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Hi Everyone
I pulled this out of my Email box es thought you might appreciate the 1st
hand commentary from Alan V21BF on Antigua. Our contest site was damaged but
we will suffice. Please look for us in October as V26B.
73 de Doug//N3ADL
V26DX
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Hi All!!
THE FOLLOWING IS A GENERIC MESSAGE TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND WELL WISHERS.
DUE TO THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MESSAGES AND REQUESTS THAT I HAVE
RECEIVED I THINK WAS THE QUICKEST WAY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE ASAP. AS
THINGS GET A LITTLE LESS HECTIC I WILL AGAIN BEGIN TO RESPOND TO ALL
PERSONAL MESSAGES. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REQUESTED SPECIFIC
INFORMATION REGARING LOVED ONES HERE AS SOON AS I GET ANY INFO I WILL
RELAY THEM BACK TO YOU SO BE A LITTLE PATIENT AS MOST OF THE PHONES ARE
NOT WORKING...
Hurricane Luis hit Antigua VERY HARD. I took a drive around certain parts=
=
of the island
and there is NOT one single area that was left untouched. Many rooftops =
are GONE,
if the roof is still there then most or at least half of the galvanized =
or tiles are missing!
About 1 in 15 houses have been totally destroyed (my estimate). EVERYBODY=
=
has water
damage to some extent, some greater than others.
Everywhere there are utility poles down, line transformers were unbolted =
and are on the ground.
There is cable and poles scattered across every road. Some fell on houses=
=
as well. So in ALL
areas there is NO electricity at all. Most areas are without telephone =
although some including
mine were working up to this morning. The century old trees in Government=
=
House have been
felled
and about 50% of the wooden fence was blown away. The house itself was =
damaged (the roof).
The cable TV company (CTV) lost its main satellite dish and the other two=
=
no longer have their
full mesh. Most of the buildings in St. Johns have sustained heavy =
damage some more than
others.Spring Gardens Moravian church lost its beautiful stained glass =
structure and most of its
roof.
There were 2 deaths reported but I have yet to officiallly confirm this =
number. I also heard that
the hospital was severely damaged but I have not been near there. =
Heritage Quay (shopping
center) roof came off and landed on St.Mary's St, the debris was =
scattered for about 100 feet up
the street. There were reports of looting in the middle of the storm YES=
=
during the storm and the
Defence Force were guading the whole of St. Johns. there is also a =
curfew for St. Johns from
6pm to 6 am.
The beaches were pounded with very heavy surf and quite a lot of erosion =
has taken place. If
any of you knows Fort James, the road to get there no longer exists, it =
has been washed away.
McKinnons swamp turned into a river delta and water flowed from Marina =
Bay down to
Sandhaven hotel as it more of less reunited itself with the sea. There =
are unconfirmed reports
that Galley Bay and pineapple Beach sustained catastrophic damage. =
Sandals' dining room on
the sea now has about 2 feet of sand and the wall by the sea is no longer=
=
in existence. "Millers
by the Sea" was taken away and only the foundation remains. Rex Halcyon =
was also reported to
have systainedextreme damage but as I did not see it myself I cannot =
elaborate.
I can go on but as I write this I myself are beginning to relive those =
HORRIFIC 48 hours of the
storm. My family and ou property were among the chosen few that were =
spared. We got minimal
damage to our roof but water came in. For us it was more of mental =
anguish and stress. I was in
the same clothes for almost 3 days with little or no food as fright alone=
=
quenched my hunger and
thirst. It was an experience I hope I never have to go through again. =
Frankly, I was SCARED TO
DEATH. The power of wind at 140mph (gusts of 170) is undescribable. The =
colosest I can come
to describing it is, imagine being trapped in a building, you CANNOT leav=
e,
there is about 6 freight trains passing continuously, 4 Jumbo Jets, 2 =
Concordes landing on the
roof every 5 minutes plus more. ABSOLUTELY NO SLEEP for the entire period=
=
as you never
know what room you may have to run to if the roof goes, it is wet =
everywhere, the floor, your bed
the chairs, the couch EVERYTHING is WET and damp and MUGGY. Well that is =
my piece so
far. As more information comes by me I will post it on the net.
I can offer to pass on Health and Welfare information in a limited =
capacity as most phones areDOWN. My email is at the head of this message.=
If
you dont get a =
response, it is not that I haveignored you it is that I cannot get throug=
h to
your family and friends. =
My mailbox is already at the
54 message mark so there may also be a bit of a backlog. All in all I am =
fine and at work keeping
the internet and computers going so life is not all that bad. Hey, I =
could have been dead!
Alan Scholl V21BF
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