And I'm trying to find info on St Vincent. Here are 2 interesting sites
I've come up wo far
http://stormcarib.com/reports/2004/aruba.shtml
http://news.caribseek.com/
In particular, the following article:
http://news.caribseek.com/Curacao/article_2573.shtml
"Ivan spares ABC
By Amigoe
Posted: Sep 9, 2004 21:25 UTC
WILLEMSTAD - The Wayward islands take a relieved breath after the
passage of hurricane Ivan. Especially Curaçao was spared of the expected
storm winds and great amounts of rainfall.
Most of the damage occurred at the southwest coast as a result of an
increased water level and high surfs. These rough seas from the west
will remain that way for the next few days, which is why the
pontoon-bridge between Punda and Otrobanda will not be returned today.
(...)
Schools will resume tomorrow. Gijsbertha declared that today is a normal
workday for everyone, "thanking God for sparing our island". Until
yesterday evening the situation was still somewhat uncertain.
"The situation has changed. Everyone who hasn't gone to work yet must do
so now. The economy must go back to normal."
The Hato airport was reopened at 8 this morning. The CAP airport company
closed down operations at 6 in the afternoon yesterday. "To give
aircrafts the chance to perform an emergency landing if necessary.
Especially since the airports of Bonaire and Aruba had already closed."
Half of the 3.5 kilometer runway was opened for landings, while 2.5
kilometers of the runway was opened for take offs. The eastern side
still had debris that needs to be removed. CAP received assistance from
the US FOL-military stationed at the airport.
Banda'bao received the most rainfall. 72 Millimeters was measured at San
Juan. The airport only measured a total of 15 mm, spread over half a day.
(...) "
/MLD
Bob D a écrit:
> I'm supposed to leaving for Aruba tomorrow (Friday). I've heard the bad
> news about Greneda, but I've heard nothing about damage in Aruba. Anybody
> have any news?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob D.
>
>
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