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Phillip Bethel Shopping Center major damage, roof blown off. Lawrence Griffin Esso Service Station gas pumps and roof blown away. No communications by land phone, cellular phone. Police Station (Governors Harbour) under 10ft of water evacuated, about 300 people had to be evacuated to various shelters. No access to airport in Governor’s & Rock Sound (flooded). Coffins are floating in the streets of Hatchet Bay. Main water line damage, telephone off, electricity restored to most of Central Eleuthera, extensive roof damage, flooding, school store room roof blown off. Airport in good condition, Workers House shelter was damaged, clinic in good condition. Situation remains the same at Governor’s Harbour. Mr. Clarke a resident of Palmetto Point all utilities are up and everything is back to normal. Roads are clear.

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Overcast breezes. Poles are down, trees down, flooding, no injuries, no electricity. Reporting slight rain, slight breeze. Preliminary Damage Assessment indicates that low lying areas has a little flooding, fallen trees, fallen lights in Morgan Bluff Oil Barge Broke from morning and ran aground in the cove. Airport is down. Administrator Christy reports that winds are still high. Everyone is well in Lowe Sound Bar has little flooding, dock will open tomorrow, major road passable. Mastic Point Utility Poles Down. Powers on in Nichollas Town & Off in other settlements. Winds 30-40 miles on the coast. Will Contact NEMA with update in the next 2 hours. Road to Reds Bay flooded. Some areas of the wellfields are flooded and will not be re-opened until deemed safe by the electricians of the Water and Sewerage Corporation. At the Morgan Bluff Terminal a buoy has to be restored prior to full re-establishment of the tanker operations. Weather conditions are good. There is some debris & roof damage, power lines and telephone lines are down. Damage assessment of North Andros & The Berry Islands. All shelter structures are in tact. Occupied shelters in North Andros are: Church of Christ Nicholl’s Town (10 Persons), Methodist Church Mastic Point (5 persons), Church of God of Prophecy Mastic Point (20 persons), Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Mastic Point (10 persons), Barc Training Centre, Barc (8 persons), New Salem Baptist Church, Red Bays (50 persons), Church of God, Bullocks Harbour (34 persons). Damages on the Island includes light structural damage to several roofs, guttering to Administration building blown off, water flowing to homes, trees down, Lowe Sound primary school water logged, erosion of shoreline, debris in the road, destruction of bearing trees and plants, electrical pole down across the creek, telephone lines are down, no power, but potable water is flowing. Mastic Point North and South damage to a few roads, BEC poles down, dock severely damaged, no potable water, no electricity, slight erosion of beach in the North. Barc Community slight damage to a few roofs, little flooding in areas, severe destruction to farms, no electricity. Johnson Hill and Conch Sound a few BEC and Batelco lines down, Miller Road along shoreline is impassable little damage to roofs. Morgan’s Bluff one roof flew off building, Crown Oil barge aground, one structure down at Regatta Village, main V.I.P Lounge at Regatta Village lots shingles off roof, lots of debris, no potable water, no electricity. Red Bays road is impassible as a result of storm surges. Bullocks Harbour structural damage to eighteen roofs, BEC plant lost its roof, electricity lines down, no potable water, 54 homes with missing shingle, two homes lost entire roof, a resident’s home sustained structural damages. Government buildings, consisting of the All Age School suffered roof damage, plywood and shingles missing, the Administrative complex on the hill has a damaged roof, missing shingles and plywood raised, cracks in the wall and damage to the drip caps. The dock at Bullocks Harbour; there was major damage to the building at the dock building and major erosion due to the heavy surge. Recommendations: Restore damaged roofs, repair BEC building, the administrative building and the school, urgent repairs to the Public Dock in Bullock’s Harbour, relief to farmer’s who lost crops, supply hurricane shutters for the Administrative building. Electricity has been restored to approx. 90%

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In Central Abaco strong winds and torrential rain. In South Abaco cell phones and land phones are down; there is no electricity, contacted NEMA via satellite phone. In North Abaco part of the roof at the Government, which was used as the EOC, collapsed and caused minor injuries. There are no utilities in North Abaco. South Abaco: Sandy Point has flooding and property damage to roofs. No loss of life. Trees down, partial power; police antenna down; school roof damage. A lot off roofs blown off in the Crossing Rock area. (10:10 AM According to the ministry of works there have been several persons injured in a roof collapse in Coopers Town Clinic; this is being verified by PHA and RBDF, they are working with Zane Thomas and US Coast Guard to see if assistance can be provided if necessary) Spoke with Cay Mills Preliminary Damage Assessment indicates that Treasure Cay has Major Damage to buildings. Major loss of boats. Tremendous amount of flood line communities on the Cays from Guana Cay to Little Harbour. Phone lines are down; Electric poles down. North Abaco is reporting no electricity or telephone. Clinic in Cooper’s town a portion of the roof has collapsed. Major flooding, Major structural damage to residences. Administrator is going to make additional assessments and will contact NEMA with that information. Paul Newbold with PHA notified NEMA that Med EVAC would take injured persons to PMH on Sunday Sept 5^th. OFDA will assist. Mrs. Sands notified NEMA that Dundas Town, Murphy Town and Marsh harbour are all under water. No electricity, no phone. BEC personnel are headed to Sandy Point to assess damages. Supt. Russell notified NEMA that current conditions in the area is overcast; they have some flooding. Marsh Harbour station received minor damages mostly water. Crown Haven station has roof damage Marsh Harbour o/c residence & Insp. Fox Town & Crown Haven Police residence report damage requiring officers re-locate. No deaths. 1 minor injury. Requesting Sat phone number for northern command center. Abaco disaster committee will meet at 3pm to assess overall damages. Abaco Police is investigating the situation and will contact NEMA. Two persons are being sent for medical evacuation from Cooper’s Town by US Coast Guard 1^st patient a 73 yr. Old male with excessive bleeding & a 76 yr. old female with minor seizures. The P.S Mr. Thompson will contact Foreign Affairs to make arrangements with the US Embassy for authorization. At 12:35 pm Marsh Harbour reports that there was no damage to the clinic at Dundas Town, there was some flooding to several homes, two nurses had to be evacuated from their homes due to the flooding. The 73yr.old patient is prepped to be airlifted. There is a need for blood/plasma and medical personnel. In Cooper’s Town there is flooding, telephone and electrical lines are down, the water supply is down, schools in Treasure Cay & Cooper’s Town sustained damages to the roof, windows and doors, some homes have minor damages, Cooper’s Town has sustained extensive damages, the front of the government clinic has collapsed, a private dock was damaged, the roads are not blocked, but there are trees in the roads, there are damages at two shelters, the airport is cleared and the landing sight for the helicopter is cleared. The clinic needs the following a box of each I/V fluid, lactated ringers, normal saline, ½ strength saline, cervical collars, splints for legs and arms, ankle brace, gauges & gauges dressings. Treasure cay airport is open; Marsh Harbour airport may be closed for a few days; Need satellite # for RBDF contingency command; no reliable reports on damage in cays; power lines down; wellfields underwater, cannot restore service until water level subsides. Due to the deterioration in the pts. Conditions at Cooper’s Town and the fact that Air Ambulance have resumed their flight arrangements with US Coast Guard was cancelled. Air Ambulance expected arrival to Cooper’s Town is 5:30pm. Crown Haven, Fox Town & Marsh Harbour still under water; Marsh Harbour airport closed; request assistance with drinking water; electricity restored. Flight left Marsh Harbour with 73-year-old patient en route to Nassau. The 73-year-old patient from Coopers Town arrived in Nassau at 6:40pm; he is presently being transported to PMH. All wellfield operations south of Marsh Harbour are reported to be in service. Operations north of Marsh Harbour to be accessed on 6^th Sept. 2004. Reverse Osmosis operations on Grand Cay and Moores Island also to be accessed. Marsh Harbour wellfield is partially and presently operating at 50%. Sandy Point Airport is now open; Moore’s Island Airport is open. Moore’s Island requests water, garbage bags & a chainsaw. In Crossing Rock there was roof damages and flooding, in Sandy Point there is roof damages throughout the island, the government building in roof has blown off, there are damages to three churches, houses have sustained water damages, the administrative building has water damages, BEC has restored power, the telephone lines are up, but the cable lines are down in South Abaco areas Little Harbour boats are under water, roofing damages and flooding, Cherokee Sound roof damages, flooding in homes, trees are down in the road, but roads are not blocked, Bahama Palm Shores roof damages and flooding, Casuarina Point roof damages and flooding all areas in the south request chainsaw. Sandy Point clinic needs supplies (antacid tablets, calpol suspension, stet scopes, a wagon to use as an ambulance) the clinic has sustained major damages and flooding and is not operational; the clinic will be relocated at James Dean building by the end of the weak. US flights are now going to Cherokee Air. Immigration and Customs are also relocated in Cherokee Air. Marsh Harbour terminal is closed due to flooding. ESF coordinated dispatch of assessment team to Grand Cay. Dr. Imara, Nurse Charlene Bain, Bruce Walker, Ton Vlugman, Gerald Sawyer and Michelle Grant make up the team.

4:30 PM

Administrator King notified NEMA of Rescue Effort being conducted at Home's Rock and West End due to flooding. He will up-date NEMA within the hour. CONDITIONS: Powerful winds and rains; flooding in West End; electricity poles are down and there is no electricity as well as no phones. Contacted NEMA via cellular phone. Roof blown off from barracks at Hanna Hill. Fishing Hole completely flooded. Residents of Queens Cove had to be evacuated. Weather personnel had to be evacuated. Will up-date NEMA when situation changes. Mr. Philip Russell of Bight, West End, believed to be in his 80’s premises collapsed, he has not been found, search continues. Chief Superintendent B. Rahming, RBPF report at around 9:20am the body of Jeffery Green age 25-40 years, was found face down in front of his Bootle Bay home in 3 ft of water. He appeared to have drowned trying to swim to safety. Police are still investigating. At 4pm unable to obtain PHA Williams to verify. Evacuated persons from West Bootle Bay & Homesrock, they were sent to Mary’s Shelter. Some persons went to their families. The dome collapsed in the government clinic injuring 1 ambulance driver, he received medical assistance. Bethel Baptist church roof collapsed, 200 people were relocated to the school next door. The school roof has minor damages & is being monitored. The roof of a sixplex building roof was blown off; the family inside received minor cuts & bruises, was treated & released. From the clinic. A young lady with 7 occupants roof collapsed. They were relocated to Zion Baptist Church. Weather is getting worst. Rain is coming in on the south side of the government clinic. Phone lines are still up, they are using generator power. Majority of the island’s utilities are still down, however the Police Command Centre emergency number is operational. Weather is fine. ACP Greenslade and a contingent of police officers along with other concerned personnel continue to access damage and render assistance

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Windy 80 mph; Airport under 6 feet of water. Queens Cove under water; personnel taken to higher ground. West End and Queens Cove have no communication. Requesting for residence to evacuate low-lying area and to proceed to higher grounds. Maurice Moore Primary has 150 persons in shelter. A few trees down; no power. North and South Bahamia along with Trip circle are now experiencing high water rise now in process of relocating to Huge Campbell Shelter. Weather conditions are still poor. Reports of Roof damage, trees down, electrical lines down. Extensive flooding at the airport. 1200 Person in shelter; still experiencing strong winds. Will do damage assessment as soon as weather improves. Still evacuating from low lying areas due to extensive flooding. The administrator, assisted by Police and residence, is organizing evacuation. 500 people were evacuated from Hawksbill area. Administrator Williams is trying to contact Administrator D. Cash in North Abaco. Administrator Williams reports that they are continuing to experience strong winds and rains. One shelter (Calvary Temple) roof collapsed persons we’re transferred to St. George’s Gym. Electricity is out, fallen trees, and flooding. No communication at this time with E. Grand Bahamas will continue to try. The command center has been moved due to structural damage. Roof at Eight Mile Rock Clinic collapsed, 1 driver injured, also 200 persons were evacuated from Lucayan Towers. Requesting emotional support from NEMA. Will update NEMA in the next hour. There is some leaking in the roof at the hospital, A power utility pole fell on the roof of the ICU and cause other damage to other parts of the hospital. The dome of the clinic broke causing minor injury to one staff, he is fine. Other parts of Freeport rooftops were blown off; Freeport Anglican School is being used as a Medical Center for persons needing medical assistance. Still experiencing hurricane force winds & rain, there is flooding at the Batelco building and some damage, further is assessment will be made. Shelters still open with over 1200 people; no power; no water; telephones being restored; a number of homes damaged; airport open as of 6^th Sept. 2004 for emergency flights only; critical shortage of food and water; harbour not operational; hospital & clinic operational; roads accessible; 31 persons in Sweetings Cay. CDERA flew over Grand Bahama; still experiencing tropical storm winds, observed roof damage; no visible power lines down; lots of standing water. Around 1:35pm today a Bertram Davis age 88 was at the Freeport Anglican High Shelter when he appeared to have suffered a heart attack and died. Assistant Commissioner Elison Greenslade and a contingent of officers are making damage assessments at this time. The police residence at Peel St. was totally destroyed; officers relocated to Trip Circle. 6 coffins were floating in floodwaters in Hunters; police officers along with concerned residence recovered them. They are now at T&M Mortuary. Mr. M O Russell the Aeronautical Operational Officer informed NEMA that the airport in Freeport is open only to NEMA Flights. Access from Freeport to West End is nearly impossible due to floodwater. Prime Minister and Representatives from NEMA are currently touring area. The PM and party left West End, headed to Eight Mile Rock. All communications at Police stations on that island are just about up and running. An assessment was complied and NEMA representatives will update EOC in New Providence on arrival. Initial Assessment Team reports: Estimated that 95% of all homes/businesses in West End sustained some damage. 45% are either unusable (127) or destroyed (60). Based on sampling of 135 homes in Eight Mile Rock project approx. 2500 homes are either unusable (1700) or destroyed (600). Spraying for mosquitoes due to flooding is required. Food and water urgently needed. Rand Memorial requires water for 100 persons & key equipment. West End Primary School sustained severe damage to roof; Martin Town School may have to be condemned; Fish Fry totally destroyed. Old Bahama Bay pier and building sustained light damage. West End seawall in good condition, Artist Neeley dock useable, but 70% of pier & fingers needs to be rebuilt. Follow-up assessments are required. Cunard Bethel established as NEMA lead & Greenslade as Chief Police contact. Brad Wildgoose is assessment contact along with one police sergeant who was also trained. No power, no water, the telephone systems improving. The water should be received by Wednesday. Administration Williams needs air transport from Grand Bahama to Abaco on P.M.’s order to assess conditions at Abaco. Reported to Cabinet that water should be operational by tomorrow; will not be fit for drinking and cooking until further notice. ESF contacted Red Cross to advise OFDA of supplies arrival in Grand Bahama. Memo was also sent. Coordinated flight to Freeport – Relief supplies and supplies for Rand Memorial Hospital. Faxed Jamaica electrical team list to Mr. Cunard Bethel in Freeport.

5:30 PM

Operational Airports.

Andros: Fresh Creek, San Andros

Eleuthera: North Eleuthera, Governor’s Harbour, Rock Sound.

Abaco: Sandy Point, Treasure Cay

Cat Island: Arthur’s Town, New Bight

Exuma: Black Point, Norman’s Cay

Ragged Island

Chubb Cay, Berry Island

San Salvador

Bahamas American Group

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Public Hospital Authority

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The islands with RO plants should have good water. These islands include Inagua, Exuma (Black Point & Farmers Cay), Bimini, and South Eleuthera. Waiting for reports from the following islands: San Salvador, Acklins and Andros (waiting to hear, should be okay), Mayaguana, Berry Island, Cat Island (should be okay), Abaco and Eleuthera have multiple systems and will take time to assess. Will up-date NEMA in the next 2 hours.

North Andros/Arawak Cay Tankering Operations: 2 tankers are in the harbour with approx. 4.5 million gallons of water. A boat that sank in the harbour has prevented the berthing of tankers at Arawak Cay Terminal has been temporarily resolved. Tanker discharge should commence at the terminal at 7pm today.

North Andros Wellfields are flooded and will not be re-opened until deemed safe by electricians.

Morgan’s Bluff Terminal’s buoy has to be restored prior to full reestablishment of tanker operations.

New Providence Wellfields: The corporation is working with BEC to restore power.

Production was re-established this afternoon at Consolidated Water Reverse Osmosis Facility.

The corporation maintained water supply throughout New Providence prior to and during the hurricane. All supplies are being chlorinated as usual but the standard procedure after a storm of boiling all water for potable use is critical.

The corporation would greatly appreciate the assistance of the general public in reporting any leaks they observe at 325-0505. One of two tankers previously moored at the Arawak Cay Terminal has discharged and is presently on the way back to Morgan’s Bluff for refilling, The Dolphin tanker is out of service. Fifty percent of the wellfields in North Andros are operational, the other half of the wellfields are will not be re-commissioned until deemed safe by electricians. In Morgan’s Bluff a buoy has to be restored prior to full re-established of the tanker operations A personnel is enroute to North Andros to take remedial actions. In New Providence the corporation is working with BEC to restore power to New Providence Wellfields. Storage levels are now extremely low; therefore supplies will be rationed as follows over the next 3-5 days: 9pm – 6am and 10:00 –4:00pm daily. The Corporation is urging residents of New Providence to implement water conservation measures until further notice. Also residents are urged to boil all water for potable use as it is an after storm procedure. The Corporation is requesting that any leaks be reported at 325-0505. There has been no major damage to Corporation sewerage infrastructure as a result of the hurricane. Water supply on the following islands are operational: Inagua, Long Island, Exuma & the Cays, Central & South Andros and parts of North Andros, the Berry Islands and San Salvador. The Corporation is awaiting damage assessment reports on the following Islands: Acklins, Crooked Island, Mayaguana, Rum Cay, Cat Island, Eleuthera, Abaco & the Cays, Bimini and Grand Bahama. At this time tankers in North Andros/Arawak Cay are in operation, there is no change at the North Andros Wellfields, the buoy at Morgan’s Bluff are being replaced, at the New Providence Wellfields personnel are working closely with BEC to restore power, Water supplies will be rationed until Sep. 10, 2004 the public is advised to implement water conservation measures until further notice. Power has been restored to all pumping stations except Arawak Cay. Works with BEC is continuing at the sewerage corporation. Water systems are operational in Inagua, Mayaguana, Long Island (Deadman’s Cay, Simms is partially operational), San Salvador (partially operational, working with BEC to restore power to the wellfields, Exuma & the Cays, Eleuthera (South & Central, transmission across the Glass Window Bridge is damaged should be operational by Sept. 8, 2004 Bogue Wellfield supply is limited due to a lack of electrical power), Andros (Central & South Andros, parts of North Andros), Abaco (South of Marsh Harbour operational, Marsh Harbour supply is limited to 3 hours in the morning and 4 hours during the evening). Awaiting damage assessment reports from the following Islands Acklins, Crooked Islands, Cat Island, Bimini and Grand Bahama via Grand Bahama Utilities Co.

12:00 PM

Crooked Island: There were a number of lines that were down. No poles were damaged. Supplies have been restored.

Mayaguana: There were a number of lines that were down. No poles were damaged. All supplies are now on.

Rum Cay: No report

San Salvador: Power station is back on. Supplies restored to Cockburn Town & Club Med. It is projected that full supplies will be available by Monday.

Cat Island: The island is off. There are a number of poles and lines that are down. Trees, debris and flooding are blocking access. Additionally, there was some damage to the power station roof (control room & engine room)

Eleuthera: There are some poles and lines that are down. The power station roof in Rock Sound sustained damages.

Great Harbour Cay: There are a number of lines that need to be repaired. The power station roof was damaged.

Abaco: No recent report, experiencing high winds.

Bimini: South feeder out, experiencing high winds.

North Andros: Some supplies are off (poles down in the Mastic Point area). It is projected that supplies would be on this afternoon.

Central Andros: Minimal damage to power station. All supplies are on except Cargill Creek & Berhing Point. It is projected that supplies would be on by this evening.

South Andros: Supplies are on. Minimal damage to power station roof.

Exuma: No receipt of reports.