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09-09-04, 08:40 AM
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Ivan damages 90 percent of Grenada's homes
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/0....ap/index.html
Category 5 storm blamed for several deaths ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) -- The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in nearly a decade killed at least 15 people, damaged 90 percent Grenada's homes and destroyed a prison that left criminals running loose, officials said Wednesday. Hurricane Ivan killed at least three more people in other countries and was expected to inflict additional damage as its 140 mph winds churn toward Jamaica, Cuba and possibly the southern United States. "We are terribly devastated ... It's beyond imagination," Prime Minister Keith Mitchell told his people and the world -- from aboard a British Royal Navy vessel that rushed to the rescue. Ivan strengthened early Thursday to become a Category 5 on a scale of 5. It packed sustained winds of 160 mph with higher gusts as it passed north of the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Mitchell, whose own home was flattened by Ivan, said 90 percent of homes on the island were damaged and he feared the death toll would rise. "If you see the country today, it would be a surprise to anyone that we did not have more deaths than it appears at the moment," Mitchell said. Students at St. George's University, which overlooks the Grenadian capital, hid under mattresses or in bathrooms. "The pipes were whistling, the doors were vibrating, gusts were coming underneath the window," said Sonya Lazarevic, a first-year students from New York. "It looks like a landslide happened," said another student, Nicole Organ, 21, of Toronto "There are all these colors coming down the mountainside -- sheets of metal, pieces of shacks, roofs came off in layers." She said that the danger didn't end with the winds. Organ said she wandered downtown later and saw bands of machete-wielding men looting a hardware store. Lazarevic said the mostly American student body was arming with knives, sticks and pepper spray for fear that looters would move into areas near the school. "We don't feel safe," she told The Associated Press by telephone. Grenada Police Commissioner Roy Bedaau said every police station in the country had been damaged, hindering efforts to control the looting. He said other Caribbean countries were sending troops to help patrol. Before slamming Grenada on Tuesday evening with winds of more than 120 mph, Ivan pummeled Barbados and St. Vincent, damaging hundreds of homes and cutting utilities. Thousands of people there remained without electricity and water on Wednesday. A 75-year-old woman drowned in Barbados. In Tobago, officials reported a 32-year-old pregnant woman died Tuesday when a 40-foot palm tree fell into her home, pinning her to her bed. Details on the extent of the death and destruction in Grenada did not surface until Wednesday because the storm cut all communications with the island of 100,000 people. U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard said virtually every major building in St. George's, Grenada's once-quaint capital of English Georgian and French provincial buildings, has suffered structural damage. The United Nations is sending a disaster team, Eckhard said from New York City. Ivan pulverized concrete homes into piles of rubble and tore away hundreds of the island's landmark red zinc roofs. At 2 a.m. EDT Thursday, Ivan was centered about 85 miles northeast of Aruba. Hurricane-force winds extended up to 60 miles and tropical storm-force winds another 160 miles. Ivan was moving west-northwest at 17 mph. In Grenada, emergency workers were having trouble reaching communities beyond roads blocked by uprooted utility poles. Mitchell confirmed that an unknown number of criminals were on the loose after the country's crumbling and overcrowded 17th century prison, a hilltop fortress in colonial days, was "completely devastated." He said they included some of the 17 people who were jailed for life for killings during a Marxist palace coup in 1983. But he said he didn't know which ones in the group escaped, or if former Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard was among them. Grenada is known for the U.S. invasion that followed the coup, when American officials had determined Grenada's airport was going to become a joint Cuban-Soviet base. Cuba said it was helping build the airport for civilian use. Nineteen Americans died in the fighting and a disputed number of others that the United States put at 45 Grenadians and 24 Cubans. In Curacao, the government evacuated 300 residents. High winds and heavy rains from Ivan flooded parts of Venezuela's north coast, killing a 32-year-old man. Helicopter charter companies were busy Wednesday ferrying evacuated workers back to offshore oil drilling platforms there. Ivan is expected to reach Jamaica by Friday morning or Saturday and then aim for Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Haiti posted a hurricane watch for its southwestern peninsula and the Dominican southwest coast was under tropical storm watch. A hurricane warning remained in effect for Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Colombia's northeastern Guajira peninsula and Venezuela's north coast were under hurricane watch and tropical storm warning. Ivan became the fourth major hurricane of the season Sunday, coming hard on the heels of Hurricane Frances, which killed two people in the Bahamas and 14 in Florida and Georgia. 
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09-09-04, 08:45 AM
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Ivan is gonna wipe out the rest of Florida if and when it hits!
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09-09-04, 08:49 AM
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09-09-04, 08:54 AM
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 Does real estate prices go down after a hurricane in the carribean?
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09-09-04, 08:56 AM
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That's the first thing that popped into my head too! " I must break you"
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09-09-04, 09:00 AM
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09-09-04, 09:07 AM
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What terrible name for a hurricane. It makes me think if the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible.
This storm is no joke (rare Cat 5), if it downgrades by the time it hits Florida (assuming it does) it will still more than likely be a Cat 3 or 4....I hope it gets pulled into the Atlantic. This shit is getting old fast. And to think, we still have nearly 3 more months left of hurricane season.
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09-09-04, 09:11 AM
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i wanna buy some property in the cayman islands!!!
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09-09-04, 10:13 AM
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Ivan the Terrible is what Fox News just called this next storm. They are already issuing evacuations for the Keys. I do not have a good feeling about this one. I was ok with Charley and Frances, but Ivan scares me.
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09-09-04, 10:17 AM
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I have screamed until my veins collapsed I've waited as my time's elapsed Now, All I do is live with so much fate I've wished for this, I've bitched at that I've left behind this little fact: You cannot kill what you did not create Superior Muscle Does not promote the use of anabolic steroids without a doctor's prescription. The information shared is for learning purposes only.
The Administrators, and Moderators of this site are not liable for any injury caused by the misuse of any chemical used for bodybuilding purposes. 1) DO NOT POST ASKING FOR A SOURCE!!!! 2)If you are a source, dont bother posting for business, it is clearly against the board's policy and you will be banned. 3)DO NOT PM OR EMAIL A MOD ABOUT A SOURCE!
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09-09-04, 10:18 AM
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09-09-04, 11:27 AM
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But I could definetly retire there.
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09-09-04, 11:30 AM
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09-09-04, 11:40 AM
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09-09-04, 11:58 AM
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Well...I'm on my way out to buy a generator for Ivan. Mom was just at home depot and they still had some. Hope they still have gas cans too.
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09-09-04, 12:03 PM
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09-09-04, 01:53 PM
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Never trust an old lady!
What mom saw was a SIGN for generators...they are all sold out. No generators in the state of Florida in Home DePot or Lowes. I did get more tape and plastic for the windows and now heading out for more water, gas for the grill, etc. Trying to find more batteries but stores are sold out of D's and C's.
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09-09-04, 01:55 PM
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09-09-04, 01:56 PM
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