Earl’s aftermath: Guests are coming
There were dozens of boat casualties, but, on land, only minor property damage for the most part from Hurricane Earl Monday. Now, the island is in clean-up mode, and for many villa management companies it is a race to get ready for arriving guests this weekend.
“The pools at most of our houses were literally full of debris,” says one property manager. “I have dump trucks lined up at a couple of properties.”
Trees, hundreds of them all over the island, were big victims.
And, while WAPA got the power back to the island as a whole, the job remains to reconnect many houses who lost their individual power feeds. That could take time.
September 3rd, 2010 10:01
I have been keeping up with reading all the blogs and we are all greatful that Earl was not as bad as it could have been and there was no loss of life thank goodness and the clean up will be slow and steady I don’t think that anybody has pointed out the one bright spot in all this…..the cisterns! Can anyone report that they filled up?
September 3rd, 2010 15:17
I have been very impressed with the speed at which power (current) has been restored, managers have checked their villas, and the transportation flow has resumed. Long hours of frustrating hard work are usually required as well as time and money to complete the cleanup following a nasty storm. I commend all the workers and sympathize with all who sustained damages, especially the boat owners.
September 4th, 2010 07:49
This was really only a strong breeze compared with a direct hit. One of the worst of the near misses– but a Cat 4 on top of us would still leave many without WAPA for weeks and months.
We did not get that much rain, probably about 2-3 inches, and a lot of that was horizontal, not running into the cisterns but trying to come in the windows.