Hurricane damage?

[nan607]

Cruise still 2 weeks away but anyone concered about damage to islands?

St Martin had some damage anyone know if things are OK?

any info ?

[Ms411]

No damage.

[Life is Good Cruising]

St. Thomas is fine, St Maarten got hit bad and now the storm is headed for Bermuda again.

 

Info taken from the Weather Channel

 

The storm's biggest impacts on Tuesday were on the shared island that is home to the Dutch and French territories of St. Maarten and St. Martin. Most of the Dutch Caribbean territory was without water and electricity Tuesday, and residents reported losing roofs, doors and windows, the Daily Herald notes.

 

Amy Arrindell, vice president of the St. Maarten Zoological and Botanical Foundation, said the St. Maarten Zoo was heavily damaged and that trees were uprooted, the petting zoo was destroyed and the animals' enclosures were flooded. Thankfully, no animals were injured or hurt.

 

"There is major damage to the structure," she said. "It is total devastation."

 

The storm killed one elderly man in St. Maarten who was aboard a boat in Simpson Bay Lagoon. Twenty of the 37 boats sunk during the storm did so in Simpson Bay Lagoon, according to The Daily Herald. Two other people are missing, one man who was last seen on a boat near the French Caribbean territory or St. Martin and another man standing near a harbor in St. Barths.

 

Antigua and the Leeward Islands took the brunt of the storm on Monday, when Gonzalo was still a Tropical Storm, downing trees, ripping roofs off of homes and causing at least 12 minor injuries on the island nation of around 80,000 people.

 

According to the Daily Observer, most of the damage was done to public infrastructure like power lines, but farms across the island were decimated by winds, which gusted up to 88 mph. Antigua was already experiencing a shortage of certain crops, and the damage done to the current lot is expected to further exacerbate food supply problems.

 

According to the Associated Press, Gonzalo damaged many homes, including that of 36-year-old teacher Condell Maurice.

 

"You should have seen us with our buckets, jugs and bowls trying to chase down those leaks," Maurice told the Associated Press. Utility companies were still working into the evening hours Tuesday to restore power outages across the island, The Daily Observer reports.

 

Tune-in to The Weather Channel TV network for more coverage on Hurricane Gonzalo.

[nan607]

pray for the people of St Martin,

hope things return to normal as soon as possible stay safe.

[BigJon]

Talked to my daughter tonight (she lives in St. Thomas), and she said there were some branches on the road. She went to Magens Bay, and said there was seaweed in the water and on the beach.

[OCruisers]

Always amazes me how quickly these islands recover. Fortunately, this last one wasn't as bad as many in the past.

LuLU

[shipty2]

Magen's Bay is beautiful as of last week. No worries as everything is up an running.