Sat 30 Aug 2008
I got home from the office around 10am. It has now stopped raining and wind is virtually gone. After getting home, I went for a drive and then to pick up my stuff.
All in all, very little damage which is great. Our place has nothing at all. From my drive, I saw a few uprooted trees, broken twigs and that’s pretty much it. There may be isolated incidents, but I think this was a “good” hurricane for Grand Cayman. What a sigh of relief. Here are some pictures and video’s I took this morning when I left the office. We dont even seem to have lost power at my place which is great since everything in the freezer and fridge is still cold … including the beer! 🙂
Here is a US Navy satellite picture around when the storm was the closest (3am Saturday, august 30th) to the Island. We were really lucky! You can see that its much closer to the two sister islands. They were not as lucky as us!
Here is a construction site near my office. The “fence” was knocked down. Minor stuff for sure.
When I got home, I was greeted by Niko, the neighborhood dog, with a wagging tail. What a sweetheart … ! 🙂
The bushes on our lot. I can see in what direction the wind blew!
In Spotts. Probably the biggest tree I saw uprooted.
Wave action in George Town near Eden rock. No snorkeling today.
Seven mile beach. Rather large waves. No swimming here either today.
Video of wave action at Smith Cove
Eden rock just next downtown George Town
Seven mile beach (lots of wind noise on this one)
This will be the last Gustav post unless something of note comes up. I usually update this the blog every 7-14 days in “normal times”. To get an email alert when I make a new post, simply click on “register” on the right to sign up. I will not send you any other emails or spam ; I promise! 🙂
Job well done. Can’t thank you enough for your diligence in communicating the events of Gustav. A big sigh of relief here.
Kudos from me too, you provided more great information than what the news would have provided here in the states. Thanks again and go have some cold ones!
Thank you so much for all this.
It helps very much to keep our hearts and good wishes focused.
Micho, I’m glad you’re safe. Thanks for the videos!
We have a time share at Morritt’s and two of our favorite places to snorkel are Smith’s Cove and Eden Rock. Your pictures and blog make us remember why we love the Caymans. If we could just make a living there.
Hey, thanks for all the updates. I just moved from Cayman after living there for 10 years and I miss it already. It is so good to be able to keep up to date with all the happenings. I’m so glad that everyone is safe in Cayman. Please keep blogging about Cayman, as I look forward to updates from the island – forever island_gal 🙂
Thank you for this Micho. My last visit (my 15th) was in May. Glad my “home away from home” got through another one without too much damage.