Thursday, July 14, 2005

Whew!

I'm baaaaccckk.

Well. What to say. Emily was a real beotch! Definitely not like Ivan but thanks to her my tarped roof is back to post-Ivan status. Steupps!

I went over to my Mum's house yesterday evening to ride out the storm, which took its cool time getting here. Thanks to Mr YY who stayed at our house, online and with cable TV, we got frequent updates on the storm's progress. Of course, updates from the radio were, to say the least, totally effing non-existent. Earlier in the evening some idiot announcers were reporting that the storm was downgraded (it was the hurricane warning that was downgraded!), then when the storm re-intensified and became a hurricane finally it took them about 1 and a half hours to provide THAT info. For the most part people were calm and heeded the police officials warnings to stay indoors.

The winds picked up sharply by 12:30am. By 1:30am hunger struck so there we were cooking mincemeat and spaghetti and drinking red wine; the power was still on. By 2:30 the wind was going at it full strength - power was off. The eye went over about 3am - that would be when I fell asleep. In terms of terror and fright, Emily wasn't Ivan.

Woke up this morning and a neighbourhood damage assessment from my Mum's verandah - minimal from what I can see. At our home however, we lost our previously well-secured tarps, and the bedrooms are flooded. Hasty repairs are ongoing as we must bring Toddler YY home this evening before the curfew (7pm-7am) and we must get some part of the house at least partially covered.

And we hear there's a system out there in the Atlantic *sigh*

Anyways, the radio is reporting the north of the island has been hit much worse than the south where we are. 200+ houses damaged in Carriacou; one man dead in St Andrew's when his house got engulfed in a landslide. Thankfully telephones are working. Power and water are out but expected to be restored today or early tomorrow. The sun just came out. Guess I got to go to work tomorrow!

Talk to you guys soon. Your thoughts have been much appreciated.

Posted by YingYang at 2:28 PM  

4 Comments

  1. Jdid posted at 3:06 PM  
    ya kno i totally forgot you were in grenada, my apologies. Sorry to hear about your roof hope you get things in a decent condition for the little one by this evening. stay safe
  2. Abeni posted at 4:09 PM  
    Glad to know you in one piece.Hang in there
  3. dorna! posted at 2:04 PM  
    Good to know you're okay. :)
  4. b.art posted at 7:11 PM  
    Emily was a waste. I want my money back!

    p.s. Is it just me or is everybody on everybody elses blog in the caribbean? Jdid, Abeni, what are u 2 doing here?

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