We are both awake now after a brief nap from 5:30 to now. It is a virtual certainty at this point that by the grace of God Cayman has been spared what pounded Jamaica. The winds continue to be heavy, the best description I can give is from earlier it sounds like an airplane taking off, but right now the rain has stopped and there is no flooding in our parking lot so not even a threat at present to the home. The NOAA site says a storm surge of 5 to 7 feet which doesn't appear to have reached our home at all. The eye is directly south of us now and moving at a good 21 mph so in theory we should have already seen the surge and had to deal with any flooding. God Bless the poor people on the Yucatan, while we were spared they are in for a pounding. If you know of any organizations that provide supplies or relief for the people of Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic who got hit so much worse than we did and who don't have the economic or government infrastructure of Cayman, now would be a good time to make a donation. I know Katie and I will be making one as a show of thanks.
There will still be very high winds all morning and a lot more heavy rain throughout the day so we cant venture out until late and may not be able to go for our car until tomorrow though depending on conditions we may try later tonight. We never lost power the entire night and are hoping they turn the water back on soon after the storm completely passes. We will start moving everything in the house back to normal later this afternoon and then finally give you a picture tour that is not hurricane prep. Though as our neighbor Kathleen pointed out to us last night on her porch they call this Hurricane "season" and this wont be the last time we have to do this.
We feel incredibly lucky and very grateful for all your prayers. While this isn't over yet it is certainly safe to say that the worst has not happened and in every respect the best possible has. The Hurricane literally took the best possible path it could for us overnight and this morning. We will update throughout day and keep the computer on we will sign back in to windows live shortly.
