Hurricane Igor update – Monday evening

That was some night but Hurricane Igor eventually packed his huff and puff and headed back out to the Atlantic this morning leaving the island to lick it’s wounds.

There was a fair bit of damage such as at Hamilton’s main ferry terminal but most of it appears superficial although some areas were badly flooded including the historical town of St George’s. A lot of the south shore beaches will take a while to recover after suffering erosion due to the huge waves. We went along to Elbow Beach today, where the Weather Channel was reporting from, and the steps leading down to the beach had disappeared and the restaurants were closed.

The strongest measured wind gust was 94 mph and one can only imagine what a Category 4 or 5 storm would be like (Igor was officially a Cat 1). Personally I never want to find out and having ticked the box will take the family and bugger off island at the slightest sign of another one.

This morning after just a couple of hours of shut-eye we surveyed our place in daylight and we had a lot of water enter the house which got under some wooden floorboards, the patio doors we were hanging onto last night for dear life need replacing, the balcony upstairs is damaged and quite a few fences and outside lights were obliterated. The garden, which like so much of Bermuda is normally a vivid green is sparse and bare today with many of the shrubs sadly burnt by the salt water.

The landlords looked very nervous the day before the storm, which unsettled us. The house is only a couple of years old and has never been through a hurricane before. But they came over this morning and have been kind and pro-active.

We still have no power, like over half of the island and considered staying in a hotel tonight but we have decided to stay at home. For some reason we still have hot water and in the morning as I’m officially off sick I will stick myself in a hotel lobby with phone, laptop and chargers.

Finally once again a huge thank you to everyone who sent their kind wishes either via here, on Twitter or by email. They meant a lot.