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since we have so many owner's here I thought I'd post the link to the Morritts site for updates: Morritt´s Resorts | Latest News
The resort is closed due to lack of electricity (the poles are down, not just the lines) and it looks as if we have dodged another bullet ala Hurricane Dean. Of course there was a special assessment then and the way things go with Morritts I would be very surprised if there wasn't one for Gustav.
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba By MAURA AXELROD, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 22 minutes ago
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph (195 kph) as it shrieked toward the heartland of Cuba's cigar industry Saturday on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, three years after Hurricane Katrina.
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba - Yahoo! News
The storm already has killed 78 people in the Caribbean and the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said it had become the second major hurricane of the Atlantic season, following Bertha in July.
Cuban state television announced that all buses and trains to and from Havana were suspended, as was ferry service to the Isla de Juventud, the outlying Cuban island next in Gustav's path.
Authorities announced they were prepared to "protect" the 20,000 tourists in Matanzas province, which includes the famous beach resort of Varadero.
Gustav rolled over the Cayman Islands Friday with fierce winds that tore down trees and power lines.
At first light Saturday, Associated Press journalists found that Grand Cayman island was spared major damage. Big surging waves pounded at the island, but there was little flooding, and wind damage was limited because islanders had removed signs and other items that could blow away.
"The wind was a little nerve-wracking, the howling. But it turned out OK," said Meagan Call, who rode out the hurricane in her hotel room. She had come to George Town from the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica to assist U.S. citizens here.
Most tourists had fled before Gustav arrived. Dan Waters, general manager of the Marriott Courtyard in George Town, said the number of guests dropped from 200 to just 34, and they were stayed in second-floor rooms overnight.
There is also a Morritts forum. We had extended them the opportunity for an HOA forum here but they declined: Morritts Tortuga and Grand Resorts Forum :: Index
The resort is closed due to lack of electricity (the poles are down, not just the lines) and it looks as if we have dodged another bullet ala Hurricane Dean. Of course there was a special assessment then and the way things go with Morritts I would be very surprised if there wasn't one for Gustav.
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba By MAURA AXELROD, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 22 minutes ago
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph (195 kph) as it shrieked toward the heartland of Cuba's cigar industry Saturday on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, three years after Hurricane Katrina.
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba - Yahoo! News
The storm already has killed 78 people in the Caribbean and the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said it had become the second major hurricane of the Atlantic season, following Bertha in July.
Cuban state television announced that all buses and trains to and from Havana were suspended, as was ferry service to the Isla de Juventud, the outlying Cuban island next in Gustav's path.
Authorities announced they were prepared to "protect" the 20,000 tourists in Matanzas province, which includes the famous beach resort of Varadero.
Gustav rolled over the Cayman Islands Friday with fierce winds that tore down trees and power lines.
At first light Saturday, Associated Press journalists found that Grand Cayman island was spared major damage. Big surging waves pounded at the island, but there was little flooding, and wind damage was limited because islanders had removed signs and other items that could blow away.
"The wind was a little nerve-wracking, the howling. But it turned out OK," said Meagan Call, who rode out the hurricane in her hotel room. She had come to George Town from the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica to assist U.S. citizens here.
Most tourists had fled before Gustav arrived. Dan Waters, general manager of the Marriott Courtyard in George Town, said the number of guests dropped from 200 to just 34, and they were stayed in second-floor rooms overnight.
There is also a Morritts forum. We had extended them the opportunity for an HOA forum here but they declined: Morritts Tortuga and Grand Resorts Forum :: Index
and of course Mimi's.
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