Cayman Islands - Local Reports (Caribbean Hurricane Network)

The three things that are most important about buying property, we are told, are ‘Location, location, location’. Well, you might say that the three most important aspects about hurricanes are ‘Preparation, preparation preparation’. Or, putting it another way, ‘Failing to plan means you are planning to fail’. Incredibly, considering we were given ample notice of Beryl’s arrival and intensity, there were folks who did not put up shutters on their properties! Photographs of the consequences have appeared on social media. Two positives… The Humane Society put out appeals for people to foster cats and dogs housed at their flood-prone centre. Dozens of folk stepped in to keep the kitties and puppies safe from the storm. Some low-lying areas are prone to flooding. Kind hearted people dumped sand and empty sandbags by roadsides with a ‘Help yourself’ notice. An elderly lady went to get some sandbags for herself… but a young man stepped forward and filled bags and loaded up her car with them. The grateful lady posted her thanks on social media, about someone setting out to ‘do good’ when the weather is turning bad. MGSINBT

Good day Gert;

I tried posting late yesterday but for unknown reasons, Storm Carib would not let me.

For persons who were not living along the south coastline, and into West Bay and along the north coast there was really no damage to homes. Lots of leaves, many branches and quite a few trees were down.

Along the south coast, low lying South Sound RD was blocked by downed trees and sand/rocks. Some roads were blocked by fallen trees and branches, but they were quickly cleared.

In a complex called Windsor Village, their damage was mostly from waves hitting the ground floor ocean front units.

Electricity was on during the storm with a couple flickers, but most outside of North Side and East End never lost power.

One water company shut down their system around 11pm on Wed night, while the other had the water on all during the storm.

The predicted storm surge did not happen.

I measured about 6.5” rain over the whole event.

There was flooding in low lying areas, but some get flooded during a heavy rainstorm.

Overall, for most people, we were blessed with little or no damage.

Kind regards

Mike

The storm has passed now, but we are still getting periodic squalls and sometimes a little bit of sunshine. The south side of the island got the worst damage from what can be seen at the moment, but thankfully no lives were lost and everything is getting back to normal. There is another storm following closely behind Beryl but according to the national hurricane center this won’t develop into anything. Fingers crossed. Ann

It will be dark soon, but we can see the South Sound reef and all is calm. A few cars passing by, but most people are sheltered in place. Being so small, we are hard to hit and are quite hopeful that it will not be nearly as bad as was planned for. Sent from my iPad

Here on Grand Cayman everyone appears to be extremely prepared and taking Beryl very seriously. First time the government has offered free sand (from their road works supply) at various locations and everyone has taken advantage of that. We are more concerned about the sea than the wind, so cars are being moved to higher ground, and people are prepping their homes for flooding. Lots of kindness and sharing out there. I do not think the island could be more prepared. Thus far CUC has decided NOT to fully turn off power universally. We are all thinking of our friends and family in Jamaica! Sent from my iPad

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