Wed 27 Aug 2008
This morning when looking at the weather sites, I had to refresh my screen a few times. The storm is still over/near Haiti and has barely moved. It has almost stalled! That is good & bad news at the same time. The good : The trajectory may change from the forecasts. The bad : It can take its time to gain strength again after dropping many inches of rain on Haiti.
Notice that the storm is only slightly more to the west (left) compared to my post yesterday afternoon! This storm is very slooooow! Haiti sure is getting lots of rain out of this one.
Our local airline, Cayman Airways, has canceled all non-Miami/Ft. Lauderdale flights. They have also added a whole bunch of flights to Miami to evacuate all those that wish to leave. Basically, the three Boeing 737’s will be flying back & fourth to Miami all day today and tomorrow. After the last flight out, they will park the planes somewhere safe, most probably at the Miami airport and return once the storm has passed. This morning I received an email from a tourist currently staying in cayman and in a bit of a panic. (if you are reading this, I hope my email helped!) I suggested to the person (and I recommend it to any tourists still in Cayman) to seriously consider this option and leave before the storm.
Thank you so much for this website.
We have become friends with so many local Cayman residents from our vacation travels over the last 10 years and it is great to have a consistent report of how things are progressing, whether is it hurricane season or not. Thanks again !
Hi Micho!
I hope the storm will bypass the island.
How many such dengerous storms you have on the island per year averagely?
Do actually a lot of caymanians leave the island right before storms?
ARGH!! My wife and I are flying in on Sunday morning early!! Are we going to be able to get onto the island? If they are evacuating, does that mean that they’ll cancel our flight on Sunday?
@ Marsa
Thanks for your kind words 🙂 I am glad you like my humble little blog!
@Petronick
The hurricane season is from June 1 – Nov 30. In there, usually 2-3 will cause some concern. Out of those, 0-1 will cause trouble. A direct hit is the main concern (the center of the storm) and that only happens once in a very long while. Last one in 2004 and before that in the 1930’s.
@Josh
Hold your horses! 🙂 By Sunday this thing should be long gone … hopefully. If there is little/no damage, coming here should not be an issue. If there is damage, the story could be different. All-in-all, I would think that for Sunday your odds are pretty good of being able to get here.
Really appreciate your site. We own property there and during Ivan found it quite difficult to receive any reliable information. We appreciate your input. Stay safe and keep us all posted.
Thank you,
JD
Thanks for your comments JD 🙂 As long as I have internet connectivity, stay tuned for updates! The overall feeling is that this will pass us by without too much damage! Lets hope that materializes