It was all hands on deck after Hurricane Fabian struck Front Street with eight-year-old Lorenzo Sequeros drafted in to help at Calypso's.

On Saturday he helped sweep up after several inches of water flooded the front of the store after winds of 160 miles per hour battered the boarded up stores on Front Street.

"I helped to sweep up," said Lorenzo, who is the son of manager Maritza Sequeros. "And we all worked really hard all day," he added.

Mrs. Sequeros added: "The broom is almost bigger than he is, but he still wanted to help." She added that the store had gotten off lightly with just water coming in under the front door, which left the front portion of the store flooded and some of the roof had come off the building letting water into the fifth floor.

"We had moved most of the stock away, and to be honest, we thought we would sustain more damage. We all came in and helped out on Saturday to get things back to normal."

Toys n' Stuff, on Queen Street with Church Street, was not so lucky, sustaining about $10,000 worth of damage to stock after a pipe burst in the building and water cascaded down into the store.

"It was bright sun light outside and beautiful, and it was raining indoors," said Carol Bromby, one of the owners. "The whole store was under and inch or two or water. But it could have been so much worse."

The owners of the store had the cleaners in and staff were yesterday sorting through the last aisle of damaged goods trying to see what could be saved.

And below them Boyle's appeared to have sustained even worse damage, with most of their storage area flooded by the same broken pipe.

Courtland Boyle said that they may have lost 2,000 pairs of shoes after water streamed down from above, leaving the store in a couple of inches of water. Yesterday, the owners were still attempting to save some of the shoes that had their boxes damaged by water.

Mr. Boyle said his father, William Boyle, was the first on the scene on Saturday and the whole family had worked hard all weekend to get rid of the damaged shoes and the flood water.

The family also own the building, and have been trying to sort out the damage to the entire structure.

"We hope to have a Fabian sale," said Mr. Boyle, who was yesterday still sweeping up the remains of the flood damage after the store had opened up to the public. "We hope to be back to normal by Saturday and have more new shoes on sale by then."

Jean Claude Garzia, one of the owners of the Lemon Tree, said the take away restaurant was going to be open for happy hour on Friday after his customers begged him to open his doors. "We have been feeding some customers for breakfast, lunch and dinner," he said. "People want a hot meal, and we are here to provide it.

"We have had new faces in every day. People just want something good and hot to eat when they can't cook at home."

Walter Bean, was working outside Cooper's men's store on Front Street touching up the paint.

"I have been touching up the paint," said Mr. Bean. "There was a little bit of water damage, but it wasn't too bad. We just want to get things back to looking really good."

Wadson's Ltd. on Front Street had the boards and windows of its store blown in. Frank Lines, one of the owners said he and his staff had worked hard to get the store back into shape for its customers.

He was called out at 4.30 a.m. on Saturday after he found out the windows had been blown in and came in to find the front of the store decimated.

But he praised the workmen who came to his aid minutes after he called them, with Island Glass there within 15 minutes of being called. His electrician Sam Nusum and tile man Peter Trimingham both took ten minutes to get there and start fixing up the damage.

"The store has been here over 100 years," said Mr. Lines. "I have never seen a storm like this in my life. But we were lucky to get off so lightly."

Marylou Ward, the owner of Bermuda Wine and Spirits, said the door of the store was cracked and had to be replaced. But she added that their other store, Carousel Liquors, was still without power and not able to open.

"We are insured for damage, but we are not insured for loss of income," she said. "We will have to take that cost ourselves."