Ironically I was desperate to reach friends in Grand Cayman. I managed to have a friend go look for another friend and all were safe, although Brian did have a sail boat in his yard, a mile and half inland. And a few days later it made land fall here, in Prince Edward Island , Canada but first cut a path across Nova Scotia. I am ashamed to say I did not prepare our cottag and ourselves enough. We hadn't even gassed up the van. Since then I take Hurricanes seriously even here in the North East of Canada. Ivan landed as Cat 1. Cayman however didn't fare as well. At one point the sea separated Grand Cayman into 2 islands with lots and lots of destruction that is still visible there.
