Sat 13 Sep 2008
Ike passed us last monday but something strange happened in the night of Thursday to Friday. From what I was told, lots of very large waves crashed into George Town and on Seven mile beach. The result was lots of beach erosion, many stones/pieces of coral and the beach looking terrible. Here are some pictures I took with my trusty Blackberry ; I had not taken my camera since I was not expecting to really see anything out of the ordinary.
This drop is by my estimates about 3-3.5ft.
The normally pristine beach is littered with stones and coral. On the flip side, I am sure that by next week, the government and hotels/condos will have cleaned it all up! I know after Gustav there was some damage & debris and it was all cleaned up quickly. Seven mile beach is where most tourists stay, so has to be top shape.
On another note, I took the ocean drive back home the other day along the South Sound district. There is a house that has been in construction for a while. Let me tell you that this place will be massive. I have heard figures of up to 30M$ for this place. My feeling is that is somewhat high. However, it is definitely in the multimillion dollars in cost for sure. When I passed by there were at the very least 12-15 people working on the site.
The pictures do not do this place justice. Its absolutely HUGE with a great view of the ocean. I am sure the owner will enjoy it. It looks great ; hope I get invited to some event/function there 🙂
Thanks for this Micho! We like to stay at the Villas of the Galleon and that beach erosion was right about there. Wow.
When Fay came thru when we were there we had about a 8 inch drop in the sand. That 3 feet + is wild! (and scary) OK, you need to proclaim yourself as a national journalist to get into the parties at that house!!!! Ok, so it’s just a blog – doesn’t that count?
Lisa
@Deborah
Yup … that picture is right next to the V. of Galleon. I am sure it wont be like that very long. In fact, I would not be surprised it it were already smoothed out with tractors.
@Lisa
Ill keep that in mind. Must be a great place to have massive parties. Maybe that guy also has a private jet! 🙂
The last two years that we have been in the Caymans we have been trying to decide if that was one house. Our favorate house was the “White House” before Ivan got to it. The last time we were there it looked like someone was working on it. If you have a chance could you post some updated pictures of it. Thanks for keeping us up to date on the island.
@Bob
I passed in front of the white house (its the large white house next to the Bodden Town cemetery for readers who are not familiar with it!) last week-end. In the last few months, the new owners (I assume …) seem to have gutted the interior and put in new windows. The outside appearance has not changed at all, at least not from what I can see. If anything outside changes, ill post some pictures.
Cheers
Micho
Oh my – we love that house 🙂 we stop there and admire it because my husband is a carpenter, but that was before we left for Gustav (thank you Micho xox).