ARE THEY EMPTY DUE TO THE COMING STORM?????
“ the island, which lies just across the bay from Miami,”
I doubt that those houses are empty due to hurricane Helene, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is not going near Miami. They are most likely empty, just as are other huge celebrity owned homes in Paris, London, Vail, Nantucket, etc. They are to be at-the-ready whenever one of these celebrities chooses to stay in them, even for a few days.