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• From: DINNAFASH at cs.com
• Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:39:33 EDT

Hello all,
Life is back to normal here on the Isla it appears and we have heard no reports of damage so far. It appears we have dodged the bullet this time and I for one hope it remains that way!
Things are not so happy for the western part of the country in the areas around Yoro and San Pedro Sula as well as the Moskitia coast. In Moskitia there have been numerous homes destroyed but no reports of any deaths in Honduras. The same cannot be said of the Moskitia region in Nicaragua where local reports here say that there are at least 40 dead and a great many homes totally destroyed, (some reports quoting numbers as high as 9000 buildings).
Watching local news channels for most of the evening last night it appears the hardest hit areas here in Honduras at the moment are the ones in the western part of Yoro District and the area in and around the Sula valley and San Pedro Sula. Most of the rivers there are well above flood stage, some by over 3 meters, (approx. 10 feet), and the government was working to try to alert and move residents in these locations out of harms way. Red Alerts for flooding extended all the way to Tela on the Caribe shore. Fortunately there have been no reports of death or injuries at this time.
Otherwise, there were reports of numerous landslides in Olancho are but I have no information as to how many and severity.
We here on Roatan are in fine shape though so come on down and relax on the beach!
Mike and Susan

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