Report from Grand Cayman's devastation-first hand report!

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Report from Grand Cayman's devastation-first hand report!

#1 Postby depotoo » Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:09 am

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#2 Postby mascpa » Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:22 am

I'm just speechless, absolutely speechless.
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#3 Postby djti » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:02 pm

again.....just an internet report.....id like to see some confirmation concerning 7 mile beach.....
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#4 Postby Chilly_Water » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:41 pm

BBC video report. It's around the ten minute mark.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/bb_news_ost.ram
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#5 Postby SouthernWx » Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:03 pm

A meteorologist friend of mine warned me when Ivan was moving toward the Windwards that it, in his opinion, could be the "storm of the century"....a monster hurricane remembered decades from now alongside other infamous violent canes such as Camille, the 1935 "Labor Day hurricane", Gilbert, and Mitch. IMO it's as bad as he feared....as bad as this lady describes in the email....everywhere this hurricane's eyewall reached land....extreme destruction and death was the result :(
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#6 Postby Mello1 » Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:49 pm

djti wrote:again.....just an internet report.....id like to see some confirmation concerning 7 mile beach.....


And people living in Florida most certainly will provide first hand accounts over the Internet about what is happening there and I guess their accounts are to be discredited as well.

Good grief.
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#7 Postby djti » Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:55 pm

mello.....the island of tortoise is gone....no really....


seriously.....there is devastation.....i dont think "7 mile beach is gone".......and i would assume the resorts are still standing.....

surge would have been offshore of the westward facing beach....i just done see it.....

the amazing thing in all of this is the eywall stayed offshore....yikes.
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#8 Postby Chilly_Water » Tue Sep 21, 2004 3:59 pm

actually, I talked to my friend who was there and she mentioned that the big waves were coming from the North Sound over the island down to the South Sound so it is completely possible that 7-mile is severely damaged and much of the west side washed out to sea. I have not had a chance to talk to my friend since the other night; she was still in shock and said she was going to sleep for a week.
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#9 Postby depotoo » Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:40 pm

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#10 Postby watchingthetropics » Tue Sep 21, 2004 5:16 pm

Amazing Pictures :eek: :( :( :(
Hope they can rebuild that beautiful island :roll:

thanks for sharing.
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