News blackout;
fear of panic within the banking industry. ??
From:
http://stormcarib.com/reports/2004/cayman.shtml
- Cayman Devastation
From: HappyNCayman AT cs.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:05:01 EDT
The devastation is much worse than being reported. There is no power, water or
land line phone service and
the cell phone service is sporadic. The sewage lines from Georgetown to
Northside have come up out of the
ground and the smell is horrific.
There is marshal law in effect with curfew from dusk to dawn.
There is no longer a West Bay Road. There isn't a tree, plant or shrub left
standing. Our friends
description is that it looks like a bomb went off without any fire.
The Mariner's Cove Apartments washed completely out into the road. The wave
surges (which were as high as
25 feet) completely divided the island into two from Northsound to Southside.
There are dead animals
everywhere.
People are literally walking the streets, homeless, with nothing left but the
clothes on their backs.
The government is trying to make it sound like it's no big deal and they are
recovering quickly, but that's
not the case at all. They have been told that it could be December before all
power is restored.
They feel that the government is not putting the information out there for
fear of panic within the
banking industry.
They are afraid to let people know how bad it really is for fear that people
will start pulling their
money out of the 500 banks there.
From:
http://stormcarib.com/reports/2004/cayman.shtml
- Cayman Devastation
From: HappyNCayman AT cs.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:05:01 EDT
The devastation is much worse than being reported. There is no power, water or
land line phone service and
the cell phone service is sporadic. The sewage lines from Georgetown to
Northside have come up out of the
ground and the smell is horrific.
There is marshal law in effect with curfew from dusk to dawn.
There is no longer a West Bay Road. There isn't a tree, plant or shrub left
standing. Our friends
description is that it looks like a bomb went off without any fire.
The Mariner's Cove Apartments washed completely out into the road. The wave
surges (which were as high as
25 feet) completely divided the island into two from Northsound to Southside.
There are dead animals
everywhere.
People are literally walking the streets, homeless, with nothing left but the
clothes on their backs.
The government is trying to make it sound like it's no big deal and they are
recovering quickly, but that's
not the case at all. They have been told that it could be December before all
power is restored.
They feel that the government is not putting the information out there for
fear of panic within the
banking industry.
They are afraid to let people know how bad it really is for fear that people
will start pulling their
money out of the 500 banks there.
There is about 99% damage to every structure on the island.
They have not report any casualties, but my friend says that based on the
destruction, they wouldn't be
surprised if there were as many as 200 casualties.
These people definitely need some help and the word needs to get out there that
it wasn't a "minor" brush
with Ivan. It was major and the damage is MAJOR.
Hope this helps in some way and the word can get out there that it was bad and
they do need help. I will
update you again if I hear more. I am supposed to try and contact my friends
again late, late tomorrow
night. ..
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http://caymannetnews.com/2004/09/738/letter.shtml