All we have heard for two days now is how everyone here is preparing for Hurricane Isaac Our thoughts of course have been with our friends who live in such poor conditions that their homes could be totally destroyed. We pray they all survive the night.
Schools and offices here have been closed down today. Very few people have been on the streets. It wasn't until this afternoon that the wind started to blow fiercely. Hours later it started to pour. The rain would lessen then get worse but the wind remained fairly constant whistling through our windows and causing the rain to blow sideways into our windows. As a result the tracks the windows slide in filled with water and spilled onto the floors in the family room, patio, and bedroom. Scott was mopping off and on for hours. It is now 8:00 pm and just as it sounds like the wind is dying down it starts whipping through the trees and our windows again. There hasn't been as much rain as they expected though. Then again I don't know when it is supposed to move on. The great thing is so far we have not lost our power for any length of time. Only 30% of the people here pay for their power - the rest steal it from existing power lines. That whole business needs to be fixed here.
Wilton came up to warm up their food and Scott gave him the binoculars to look out at the ocean. He was amazed - had never seen anything like that before. Two hours later he and William came back up so he could show William the binoculars. They are fun. The missionaries were supposed to go to Williams to teach them tonight. I'm guessing that didn't happen with the weather like it is.
Scott's Spanish class was canceled for today so it has been a long day. It gets dark here about 7:30 so that makes for a long night. I am just grateful we have lights and power for the computer. From the sounds of the wind outside I wouldn't be surprised if they went off at any time. Could be a long night!!
Schools and offices here have been closed down today. Very few people have been on the streets. It wasn't until this afternoon that the wind started to blow fiercely. Hours later it started to pour. The rain would lessen then get worse but the wind remained fairly constant whistling through our windows and causing the rain to blow sideways into our windows. As a result the tracks the windows slide in filled with water and spilled onto the floors in the family room, patio, and bedroom. Scott was mopping off and on for hours. It is now 8:00 pm and just as it sounds like the wind is dying down it starts whipping through the trees and our windows again. There hasn't been as much rain as they expected though. Then again I don't know when it is supposed to move on. The great thing is so far we have not lost our power for any length of time. Only 30% of the people here pay for their power - the rest steal it from existing power lines. That whole business needs to be fixed here.
Wilton came up to warm up their food and Scott gave him the binoculars to look out at the ocean. He was amazed - had never seen anything like that before. Two hours later he and William came back up so he could show William the binoculars. They are fun. The missionaries were supposed to go to Williams to teach them tonight. I'm guessing that didn't happen with the weather like it is.
Scott's Spanish class was canceled for today so it has been a long day. It gets dark here about 7:30 so that makes for a long night. I am just grateful we have lights and power for the computer. From the sounds of the wind outside I wouldn't be surprised if they went off at any time. Could be a long night!!
Behind the tall buildings is the ocean - they are only a couple of blocks from us. You can't see the ocean because the rain is so heavy there as it moves towards us.
The first picture is of the storm moving in from the ocean which is about a mile from our apartment.
The second one is when it got to us!
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