Last month as Dolly formed to the south of Cayman we got treated to a long Sunday of a lot of rain. Cayman was to the north of the storm and that upper right quadrant of storms here in the tropics usually gets the brunt of any storm. We were lucky that with Dolly we got hit before it even really formed a tropical storm so all we got was a whole lot of rain. Today we got to experience what its like being south of a storm......not a thing. We got a few passing showers that were likely not even caused by Fay but mostly sunny and calm. Now it helps that the storm is a good 150 miles north of us but usually even if a storm is two or three hundred miles south we get a lot of rain. Today you wouldn't even have known we were officially on a Tropical Storm Watch status.
There is a party going on today for the Jamaicans on the Island. The Jamaicans make up 20% of the population on the Island (and when you include those with Jamaican heritage but Cayman status there are even more than native Caymanians) and the party started yesterday when a Jamaican won the Olympic Men's 100 Meter dash and continued today as the Jamaicans swept the Women's 100 Meters. It got mentioned at the wedding reception yesterday and the Jamaican flag was in evidence this morning when we went to church and it got a mention in the sermon. We are getting Caribbean coverage of the Olympics so any Caribbean medal is getting a lot of play but these have set off huge celebrations amongst the Jamaican community here on the Island. Swimming is also huge here so the whole Michale Phelps thing is getting a lot of play. It is neat getting the coverage from the CMC network as we get coverage of a lot of sports that are big here but don't get much coverage if any in the States, like sailing in particular.
