NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT ANN %
THOMPSON SHOWS US HOW THAT GO
IS HURTING BUSINESSES THERE. %
>> Reporter: HEY, ALI BE SON,
THIS IS A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND %
THAT NOBODY WAS HOPING FOR. %
NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THE PANDEMIC, BUT THE
WEATHER HAS BEEN DOWN RIGHT %
LOUSY. %
TODAY IT IS GETTING -- IT IS %
CLOUDY, THE TEMPERATURES HAVE %
GOTTEN TO YOU 60 DEGREES. %
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE STAYED
AWAY FROM THE BEACHES.
EVEN THOUGH MASSACHUSETTS
BEACHES ARE FULLY OPEN. %
CRAIG MILL BREECH THERE ARE NO
LIFEGUARDS. %
SO FUR SWIMMING, YOU’RE %
SWIMMING AT YOUR OWN RISK. %
BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE STAYED %
AWAY, THAT IS REALLY BAD NEWS %
FOR THE BUSINESSES HERE IN CAPE
COD. %
THEY RELY ON TOURISTS, IN FACT %
TOURISTS ACCOUNTING FOR $1.3 %
BILLION OF THIS AREA’S ECONOMY,
AND MOST OF IT HAPPENS BETWEEN %
MEMORIAL DAY AND LABOR DAY. %
ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I % AM, I AM IN CENTERVILLE, THERE %
AM, I AM IN CENTERVILLE, THERE %
ARE TWO RESTAURANTS, BARNACLE,
THEIR BUSINESS
HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. %
>> IF THIS WAS A NORMAL %
MEMORIAL DAY WHAT WOULD BE THE
BARNACLE LOOK LIKE. %
>> SEE THE LINE, THE LINE WOULD
BE FROM THE WINDOW OUT ALMOST
TO THE STREET.
AND THAT’S PROBABLY WITH TWO
REGISTERS GOING. %
LUCKILY WE HAVE THE EXTRA TWO %
WEEKS THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY THAT
WILL HELP US A BIT.
I DON’T THINK WE CAN MAKE UP
FOR SUCH A LOSS.
BECAUSE THIS PANDEMIC.
>> Reporter: NOW THEY TYPICALLY
DURING THOSE SUMMER -- UP UNTIL
MID JULY, ALL THE MONEY THAT %
THEY EARN, THAT’S THEIR BREAK %
EVEN POINT. %
AFTER THAT IT’S ALL PROFIT. %
BUT THIS YEAR, THEY ARE NOT %
QUITE SURE BECAUSE NOBODY
REALLY KNOWS WHAT’S GOING TO %
HAPPEN. %
THE BIG KEY FOR THEM IS WHEN
THE GOVERNOR DECIDES TO ALLOW %
HOTELS, MOTELS, AIRBNB, SHORT-%
TERM RENTALS TO OPEN
UP. %
THAT IS WHAT DRIVES THE ECONOMY
HERE ON CAPE COD. %
AND JUNE 8th IS A DAY EVERYBODY
HAS CIRCLED ON THEIR CALENDAR,
ONCE THOSE START TO OPEN UP %
THEY BELIEVE THAT WILL HELP %
BRING THE TOURISTS BACK. %
WHEN THE TOURISTS DO COME BACK %
TO CAPE COD, THERE ARE %
DIFFERENT RULES AT THE BEACH, %
MUCH LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE %
YOU GO IN THE STATE OF
MASSACHUSETTS, YOU NEED TO WEAR
A FACE MASK, IF YOU CAN’T %
SOCIAL DISTANCE YOU NEED TO
STAY 6 FEET APART. %
PUT YOUR BLANKET DOWN ON THE %
BEACH, IT NEEDS TO BE 12 FEET %
