September 12, 2004
Ivan Update: Trouble In Cayman
This from the Tropical Prediction Center’s latest Ivan Advisory:
REPORTS FROM HAM RADIO OPERATORS ON
GRAND CAYMAN INDICATE THAT PEOPLE ARE STANDING ON THE ROOFS OF
HOMES DUE TO SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING.
Some resources:
- There’s a local roundup of Cayman weather links here.
- Cayman webcams, none of which are displaying current pictures but some of which still have cached images online, are here and here.
- This Cayman weather site still has some current data, but the windspeed equipment is clearly broken as it read zero. The site shows this history, however, which illustrates the extraordinary drop in barometric pressure and increase in widspeed that can only come with a hurricane making a close pass. (Note that the windspeed graph tops out near 90 mph before going off-line.)
God speed to all in Ivan’s path.