{"id":724,"date":"2008-11-10T10:06:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T15:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=724"},"modified":"2008-11-10T21:33:14","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T02:33:14","slug":"hurricane-paloma-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=724","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Paloma &#8211; The end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Paloma became a category 4 Friday night. While we were at the office, there were no way of knowing what was going on outside because it was totally dark outside and the windows are so thick we could barely hear the wind.<\/p>\n<p>The all clear was given at 7am Saturday morning.\u00a0 What a relief! Julie &amp; I made it back home around 9am. On the drive home and upon arrival we were amazed at how little damage there was.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, some uprooted trees, lots of palm leaves, some isolated flooding, some roof shingles. We did not see any major damage at all.\u00a0 The groceries were open at 10 and even street vendors selling fruit were out in the afternoon.\u00a0 Its almost as if nothing happened ; I must admin ; I am stunned by this.\u00a0 We were expecting it to be so bad.\u00a0 In any case, great news.\u00a0 The people of Little Cayman &amp; Cayman Brac may not be so lucky though.<\/p>\n<p>After putting our lives back together for most of the morning and afternoon ; taking down some of the shutters, turning the water back on, unboxing the electronics, putting back up the satellite dish, etc, we went for a drive around the eastern end of the island to see how they did.<\/p>\n<p>Near the airport. This was a very typical scene ; about 2-3 inches of water across the street. I must have passed through 10 like these today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6374.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"img_6374\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6374.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6374-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA tree down in a roundabout.\u00a0 Another typical scene. Minor stuff &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6383.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"img_6383\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6383.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6383.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6383-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are building a house next to ours.\u00a0 The wooden frames used to pour concrete were lying there and I did not like it that they were not secured.\u00a0 So in the rain on Thursday night, I put about 50 concrete blocks (see pile on the left) onto those wooden frames.\u00a0 I was afraid the wind would pick them up and toss them onto my house or damage another house. It was no fun, but someone had to do it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6459.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-747\" title=\"img_6459\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6459.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6459.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6459-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the house was fine, the trees in front are pretty much toast. We called the landlady to send over someone with a chainsaw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_64051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-748\" title=\"img_64051\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_64051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_64051.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_64051-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here I am with the massive satellite dish. Of course my Blackberry rang when Julie was taking the picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6411.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-749\" title=\"img_6411\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6411.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6411-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This poor guys yard is completely flooded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6423.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-730\" title=\"img_6423\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6423.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6423-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Julie &amp; I, these pics sum up Paloma for us ; lots of water.\u00a0 There was so much water where the kept the cows that their legs were completely in the water.\u00a0 They did not seem annoyed or panicked at all. In the second picture the cows is eating leaves.\u00a0 When we passed again about 1h later the farmer had already mooooved them.\u00a0 Alright, that was not even funny! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-731\" title=\"img_6426\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6426.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6426-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6427.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-732\" title=\"img_6427\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6427.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6427-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The beach cabana on the east end beach took a beating!\u00a0 That beach is (I believe) the most eastern point of the island, so the closest point to Paloma&#8217;s eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6437.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-733\" title=\"img_6437\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6437.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6437.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6437-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the north side, the palms got hammered.\u00a0 Will grow back though.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6445.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-734\" title=\"img_6445\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6445.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6445.jpg 640w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/img_6445-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have added a bunch of pictures like these to my Gallery.\u00a0 Too many to put here.\u00a0 If you would like to see them, they are at :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.micho.org\/gallery\">http:\/\/www.micho.org\/gallery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Paloma became a category 4 Friday night. While we were at the office, there were no way of knowing what was going on outside because it was totally dark outside and the windows are so thick we could barely hear the wind. The all clear was given at 7am Saturday morning.\u00a0 What a relief! 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