A new day...

Things seem to be ok here this morning (well, afternoon now!). We got hit pretty good last night but I was safe and sound in my condo. We somehow managed to get lucky enough to have power all night so it was quite nice having tv and internet to help me pass the time. It was incredible watching the winds and rain out the windows...

I turned everything off and went to bed about midnight. Fell asleep to the sounds of the waves crashing. So, now that it's all said and done, what an amazing experience. It truly makes you in awe of what Mother Nature is capable of. I'm glad I was able to experience this but hope that it's my last run in with a hurricane. I was able to get booked on a flight out on Monday, which is exactly what I wanted because I don't want to be flying tomorrow during the Bills game! Have to watch that!

I hope the people on Little Cayman and Cayman Brac are safe as they got hit WAY worse than us. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers are we start to learn of the devastation on those islands...

The eye

Still have internet...Yay! Here is an updated satellite photo as the eye is getting ready to pass the island. Now winds are 80 mph sustained with gusts of 100. Eek!

The adventure continues...

It's dark out now so my storm watching out the window is done. I much prefer to see what's going on out there! I am absolutely amazed at how secure this building is. The new hurricane windows we installed a few months ago are able to withstand a Category 5 and I'm not surprised, as I cannot hear a whisper of wind! We still have power and internet so I'm going to continue to keep myself occupied. Here are some current satellite pictures of Paloma as it goes through Grand Cayman. The little outline on the bottom image is the island...

They are saying it now may be a Category 3 as it passes the island in the next few hours. Winds are around 50-60mph now with higher gusts and are expected to be over 100mph as it passes us by. This is crazy! Sure wish I wasn't sitting here alone and that my hubby was with me!

My crazy (hurricane) adventure...starts now!

I arrived in Grand Cayman on Oct 29th. This was supposed to be 9 days of me, myself and I enjoying reading on the beach and diving as well as drinks in the evening with our friends, Stu and Cheryl. Let's fast forward to today, where I am sitting in my condo awaiting Hurricane Paloma. I learned of this storm on Wed evening and did all I could yesterday to get a flight out. I was booked on a flight at 10:30a today but things got bad earlier than expected and the airport was shut down. Thankfully, I was able to get my bags and Lee, our condo manager, came and picked me up. I have enough food/water to get by and my bathtubs (yes, all 3!) are full of water for re-filling toilets, handwashing, etc...if the island water gets shut off. I have power and internet currently but who knows how long that will last. Things aren't too bad right now but windy and rainy and huge waves are starting to pound the shore. Originally, the worst was supposed to hit around 1:30-4pm but the storm has slowed and now it looks like it will be sometime during the night. Being alone, I would prefer the bad stuff hit during the daylight! And, being the Curious George that I am, I would prefer to get some good pics to document this adventure.

Rian and I truly love this island so it is interesting (to say the least) to experience this. Life in the Caribbean is not always sand and sun and now I will know that first hand! I will update again after it's over and hopefully have some good pics as well...

Wish me luck!