The rains started around 2pm and by 5pm the rain was falling quite heavy and the winds were picking up. We were unable to attend RAM and go dancing last night because of the rain so we hung out at the guesthouse, had a wonderful dinner and drank rum sours and Prestige most of the night. I fell asleep quickly listening to the rain and was awaken by the noise of the rain hitting the tin roof and the winds around 3am. Fortunately, they only lasted a few hours before the worst of it seemed to be over. Sadly, there were a few deaths and people missing due to Tomas.
After eating an amazing breakfast of fruit and pancakes, we headed out the the "mushroom". This is a structure on the HH property that houses all of the donations. Unfortunately, it hadn't been organized in a while so Karen, Karen, Adrian and I got in there for about 4 hours and cleaned up. You can now walk all the way through! The entire time we were looked over by two armed guards. Last night I gave away my new rain jacket to one of the guards, he didn't have proper rain gear and was drenched. I figured that he's outside keeping us safe, giving him my jacket was the least I could do! Today we found a few more rain ponchos, so we gave them to the guards and they were thrilled.
Just ate a quick lunch of Twizzlers and a Cliff bar and now going to apply my new Haitian perfume........ more bug spray. My hair is as big and frizzy as I've ever seen it! I showered this morning at 5:30am and it is still wet! The humidity is so severe that everything feels wet and I have started keeping my electronics in plastic bags.
Tomas seems to be over, drizzled all day today, rain has stopped for a few hours so we are hoping that the worst is over. Everyone who spent the night in tents, have been on my mind all day! The city power goes off every night around 5pm and then we are on generator after that at the guesthouse so another night of cards, Rumikube and lots of Prestige!
Bon Bagay!
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