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It is 4:30pm and by the looks of the traffic coming home, most are taking the advise of the CI gov't to let their staff go home at 3 pm. Today it has been overcast to dark with rain and then it gets bright and the sun even peeked through for a while - not long. Now it is getting darker in the south and southwest - although in the east and southeast it is lighter and I can see the low clouds moving in a northly direction at a good speed. Although I am inland, I believe that in the south part of the island the wind is much stronger as well as wave action. My little weather monitor says winds E/SE at about 15 mph - gusting higher at times. People, I believe are braced for tropical storm winds and are making their way to their homes. The outside looks like a down pour any minute - but none so far. I can still hear aircraft taking off, so I do not think any flights have been cancelled. But who knows what will happen later. More later.......Donna |
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O.K. here we go again,,,,The Cayman Islands has just been put under a tropical Storm Warning......Tropical Storm No. 14, is located 190 miles Southwest of us and moving north at 10 MPH....It is expected to develop into a Tropical Storm this afternoon. We have had rain and overcast and wind all week end. Last night alot of rain and wind....It is now raining quite abit here and people are wondering.....the tourtist are concerned.....I'll keep you updated. Lots of rain right now...... Miriam Bodden Grand Cayman . Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more faith.yahoo.com |
| - 2pm Report Lili from Grand Cayman | |
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| - CAYMAN BRAC AFTER LILI | |
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| - HURRICANE LILI - CAYMAN BRAC - 1600 HRS LOCAL |
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This Report is being sent from my office at Brac Informatics Centre (we have
Stand By Power Generator)instead of from Home, as Mains Power has been off
on the Brac since early morning.
The South Side of the Brac was subjected to Hurricane Force Winds (Sustained
76 MPH Gusting 85-90 MPH), high seas (10-15 Ft) and heavy Rainfall from
early morning today. At times, visibility over the Ocean was down to about
150 Ft as Rain and Spray swept in from the SE, the S and the SW. The Sights
and Sounds of Wind, Driven Rain and Waves were, frankly, humbling (and LILI
is not the worse Hurricane I have been in by any means.
I considered it relatively safe to emerge from my House (on the South Side)
at about 1130 this morning. On the drive around the Island, the following
points struck me:
The Main Shelter (Aston Rutty Centre) was well occupied - people took
Lili
seriously!
A large number of Houses had Shutters or Plywood coverings up - no
complacency this time.
Many less felled trees than ISIDORE - I suspect that ISIDORE stripped
much
of the foliage off branches, so on this occasion, Trees and Shrubs offered
less Wind Resistance and survived better.
Apparently less Power Poles felled (Cayman Brac Power and Light
personnel
are out assessing Damage and Repair Requirements at this time - no
forecast
for Mains Power Restoration has been issued as yet.
Many Phone Lines down; nevertheless, I successfully made an
International
Call to UK this morning and, at work we have made a few Conference
Calls to
USA - down or not,the Lines seem to work!
Although I did not travel around the whole Island (I did not go to the
North East Part of the Island)- in the portions that I saw there was very
little structural damage to properties.
The Hotels and Condos appear to have fared well and Dive Operations
look in
good shape to resume as soon as the weather improves (regardless of the
fact that underwater visibility will be poor for days to come). The
Tourists I met seemed to be in good spirits and were being well looked after
and entertained by Hotel and Dive Operations Staff - one Tourist actually
joked with me, saying "This puts a whole new meaning on the phrase "All
Inclusive" - if I let my Travel Agent know about LILI - he will want to
charge me extra". :-) Well Done the Brac Reef Beach Resort Management &
Staff.
All Roads I travelled were passable with care - some deep puddles but
no
major Flooding - it should not take Public Works long to clean up what
debris there is.
Current conditions are low grey clouds (moving rapidly), light rain and
strong breeze - the small birds are flying around the sky chasing down
insects - just bring on some sunshine and blue sky soon.
Have just spoken with Police Station - thankfully, no reports of Injury.
They added that Public Works had already cleared felled trees on the North
East Road and are now continuing around the Island. Additionally, it is
expected that approximately 75-80% of the Brac will have Mains Power within
3-4 Hours - Good News indeed!
All for Now
Mike B
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It is 1:00 p.m. and the skies are beginning to get darker.The wind is beginning to blow...We have had a few squalls but not a constant rain.All schools,banks,businesses, other then Grocery and hardware and gas,. are closed. Everyone seems to be preparing,homes being boarded up. I went to the grocery store at 8:30 a.m. and it was pack I'm in Westbay and only 1/2 block from the sea, when I go outside I can hear it roaring.....another squall jus came in so we are probably getting the beginning..Will keep you inform...right now heavy rain is falling and winds starting to blow...oh yes, something is close... Miriam Bodden Westbay ,Grand Cayman Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! |
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It is 9:45 am - here on Grand Cayman the winds are not that bad at all (really it seems very lite based on how close we are). Just a sprinkling of rain and very over cast. I went to the supermarket this morning and it is packed. All businesses are closed and we have been advised that the eye will pass us to the northeast around mid day. So people are running around this morning. Cayman Brac on the other hand is reporting that they are in the eye of the storm. They have had heavy winds with trees and some roofs off. They are urged to stay indoors! Have not heard of what rain they are having in Cayman Brac. Their electric is reported to be off or shut down. We should know more later. Thanks Donna |
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At the Cayman Turtle Farm we are taking this storm very seriously. We have moved all turtles and pumping equipment that would be in immediate danger. You can always watch the weather conditions via our live webcams at http://www.turtle.ky/video.htm. Current conditions seem very calm - very little wind and no rain. Hope it isn't the calm before the storm. Cayman Turtle Farm www.turtle.ky |
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So far here in Cayman it is very sunny,,,the breeze has not changed much from this morning...but the sea is getting choppy. Some of the homes are starting to board up. It is very hot here. Not to much breeze. We are on Tropical Storm watch right now. People donot seem to concerned....Lots of people on the beach, riding about. A typical Sunday afternoon,,,we'll see and we'll let you know. Miriam Bodden mirmor2001 AT yahoo.com Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! |
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The Cayman Government has just issued a Tropical Storm Watch for Grand Cayman. Looking at the 11:00 am Discussion from the NHC is more than a little frightening for those of us living in the Cayman Islands, as as Lili has now formed an 8-11 mile diameter eye, even though it is only a 55mph Tropical Storm. The Discussion also says that small Tropical Storms that form an eye usually intensify quickly. However but that they do not expect that to happen immediately (i.e. not within the next 12 hours) due to the proximity to Jamaica. The NHC is also saying that upper level conditions are favourable as there is light shear, which is expected to continue for a while. Clearly there is going to be significant risk to the Cayman Islands until Lili clears our area (which at 5-7 mph forward speed is not going to until Tuesday. In talking with native Caymanians over the past couple of days, there seems to have been a strong sense of concern regarding Lili, as several friends have told of the older folks talking about a hurricane coming, particularly people from Cayman Brac. These old folks by the way don't watch TV or check the Internet! A few months ago there was an outbreak of what are called "Hurricane Crabs" on the Brac, which had not been seen in a long long time. Millions and millions of tiny crabs came out of the sea and were trooping across the roads, through yards, into houses etc. It was quite a scene and was reported on the local television and in the newspapers as well. The old timers say that is a sign of a hurricane coming, and hence the name "Hurricane Crabs" Right now (10:30 am on Sunday morning) the only visible hint here on Grand Cayman that something may be coming is the fact that the wind is a little bit too much to the north for this time of year. Otherwise, we have partly cloudy skies, with tall cumulus (white shading to gray) with patches of cirrus, but certainly nothing threatening, and no rain yet. It will be a stressful time over the next 24-48 hours as Lili passes through. Frank Banks CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential and is only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not take any copies, nor disclose the contents to any other person. To learn more about Walkers, please visit our website at http://www.walkers.com.ky |
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| - TS LILI - CAYMAN BRAC AT 1031 PM | |
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It is 8 pm and here in Grand Cayman today we had some cloudy times but mostly sunny and hot with a nice breeze. Outside now is calm - do not see any thing coming our way yet! Although I would think we will get some rain, if not this evening then tomorrow. Everyone here is aware of Lili's project path and our Sister Islands would be the closest, as they were before. Hopefully Lili will arrive with just rain and no heavy winds. We will keep you all informed. Thanks Donna |
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Saturday, September 28, 2002 3:15 PM Well, in Grand Cayman we are patiently waiting for LiLi to decide it's next move since it is basically stationary near Jamaica. We are worried because we know that our two sister islands 80 miles from here (Cayman Brac and Little Cayman) are on a Tropical Storm Watch, but Grand Cayman is not out of danger since the storm could start moving in this direction anytime. We understand that Lili could strengthen into a hurricane and move in this direction, but we are kind of calm this time, at least our friends and family are. I think it is because T.S. Isadore was here pounding us with heavy rain and winds for four days just last week so we feel kind of calm in a sad mood of "we could be hit by this storm but what else is new". Gerardo |
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So far everything is quiet,people are thinking that we re not going to get anything but we must watch this as it is moving slow. Grand Cayman is on alert right now. We'll keep you informed. Miriam Bodden Grand Cayman Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! |
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Hey Guys.............finally relief, someone out there shut the water off! Rains have subsided at this point at least for now. Waves are calming now between 7-10ft. People are coming out to see things since its on the dryer side right now. Winds have also started to calm, still windy but not 30 mph! Thanks for all your prayers! For those who have asked about coming down...........Come on down...by Sunday and maybe even tommorrow the Sun will be shining brightly.....We'd love to see all of you! Until..........next season (positive thinking) next storm???? see ya! _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com |
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9:15 am Report This is truely amazing. We seem to be getting worse weather today then we have had over the past two days if that sounds for real! We are being slammed with heavy rains, atleast 30mph winds and very high seas! This is incredible. Enough!!!!!!! Isadore is moving too slow at 8mph thus we are receiving a backlash from here.....she certainly has not left us by any means! Flooding.................shut that hose of water off thanks! Well, they have dropped the Warnings not sure why thou, we are not out of it yet still within the bands of her rage. Hope those in Cuba are ok. Her winds are now said to be 103-105 mph and a Hurricane at this point. stay tuned! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx |
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7 am Report Good Morning..............things are really unchanged from last nights report. We are still experiencing Tropical Storm conditions with our Alert still in place. High Seas (10-15 ft)unchanged by any means, winds are howling much louder this a.m. and rain is ever falling, in sheets. Some one out there can turn the water off now.........or is the Ark coming! Wondering about Cuba. Good Luck to all of them! Am sure the morning traffic will be a crawl off the bat! stay tuned! _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com |
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Not much change in sight. We are still experiencing Tropical Storm conditions and are still under a Tropical Storm Warning at this time. Gusting winds are steady, high seas 10-15ft with steady rainfall. Sure it will continue thru the evening and perhaps in the a.m. relief will greet us! The National Hurricane Committee have closed all schools for tommorrow (Friday)however businesses are expected to reopen for business as usual. Morning traffic will no doubt be slow going due to flooding. All power seems to back on track, with a short loss of power here at Ocean Club this evening but very brief........before we new it is was back on. The satellites have been restored and we are back to tuning in to our TV's for Weather Channel updates as well as our internet feeds. We have again been spared any serious damages, hopeful that all in her current path will be equally as lucky! until tommorrow............. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx |
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It is 7:30 pm and just came back from a drive around. It is still raining but not as hard as earlier - the wind is not as strong - roads are flooded and you have to be very careful. South Sound is rough but not coming over the road at all. George Town Harbour is rough - looks much like a NorWester - but not coming over the dock. Seven Mile Beach is rough but the water is not high. High tide is shortly, so do not know if that will make a difference. Could not see any damage to property other than a lot of yards are full of water. We avoided obvious places that are low areas which I am sure are very under water. But all in all I think we have survived the storm very well, in my opinion. Do not know what this evening or tomorrow will bring but at the moment the wind and rain is slowing. It will be slow going tomorrow driving to work! Thanks for standing by for all of us. Donna |
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7:25 Report Things are starting to calm down for us here. Still very rough seas, heavy rains, howlings winds but the brunt of the storm has moved on! We are all thankful. Have not heard any damage reports, am hoping no news is good news as they say. They have asked us to stay off the roads as much as possible due to flooding of roads and the electric company out trying to restore things for those folks who had lost power etc. Tommorrow will I'm sure be another wet one for us. More later _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com |
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4:45 Report We are still experiencing high winds gusting, heavy, heavy rains and high seas. Thanks for the many emails...............keep us in your prayers! Have had reports of power outages mainly Seven Mile Beach, and scattered areas in West Bay. The sea is raging - and that is probably an understatement! Satellites are out so TV is out now a bummer as far as trying to watch the weather channel but we do have internet hopefully that will stay with us. We on the South side have power thou! More later! _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com |
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1:55 pm Report Well, things have picked up here over the last 40 min. or so, heavy rains, gusting winds, incredible howling winds (yikes!) Seas have heightened and well, generally storm conditions. Rain is falling in sheets, visability........nada! more later. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com |
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Hi all............ Weather conditions here remain stormy! Winds are still a blowing and rain is still falling. Power outages have been reported on Seven Mile Beach however have heard of no others. Have heard from our friends in Cayman Brac and they had a rough evening and have no power at this time. Little Cayman???? Would love to hear from you guys if anyone is able. Seas are not bad, wave heights are looking like 5-7' at this time much larger than earlier reports. Have opened a new email address since our friends at Cable & Wirless have not been able to bring the email back up. New email address is blmgrn AT hotmail.com. More to come! Lisa _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx |
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| - CAYMAN BRAC SEPT 18 7 PM | |
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9am here - the rain started this morning at about 2 or 3 am from the north, pelting on my aluminum shutters. The rain outside is just streaming down in sheets. From a drive around some roads are under water. George Town harbour is not that rough yet - the wind is now out of the west. The wind speed is not that bad either maybe 20-30 or so mph. The storm is just north of us so maybe more wind to come. Reports from a Cayman Brac friend is that power has been out since last nite, trees are down and the south coast is getting battered with the sea. People are out on the roads here and I understand that the grocery store is open. So we will see what the day brings and hopefully what is happening on the other parts of the island. More later..Donna |
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Well it is about 7 pm and it is strangely calm out side - well at least where I am - which is not really near the sea. We had a rain shower about 5 pm but nothing since. Since I am on the canal and exposed to wind I have shuttered the house and we have secured the boats in the canal. So at least I can get a good nites sleep. But only time will tell as to just how much of this storm we will get. A friend and myself had problems getting on to our e-mail server(something wrong at Cable and Wireless). Even had a problem getting onto the Internet to view the weather map and of course do e-mail. So if this continues we may not be able to get any messages to you. Hopefully it won't. Thanks Donna |
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3:15 Wed 18th Sept. So far just light showers and breezes. The sky looks ominous and the satellite picture even more so. Let's hope it goes between the islands and doesn't intensify too much. Offices are closed and people are doing what they need to do. If Isidore continues moving as slow as it is, we will have a full day of bad weather before it moves off. Let's hope it doesn't pull a "Mitch" on us, and sit over us for a couple of days. Frank Banks |
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The latest report is that the systems center will pass between Grand Cayman and the Sister Islands tomorrow morning. We should experience tropical storm winds around midnight tonight. It is located 195 miles east/southeast of us with winds at 45 mph. At present here it is overcast with a little rain, I can still see some blue skies here and there and the wind is calm, that is in my part of the island - in town. More later. Donna |
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This is Miriam from the Cayman Islands, presently I am off the Island in St. Petersburg Florida waiting to se if we are going to get it here.....I'll keep you advised. Miriam Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines |
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Well the Cayman Islands on on Tropical Storm Watch - the system is located 323 miles southeast of us moving west/northwest. Our weather people say we should, at the present speed, start getting Tropical Storm winds late tomorrow evening (Wed.) as it is expected to grow to tropical storm status over this evening. Our hurricane committee will met again at 4 am tomorrow morning to review the latest information and will advise the public of further storm information. More Later. Donna |
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We here in the Cayman Islands are keeping a sharp eye on this one. The general population seems to be aware of the possible danger and are taking it seriously, unlike Michell which was virtually ignored. Personally, I have just now finished the repairs/renovations from Michelle's rampage and needless to say, I am not relishing the thought of a repeat performance, or worse. I just spoke to a lady in Kingston Jamaica,and she said it was raining heavily, but with very little wind. Here on grand Cayman at 5:30 on Tuesday the 18th, the winds are light, around 8-10 mph at the most, and partly cloudy. It will be a stressful period over the next couple of days and there will be a lot of a lot of praying. Stay Tuned. Frank Banks Walkers Attorneys-at-Law Walker House, 87 Mary Street P.O. Box 265, George Town Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Fax: (345) 945-6544 Telephone: (345) 949-0100 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential and is only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not take any copies, nor disclose the contents to any other person. To learn more about Walkers, please visit our website at http://www.walkers.com.ky |
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Here in the Cayman Islands the weather just perfect, at the present time - sunny and hot. Our weather people have announced that the outer bands of rain from TD 10 will effect us this evening with rain and thunder/lighting and some gusty winds in the showers. Further updates I guess they will give us later. We here will look for weather information from our friends to the east of us - Jamaica. So keep us informed. Thanks, Donna |
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