Dear Friends,

Our hearts go out to those already touched by Hurricane Irma in St. Martin, Barbuda, Puerto Rico and other Caribbean Islands. This giant storm is heading right for Key West and the rest of Florida. We have boarded up our store and closed until we have the all-clear. Two members of our team have evacuated but Tommy Allen has decided to ride out the storm in Key West despite my pleadings. He is a Conch and I assume he knows what he is doing but we will be nervous until the storm passes.

My house is all shuttered and just about everyone has left Key West, the cams show empty streets and beaches. Mallory Square, the site of the daily sunset celebration was completely and eerily vacant. With Hurricane Jose following Irmas tracks and Katia hanging out in the Gulf it is a dangerous and unprecedented hurricane season. I liked a meme on Facebook that said “It’s like Mother Nature heard all the climate change denials and said ‘here, hold my beer’ “ .

Hopefully, Irma takes a hard right and goes off to sea and dies but we are thinking of all those in the path of this dangerous storm!

How about those Red Sox using Apple Watch to steal signs from the Yankees. That was the best “feel good” story of the week!

This week’s Kibbles & Bytes exclusive features the Apple Factory Refurbished MacBook Pro 13-inch with Touch Bar. This unit has a 2.9GHz processor 8GB ram and 256GB SSD drive. I have a few in Space Gray and some in Silver. I am bundling this unit which has a 1-year Apple warranty with AppleCare + to extend that to three years and also cover some accidental damage (deductible applies). But to make this a really cool system I am also including a BenQ PD2710QC Designer Monitor that includes an integrated USB C hub. This is the set-up I use and it is fantastic! You get the MacBook Pro 13-inch with Touch Bar, the BenQ display and AppleCare + for only $2199.97!