This is the email I just received from Capt. Marvins
To all of you who have written with questions about how we are doing
after
> Hurricane Ivan, here is a brief update. Thank you for your prayers and
> concern; they have meant a lot to us during the past several days.
>
> The island has been ravaged by the hurricane. Most people have sustained
> damage to their homes and businesses. The trees are mostly gone; what are
> left standing have few or no leaves/fronds left on them. There are
> literally tons and tons of debris that need to be cleared, but this
> massive task is underway and there is a great improvement already.
>
> Capt. Marvin's Watersports lost two of our three locations, but the one
in
> town at the Waterfront Centre is intact and although we have sustained
> some water damage, everything else seems to be fine here. We lost one of
> our boats but hope to bring that back up and get it going again. All of
> our crew, staff and owners and their families are well, which is the
> biggest blessing of all. We are thankful for life.
>
> Grand Cayman has never in recorded history been hit directly by a
> hurricane, much less a category 5 hurricane such as Ivan was, with
> sustained winds of over 165 mph, and gusts up to 208 mph recorded at the
> airport.
>
> Flights with returning residents and emergency/humanitarian supplies are
> arriving daily. One cruise ship arrived today with no tourists, but with
> humanitarian supplies, for which we are very grateful. We plan to be up
> and going whenever the first tourist arrives here, by land or by sea. We
> are actually capable of running at almost full capacity already, so we
> will be ready as soon as the first tourists arrive again.
>
By the way, the Turtle Farm survived the storm in great shape!
> Thank you again for all of your prayers and concern. I apologize for the
> global email, but just don't have time to write to everyone individually
> right now. There were almost 500 emails waiting for me when I booted up
> the computer for the first time today!
>
> Gratefully yours,
> Ruth and the staff and crew from Capt. Marvin's
