten in the last two days, she said that's too bad. Later that night we rolled down the hurricane shutter over the patio doors and prepared for the storm. The tropical winds switched to hurricane force winds at 9:00 PM at which time we lost power. We went to bed and listened to the wind and rain pound the tin roof of the hotel and blow against the walls. At approximately midnight part of our wall above the patio door came crashing in. We could see lightning and rain was coming in the hole. Unable to see in the dark and uncertain of what to do, I tried to assess the damage. Our bed remained dry but everything else got wet. The storm persisted through most of the night.