Ernest Hemingway’s granddaughter said that the entire family watches with concern as Hurricane Ian strikes the Florida Keys. She prayed for his Key West home.
Mariel Hemingway 60 said her grandfather was passionately interested in his home and the people living there.
Key West was busy putting the finishing touches on Tuesday. Schools and offices were shut down, and flights cancelled. Residents also warned about a storm surge of up to three feet. The actress stated that she fears for the property’s 180-year history, home to Hemingway between 1931 and 1939.
Hemingway’s second wife Pauline was given the house by her uncle as a wedding present.
This is the home of a colony six-toed cat colony, descendant from Snow White (Hemingway). The cats were safe and sound in a bunker on Tuesday night.
DailyMail.com: She said that if any of the houses were torn down, it would cause pain and sadness.
“It would have been upsetting for any of his properties to be affected.”
Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest (left), said that her family would be in great distress if their Florida home was destroyed.
Ernest Hemingway has had his Key West home, Florida, secured in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Ian
Hemingway’s Florida hunting trophy can be seen in his Florida office.
Key West is the home of a six-toed colony
The 180-year old home has one resident cat, which is seen lying on a mattress.
Hemingway lived at the house and wrote many of his most popular works, such as Green Hills of Africa, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Islands in the Stream, and The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
A swimming pool was constructed into Key West’s coral to make the house. It was, at its time, the only one that could be found for more than 100 miles.
This Florida house is well-equipped to weather storms. It is located 16 feet above the sea, with limestone walls 18 inches thick, as well as three generators.
He owned three properties in Key West, Ketchum, Idaho, and Havana, Cuba. The famous author loved to turn them into luxurious residences for his work, relaxation, and entertainment.
The location of his Florida Keys house was featured in License to Kill, a 1989 James Bond movie.
She said that ‘He would purchase his house from France to Ohio, because he loved them all and was passionate about the area and people’.
Hemingway split from Pauline and moved to Cuba after his 1940 divorce. Pauline lived in the house until Pauline’s death in 1951.
In its initial state, the house was a private residence. It was later sold for $80,000 The house was converted into a museum by the National Trust in 1964.
Mariel, Jack’s first child, was the only child Hemingway had with Hadley Richardson. He said that he would be relieved that Hadley Richardson was spared Hurricane Ian.
Mariel Hemingway was seen in 2013. In 2013, Mariel Hemingway was seen.
Signing copies of her memoirs, she is seen signing them in May 2015.
Ernest’s son Jack Hemingway is seen here with Byra, his wife, and the daughters Mariel, and Margaux.
Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn are pictured together. From 1940 to 1945, he was married with Martha Gellhorn.
Hemingway photographed in Kenya in September 1952
Hemingway spent his time in Cuba from 1939-60.
Although rain fell in Havana Tuesday afternoon and winds were strong, the city, which was under a Tropical Storm Watch and is preparing for possible storm surge along its waterfront, was spared most of Ian’s fury.
Havana’s deteriorating infrastructure suffers from storms that are smaller than Ian.
Late afternoon saw Ian’s winds whipping across Havana. The power was beginning to fail across the capital. Streets were emptying as Havana residents sought refuge from the storm surge and potential flooding.
By Tuesday night, all of Cuba was powered by electricity
According to the National Weather Service, Hurricane Ian will be bringing hurricane force winds up to 130 mph to Cuba and two to three feet of rain to Tampa Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast. It is likely to hit the area between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
He loved Cuba. The devastation it has seen would have deeply affected him. Mariel said that Cuba was Mariel’s favorite house.
According to her, it took several hours for news about Hurricane Irma’s September 2017 destruction of Keys homes and Keys communities to get through.
“When Hurricane Irma struck Florida, we only knew that our six-toed feline survived,” she explained.
THE HEMINGWAY CATS
Ernest Hemingway was presented Snow White by Captain Stanley Dexter with six toed cats in 1928.
The Hemingway Home and Museum Website states that some cats living on museum property are descendents of this original cat.
Key West, a tiny island off the coast of Florida, is home to many cats.
Hemingway named all of his cats after famous people of his time, such as actor Rudolph Valentino; novelist Martha Gellhorn, his third wife; dancer Isadora Duncan and Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida.
Museum staff have carried this tradition on.
According to the Hemingway Home and Museum website (pictured), some of the cats that live on the museum grounds were descendants of Snow White, according to Hemingway Home and Museum.
Source: Ernest Hemingway House and Museum