| I spoke with Lee by phone late Friday and heard from him via email on Saturday before Ivan hit there in full force. Grand Cayman reports widespread damage, at least some damage to between 25% and 50% of buildings on the island.
However, there have been no reports of deaths or serious injury on Grand Cayman. So, if these reports hold true, Lee may have his hands full for a while cleaning up a mess at his home and businesses, but he will have survived one of the worst storms to hit the island.
My main concern is the filtration equipment he had sitting on pallets outside in the last pictures I saw of his place. I would imagine it would be easy for 150 mph winds to blow 4 Nexus units out to sea if they were sitting there empty on pallets waithing to be installed for his new pond. Hopefully, these units and several other things sitting outside, unprotected, were stored out of harms way before Ivan showed up. When I spoke with him on Friday, he had his plumber outside working franically to undo any and all loose items on the new pond that could have been taken out with high winds.
Egad!!! We may have winter in Kentucky, but at least we don't have to deal with hurricanes!
Hopefully, we'll all hear something from Lee soon.
Dale |