{"id":3449,"date":"2017-09-07T20:14:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T01:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T23:17:16","slug":"hurricane-irma-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3449","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Irma – update"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago I posted about Hurricane Irma getting closer to the Turks & Caicos Islands, where I was for work. \u00a0I am glad to say that I made it out, and without a moment to spare. \u00a0This page is a quick summary of my escape. \u00a0That being said, my ordeal is nothing compared to what has happened to the folks in Barbuda, St-Martin, St-Barts, Anguilla & the BVI so far – I am sure you have all seen pictures ; so sad. Over the years I have made many friends in these islands and am worried for them. \u00a0For long time readers of this blog, you know I love animals. I’m also thinking about the flamingos, donkeys & many, many other kinds of animals which will be affected by this monster storm.<\/p>\n

As of typing this, the storm is passing over the Turks & Caicos Island. \u00a0The eye is almost passed Grand Turk where I was Sunday-Tuesday (“Cockburn town” on picture below) and will get to Providenciales a bit later tonight, where I was until yesterday late afternoon. \u00a0I am sure that by tomorrow afternoon pictures will start to emerge on social media. I am worried about what they may look like. \u00a0The most scary forecast is the storm surge ; which is extra height the “regular” tide can get. \u00a0For the TCI, it is a whopping 15-20ft. \u00a0In essence, places near the ocean may be underwater.<\/p>\n

As of right now in the TCI. \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0This is essentially a direct hit.<\/p>\n

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So back to Providenciales. \u00a0Yesterday afternoon. \u00a0Lots of people catching a flight out. \u00a0Although busy, things were happening in an orderly fashion. \u00a0No panicking!<\/p>\n

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These were the last flights to Canada & the US.<\/p>\n

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These are the last InterCaribbean flights to Jamaica! If not on one of these planes, you are out of luck. \u00a0So I was lucky that I booked the last flight out. \u00a0I was quite nervous ; I got to the airport 4h before the flight was scheduled. \u00a0I guess I was concerned of getting “bumped” or that they decide to leaver earlier due to the incoming storm, etc. \u00a0Anyway, I had never been so happy to have a boarding pass in my hands.<\/p>\n

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So my flight to Kingston Jamaica, apparently the last one, left just before 5pm and the airport officially closed at 6pm. \u00a0The picture below is next morning, today (Sept 7th) from Kingston Jamaica. \u00a0The entire InterCaribbean fleet is now here. \u00a0For obvious reasons, they will not leave them in the TCI. \u00a0They will return one the airport has been reopened and the will likely carry supplies with them.<\/p>\n

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Finally, my ride back to Cayman. \u00a0 Since my route back to Cayman was unusual – normally I would have flown back to Cayman via Miami, I had to spend the night in Kingston and this morning catch the daily Cayman Airways flight back to Cayman.<\/p>\n

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After all of this, this was a sight sore eyes!<\/p>\n

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Not sure if I will post again about Irma. Cayman, a part from maybe some rain this week-end, will not have any impact.<\/p>\n

An important note: If you chose to make a donation to any relief effort, please make sure you are giving to a legit organization\/charity. \u00a0After Hurricane Harvey in the US, may online scams\/emails were circulating. \u00a0So best to make sure your are giving to a cause that will actually help the people in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few days ago I posted about Hurricane Irma getting closer to the Turks & Caicos Islands, where I was for work. \u00a0I am glad to say that I made it out, and without a moment to spare. \u00a0This page is a quick summary of my escape. \u00a0That being said, my ordeal is nothing compared […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-cayman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3459,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3449\/revisions\/3459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}