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Monday, August 27, 2007
Barbados: Apartment Collapses Into Cave
UPDATED AT 12:02 pm B'DOS TIME: This e-mail just in (as is) from a reliable friend of mine: "they havent found anyone yet, there was just a live press conference and they said they are now going from rescue to recovery and they need to do it fast cause a wave is supposed to start affecting the island at 1pm and that will further compromise the area. The Miami Dade rescue unit has said they is very little hope of anyone surviving, they have sent in the dogs and other equipment and have heard nothing."
UPDATED AT 11:43 AM B'DOS TIME: Folks, I cannot provide confirmation of this. One friend of mine heard that four people have been found dead. Another friend heard, via a radio report, that the baby may have been with a member of the family and was not at home when the collapse occured. Also, the dogs that came with the Miami Dade team, have not found any signs of life.
ORIGINAL POST:
I've just gotten home (about 2 AM). Where I was is of no importance (The Gap), where I drove past, however, is.
Without thinking about and realizing it, I found myself in the Brittons Hill area, enroute to home. I stopped for the lights somewhere in the Dalkeith area (sorry, I'm not good with places). These are the traffic lights just before the Brittons Hill post office. Going straight would've taken you past the post office. I was waiting to turn left. I looked ahead and saw two huge yellowish, cranes towering above all else. Bright, white light flooded the surrounding area. Lights that reminded me of the National Stadium at night. It's a scene that's impossible to miss.
From my position, the cranes appeared motionless. No audible sounds of activity either, at least, none that my ears could discern. I made a left turn and then a right at the next set of lights. Drove past the Shell(?) gas station on my right. Another view of the site. Again, the two huge cranes in plain view, surrounded by the flood lights. No motion, no sounds. All quiet.
I had my camera with me and thought about stopping to take a picture of the cranes and the lights. Thankfully, common sense got the better of me and I continued my drive home. Stopping on the road at two in the morning, by yourself, is generally not a good idea.
I don't know, but I can only hope that, judging by the motionless cranes and stillness of the area, the missing family was found and rescued in time.
Barbados Free Press has pictures of the disaster and Barbados Underground has a picture of the remains of the apartment building that collapsed.
"Rescuers get moving at 10:30 a.m." From The Advocate's website.
"Stress runs high on disaster site" From The Advocate's website.
UPDATED AT 11:43 AM B'DOS TIME: Folks, I cannot provide confirmation of this. One friend of mine heard that four people have been found dead. Another friend heard, via a radio report, that the baby may have been with a member of the family and was not at home when the collapse occured. Also, the dogs that came with the Miami Dade team, have not found any signs of life.
ORIGINAL POST:
I've just gotten home (about 2 AM). Where I was is of no importance (The Gap), where I drove past, however, is.
Without thinking about and realizing it, I found myself in the Brittons Hill area, enroute to home. I stopped for the lights somewhere in the Dalkeith area (sorry, I'm not good with places). These are the traffic lights just before the Brittons Hill post office. Going straight would've taken you past the post office. I was waiting to turn left. I looked ahead and saw two huge yellowish, cranes towering above all else. Bright, white light flooded the surrounding area. Lights that reminded me of the National Stadium at night. It's a scene that's impossible to miss.
From my position, the cranes appeared motionless. No audible sounds of activity either, at least, none that my ears could discern. I made a left turn and then a right at the next set of lights. Drove past the Shell(?) gas station on my right. Another view of the site. Again, the two huge cranes in plain view, surrounded by the flood lights. No motion, no sounds. All quiet.
I had my camera with me and thought about stopping to take a picture of the cranes and the lights. Thankfully, common sense got the better of me and I continued my drive home. Stopping on the road at two in the morning, by yourself, is generally not a good idea.
I don't know, but I can only hope that, judging by the motionless cranes and stillness of the area, the missing family was found and rescued in time.
Barbados Free Press has pictures of the disaster and Barbados Underground has a picture of the remains of the apartment building that collapsed.
"Rescuers get moving at 10:30 a.m." From The Advocate's website.
"Stress runs high on disaster site" From The Advocate's website.
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