Posted by News Staff @ 09/09/2004 19:13:38 | Category: None
Source: Half-Life Radio
Hurricane Ivan continues to prowl the Caribbean. Ivan slammed through the Windward Islands yesterday taking a direct hit on Grenada. Damage on the island was extensive as winds gusted to at least 116 mph. The violent hurricane is churning on a course slightly north of due west and will swirl by just north of the ABC Islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao). Ivan appears to have Jamaica in its sights for Friday and Cuba after that. Florida, unfortunately, can't be erased from Ivan's target list, either. The threat--if it materializes--to the Sunshine State wouldn't come before late Sunday or early Monday, so there's still plenty of time to track Ivan and refine its projected path. Keep watching it close from Florida to the Gulf of Mexico.

Although we HAVE found Andy Hodges safe and sound, he is a still a little worse for the wear. We cannot say what is going to happen yet but we have been asked to leave all of the plywood up until we know for sure the final path of Ivan. We are further plagued by power outages throughout this area. We have power in a few areas but ther are nowhere near restoring power to the station yet. We have started rebuilding and now have to watch as another swirling cloud of disaster looms ever nearer. As soon as we know what the broadcast week is going to be like, we will let you know right here! Keep checking back!

Additional Note: The word is that we won't have power out at the station for at least 5 days. It's kind of eerie down here. The power at our hotel is on and off, and there is nothing on the air here...no radio or t.v. at all. And to top it all off, Ivan has been upgraded to a Cat-5 and has taken a turn north on a direct course for us. This is really getting bizarre!! So for the time being, we cannot have a show until we get power back, possibly next week, 9the servers are on generators but not the station). We will keep trying to make things happen here and will keep you up-to-date right here on this wibsite. Keep checking back!!!