| Updated Lee Aronfeld report
Fellow koi enthusiasts,
It appears that the early report we was premature and incomplete regarding the amount of storm damage at Lee Aronfelds. It is true that Lee and his wife Sheila came through the hurricane with their lives along with their dogs. I had heard that there was some dmage to the roof of thier home, but that structurally it had survived.
Saturday I received a call from Griff Thomasson, a good friend of the Aronfelds, who has visited their home on Grand Cayman. Griff had just spoken with Lee and recieved a much more grim report. Griff posted some comments on the NI forum, which I hope is appropriate to copy here instead of trying to relate the news:
From Griff:
"I just got a phone call from Lee he wanted to hear the voice of some other people . He and Sheila and thier dogs are OK , thats about all. Lee said he lost some of the roof off his house , house was flooded , everthing below pool is gone . The roofs on his businesses are gone and stores have been looted. Not a tree left standing on Island !!!!!
Water is in short supply Lee has 2 gallons left and he hopes Gov. will start tomorrow getting some water out to people , he drilled holes in the gas tanks of his cars to get the gas out for the generator , pond is filled with trash , he is still cleaning it out . He had just pulled out his favorite ogon that had died. They have pulled all the carpet out of his house .
Looting is a big problem . Cars and trucks piled up like toys ,
Lees words were 28 hours of 200+ MPH winds , you can not even imagine the damage -
If you have visited Lees you know how high the clift is water came up over it !!!
Pray for Lee
Griff"
It sounds pretty ghastly down there right now. I spoke with Griff again yesterday. He is a building contractor living on the Atlantic coastline of North Carolina. Griff is trained in severe storm damage repair having worked with the government and r4esidents restoring infrastructure and homes after hurricanes like Hugo and others that have struck the North Carolina coast in years past. Griff is trying to make arrangements to travel to Grand Cayman to see if he can be of assistance to Lee in putting his business buildings and homes back together. We could only hope to have friends like that!! Griff also tells me that his wfe Merilyn will also go with him to do what she can to help Sheila with what must be an overwhelming task to clean up after the hurricane.
I don't know why, byut there seems to be little if any coverage on the major news channels concerning the storm damage in the Caymans.
I can only reiterate Griff's request for prayer. We can only hope and pray that their world can be put back in order soon.
Dale
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