LindaBabe
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From stormcarib.com
A man had been out all day these are his observations.
"
-best part is people seem happy, big smiles, just thankful to be alive and to see their friends again. so spirits seem good.
-landline service restored at the Marriott (he was adamant this was true!)
-he said it looks like a nuclear bomb went off, debris everywhere, furniture in middle of streets, most houses along by-pass near king's gym, had no roofs
-said it will be days with chainsaws, heavy equip etc. lots of work to do.
-shipping containers scattered randomly everywhere
-up to 50 ft boats still tied to portions of a dock scattered along roads
-happy to see aircraft over head
-navy ships just offshore
-parts of the island that were "there" no longer "there" i.e sunset house, southsound demolished, turtlefarm gone, lost of west bay destroyed-sorry no specifics
-NO DEATHS TO HIS KNOWLEDGE (doesn't mean there aren't any)
-widespread looting even during peak of storm
-the ocean still "HUGE"
-Most boats at sailing club washed off trailers, and are "gone"
a collection of boats mingled together on the "ice machine" side of the club house.
BUILDINGS:
-Butterfield house amazing, well intact
-Parkway still flooded, 5 ft h2o still there
-lime tree bay: boats on top of cars (lots flooding)
-Glass house destroyed, all windows gone
-Walker's House: fine, perhaps damaged cars in car park
-Bank of AMerica severe damage, TOwer bldg too
-old HSBC bldg corner of fort street mostly destroyed, one floor intact
-Hunter's Law Firm (forget new name) seems ok
-Offices where Quin & Hamson are seem ok.
-Courtyard marriott severe damage
-Poinsettia: D block no broken windows, bottom floor flooded to 4 ft, some leaking 2nd floor. A & B units basically windowless except boarded ones, bottom units in A all ok only 1 inch flooding
-COastLinetowers South church st structurally intact
-Sappphire Sail boat, tirmaran, parked on someone's front lawn
-Admiral's Retreat structurally sound, 5 ft flooding to ground flr.
-Mariner's Cove: blocking Shamrock Rd, traffic re-routed through Patrick's island, but it took over an hour so he headed back towards town
-Old Prospect Rd: 4 New Town homes badly damaged, furniture coming out front door.
-Homes in south sound in rugby club area washed away on seaside.
-Ritz carleton appears fine structurally, scaffolding still up
And the piece de resistance: The dome is still up at the Captain's Bakery."
There are pictures of the disaster on Yahoo among others. The news media are doing a dreadful job of covering this disaster for those of us in the US and Canada with interest in the area.
A man had been out all day these are his observations.
"
-best part is people seem happy, big smiles, just thankful to be alive and to see their friends again. so spirits seem good.
-landline service restored at the Marriott (he was adamant this was true!)
-he said it looks like a nuclear bomb went off, debris everywhere, furniture in middle of streets, most houses along by-pass near king's gym, had no roofs
-said it will be days with chainsaws, heavy equip etc. lots of work to do.
-shipping containers scattered randomly everywhere
-up to 50 ft boats still tied to portions of a dock scattered along roads
-happy to see aircraft over head
-navy ships just offshore
-parts of the island that were "there" no longer "there" i.e sunset house, southsound demolished, turtlefarm gone, lost of west bay destroyed-sorry no specifics
-NO DEATHS TO HIS KNOWLEDGE (doesn't mean there aren't any)
-widespread looting even during peak of storm
-the ocean still "HUGE"
-Most boats at sailing club washed off trailers, and are "gone"
a collection of boats mingled together on the "ice machine" side of the club house.
BUILDINGS:
-Butterfield house amazing, well intact
-Parkway still flooded, 5 ft h2o still there
-lime tree bay: boats on top of cars (lots flooding)
-Glass house destroyed, all windows gone
-Walker's House: fine, perhaps damaged cars in car park
-Bank of AMerica severe damage, TOwer bldg too
-old HSBC bldg corner of fort street mostly destroyed, one floor intact
-Hunter's Law Firm (forget new name) seems ok
-Offices where Quin & Hamson are seem ok.
-Courtyard marriott severe damage
-Poinsettia: D block no broken windows, bottom floor flooded to 4 ft, some leaking 2nd floor. A & B units basically windowless except boarded ones, bottom units in A all ok only 1 inch flooding
-COastLinetowers South church st structurally intact
-Sappphire Sail boat, tirmaran, parked on someone's front lawn
-Admiral's Retreat structurally sound, 5 ft flooding to ground flr.
-Mariner's Cove: blocking Shamrock Rd, traffic re-routed through Patrick's island, but it took over an hour so he headed back towards town
-Old Prospect Rd: 4 New Town homes badly damaged, furniture coming out front door.
-Homes in south sound in rugby club area washed away on seaside.
-Ritz carleton appears fine structurally, scaffolding still up
And the piece de resistance: The dome is still up at the Captain's Bakery."
There are pictures of the disaster on Yahoo among others. The news media are doing a dreadful job of covering this disaster for those of us in the US and Canada with interest in the area.
