John said: > Of course, you're a Jamaican. Did you ever visit Cayman? > > The main island is seldom more than about 10 feet above sea level. It is > not impossible for it to be completely submerged in a bad hurricane. In > 1910, or thereabouts, a hurricane killed 10% of the population. > > Not a nice place to be at such a time.
Never been to any of the other islands, actually. But I had certainly heard about how flat Cayman is. Since writing the message to which you replied, I have heard from my mother, who heard from the friend's daughter, who heard from a friend of the friend ... that the gentleman I was worried about rode out the storm on an upper floor somewhere and returned home to find a four-foot high-water mark inside his house. But he is OK, which is what I was concerned about. ERN
