Sunday, August 19, 2007

6:55 p.m. Curfew and Water Cutoff Announced

The government has announced a 10:00 p.m. curfew and the water authority first announced they would be cutting of water at 6:30 p.m. now that has been moved back to 9:00 pm. CUC the utility company is hoping to keep service up throughout but we will see. We are filling our upstairs tub now. Its tough because the calcium deposits have frozen the handle so only the shower works. We can't fill the downstairs one as in Ivan the sewage backed up and caused the downstairs tubs to overflow. We will stop up the downstairs toilet and tub before going to bed.

There is a palpable sense in our complex that things are improving. I spoke with Selkirk the owner of the complex and you could see the relief in his face as he mentioned the track pushing it south. But, in the same breath he said that things can change in an instant and we have to be prepared for the worst. Right now Cayman would only get a glancing blow with tropical storm winds but we will see.

I went outside to look at the clouds and you can see the circular motion so the outer bands have arrived. The sun is setting and the cloud movement is mesmerizing. The wind is strong but not difficult yet so a lot of people are outside to watch the sun go down. Almost as if to say good bye and hope to see you some time tomorrow after the storm passes. Everyone says be safe and God Bless that is the goodbye refrain of tonight.

So from here on out it's Be safe and God Bless to you all, will keep updating throughout night.

Love, Scott and Katie.