After writing my blog on springtime in Roatan, I must have angered the weather gods because a cold front that brought snow to Dallas decided to stall on top of Roatan. It then produced copious amounts of rain. We are still trying to establish how much rain fell but have heard it should be measured in feet not inches! I heard 16 inches in just one day and it has rained hard for 2 days with rain continuing all week long, so it is difficult to get a good estimate. Regardless of the exact amount, our property manager has lived here for 15 years and has never seen it rain like this….even Hurricane Richard didn’t produce this much rain. We feel bad for the folks visiting the island for just one week because there have been limited amounts of time for getting outside and enjoying the island. In fact, late yesterday afternoon when we went out for dinner, the beach was packed with folks soaking up the very last rays of sun they could get!
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| Bottom of the Hill into West Bay Beach |
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| Tabayana Beach |
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| Infinity Bay's Restaurant Construction |
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| Infinity Bay Gardens |
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| West Bay Beach Access Road |
When the rain stopped for a while on Tuesday, Michael and I headed down to West Bay Beach as we were getting reports of the flooding occurring there. Flowers Bay was flooded, part of West End Road through town washed away taking a power pole with it. We were without power for 8 or 9 hours while RECO walked into town with their tools and equipment to replace the pole and reestablish power to this end of the island. Residence past Cannibal Café couldn’t get their cars out at all. There were countless mud slides, even taking out part of the road near the zip lines at the top of the hill.
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| Road in West Bay Beach |
Thursday when we went for groceries, most of the slides had been cleared making the roads passable but we were amazed at the number of them. Part of the rock wall near Infinity Bay resort collapsed from all the runoff water bringing rocks down onto some of the cars parked there. With more rain coming, more flash floods and mud slides are possible. The water around the island where the runoff entered the sea was reddish brown with mud. The rocks near Byte on the Beach have sand covering most of the holes in the rocks where the moray eels hide….hopefully the sand will wash out and the eels will be back.
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| Too Sweet |
Things are getting back to normal, storm damage being repaired and the reef will be clear soon. Here are a couple of pictures taken from Sandy Bay, a dock out from Blue Bahia restaurant.
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| Sandy Bay Kids Dive for Shells |
These babies are so cute. I think the kids in the water were in charge!
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| Not My Valentine Day Dinner!Here after the storm, George from Infinity Bay prepares a special dinner for a couple on their honeymoon...How cool is that! |
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| Foster from San Simon Beach Club |
And this is another nice young man, Foster, who works at San Simon on the beach. He was glad to see a break in the weather too!
After writing my blog on springtime in Roatan, I must have angered the weather gods because a cold front that brought snow to Dallas decided to stall on top of Roatan. It then produced copious amounts of rain. We are still trying to establish how much rain fell but have heard it should be measured in feet not inches! I heard 16 inches in just one day and it has rained hard for 2 days with rain continuing all week long, so it is difficult to get a good estimate. Regardless of the exact amount, our property manager has lived here for 15 years and has never seen it rain like this….even Hurricane Richard didn’t produce this much rain. We feel bad for the folks visiting the island for just one week because there have been limited amounts of time for getting outside and enjoying the island. In fact, late yesterday afternoon when we went out for dinner, the beach was packed with folks soaking up the very last rays of sun they could get! 
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