I took this photo of the sunset at Sandhaven Hotel on Sunday 23nd Oct. 1999. As you can see, only 3 days after the storm the sea is calm, the sky was clearing and the experience had done little to lessen our natural beauty. The beaches were generally undamaged. Most palm trees were unaffected and you can judge for yourself if a few bent leaves spoil our sunsets? Personally, I don't think so!

Below are accounts relating to that storm. Everything is back to normal now so you can ignore warnings about damaged areas.

We had almost fonnished cleaning up when hurricane Lenny arrived. If you want up to date into click here.

For my diary of tJose click here

For my updates on Jose's aftermath click here.
What you find here may not always be what you hope for... but it will be honest, forthright and unsensational..

 

At 11.15pm on Tuesday 19th Oct 99 I wrote:

"In a few hours we expect to be visited by hurricane Jose. We've run around tying down anything we think might blow away, (including the mighty Pumkin), and have sealed our home and studio Aiton Place against the anticipated 5-10 inches of rain. That done, we're now settling back with a glass of wine and a video, (TV went out some time ago..... the net is currently or best link to the outside world). You see this is the 6th hurricane we've sat through in the past decade and we expect Jose to be a little brother to the thugs Hugo and Luis who passed some years ago".

As nasty as this 5.23 am EDT satellite image looks, the early stages of the hurricane were uneventful (as you will see from my diary of the storm ). Little did I know that Jose would prove to be a very petulant teenager and there would be many anxious moments before he passed. In the final analysis, although Antiguans suffered more than was anticipated, Antigua faired pretty well and is already bouncing back.

 

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