Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Hurricane Paloma e lele ākea i ka paradaiso scuba liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Cayman Brac (kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo "ka Brac"). ʻAʻole i hopohopo ka nui o nā kamaʻāina i ka hele ʻana i nā hale ʻino i ka pō o Nowemapa 7. Akā, i ke ao ʻana, ua hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻike weliweli o kahi makani ʻino o ka Māhele 4 e ʻike ai ka honua.
ʻOiai ua pakele ka mokupuni nui o Grand Cayman i ka huhū o ka Hurricane Paloma, a hiki i ka 1,000 poʻe i waiho ʻole ʻia ma waena o ka heluna kanaka o Cayman Brac he 1,800, ua hōʻike ʻia ka Caymanian Compass. He nui nā kamaʻāina i waiho ʻia me nā lole ma ko lākou kua. Ua loaʻa i ʻelua o nā hale ʻino lehulehu ʻekolu i ka pōʻino nui o ka hale. A ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke alahele o ka mokulele, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae i nā mokulele mokulele e hāʻawi i nā lako i makemake nui ʻia i ka lehulehu puʻukū.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole maopopo ka poʻe he nui ma waho o nā palena o nā mokupuni ʻo Cayman ua loaʻa ka ʻāina i kahi ʻeha nui no ka mea ʻo ka mokupuni nui loa o Grand Cayman i pakele i ka huhū o ka makani. Akā e like me ka manaʻo o ke Komisina Apana ʻo Ernie Scott, ma kahi o 90 pakeneka o nā hale ma Cayman Brac ua nalowale kekahi hapa a i ʻole nā hale āpau i ka ʻino.
Ua hui pū nā Rotary Clubs ma Grand Cayman i kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana e hōʻike i nā kiʻi a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka makani ʻino ʻo Cayman Brac ma: http://caymanrotary.wordpress.com. Hōʻike ka pūnaewele i nā hōʻike hōʻino a hāʻawi i nā mea hou mai ka Hurricane i hoʻopau i ka mokupuni.
Paipai ʻia ke kaiāulu hāʻawi honua e kōkua i ka lāhui mokupuni e hoʻi i kona wāwae. Hāʻawi ka pūnaewele i nā hāʻawi kāleka hōʻaiʻē no ka hana kōkua Brac, e maʻalahi i ka poʻe ma waho o Cayman e hāʻawi i kekahi mau kālā.
Eia hou, paipai ʻia ke kaiāulu luʻu e hoʻolaha i ka ʻōlelo e pili ana i ka pūnaewele pūnaewele i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻole ua hiki mai kahi pōʻino ma ia wahi scuba kaulana. Eia nō naʻe, he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ua loaʻa iā Little Cayman kahi pōʻino liʻiliʻi wale nō a aia ka papa manawa e hoʻokipa ai i nā poʻe luʻu i ka lā 22 Nowemapa i ka pā kaulana ʻo Bloody Bay Wall.
I kēia manawa, e hakakā ana ka poʻe o Cayman Brac i ke kūkulu hou ʻana i nā hale a me nā ʻoihana i nalowale i kahi ʻino i hoʻopōʻino nui ʻia, inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku - ka pōʻino e like me ka "Storm of 1932" kaulana e like me ke ala like me ka Hurricane Paloma a i hahau ʻia me ka eerie irony i ka lā like e hōʻailona ai i ka makahiki 76th.
