{"id":3460,"date":"2017-09-09T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T03:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3460"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:14:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T23:14:56","slug":"hurricane-irma-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3460","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Irma \u2013 update 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

News from the Turks and Caicos Island is trickling through. So far we know that they have sustained major damage. \u00a0Moments ago the crew of the Royal Cayman Island Police Service, which dispatched the police helicopter to TCI to assist with the recovery efforts, \u00a0posted this heartbreaking picture of Providenciales. \ud83d\ude41 \u00a0 My decision to leave before the hurricane was definitely the right one.<\/p>\n

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So Irma is passing Cayman – not as far as initially expected though, which to me is a bit of a surprise. Note the satellite picture below and Cayman in red. \u00a0As you can see, the system is nearing Florida, but since it is so huge, we are getting the outer bands. \u00a0The outer bands do not require any preparation or need to worry for us.<\/p>\n

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Due to the storm, all airlines need to get their planes out of the way before it hits. \u00a0Since Cayman is fairly close to Miami, a few of them based in Florida opted to store their planes at our airport. \u00a0Of course, being a small airport, we cant expect American Airlines to place all of their planes here. \u00a0But we do have approximately 9 “foreign” aircrafts here, mainly cargo planes.<\/p>\n

The apron is quite full of planes! Lots of them from “IBC”, a cargo company.<\/p>\n

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These are also cargo planes. \u00a0Odd looking 1950’s Corvair’s \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I made a few video’s of the waves – since this morning the wind has picked up and the wave action is quite intense. \u00a0A small craft warning is in effect and the police also advised that no diving\/swimming be done this week-end. \u00a0Based on what you will see below, seems like a no-brainer to avoid the water.<\/p>\n

This first video is from the southern coast.<\/p>\n