I just wanted to pass on to you guys an update from another friend of Christi's who talked to her about an hour ago. I thought that this was GREAT news and very upbeat....Here's what she had to say:
"She's in better spirits today. Her land line is now back up somehow--she thinks that the phone line was just waterlogged and had to dry out before it would work. She said that flights are iffy right now because the airport is still underwater, as we've seen from the pics. I told her all the news, including the latest I saw on another site that says 1000 electricians have arrived on the island from the mainland and they're now projecting power to be back on in the next 2 weeks. Here is the link to the post I saw:
http://www.travelnotes.cc/tchatters/viewtopic.php?t=4639
The biggest news is that she FINALLY heard from Javier, the instructor who works for her. He has been MIA since last Thursday. He called her this morning (that's how she found out her phone was working) and is fine but spent the duration of the storm alone in his dark, flooded apartment desperately trying to hold his door shut. He said he had to lean against the door for hours because it kept trying to fly open. He also stood in line yesterday for 2 hours to get 7 slices of bread--food rations are VERY tight down there right now. Poor guy--thank God he's okay. She told him to come over to her place after he gets done cleaning up his.
Anyway, she also asked me to tell everyone who brought her muffin mix THANK YOU because now that they have gas, they were able to have nice warm chocolate chip muffins for breakfast this morning. With the limited food supply, every little bit helps. She definitely had a more positive outlook today and was even laughing. With the weather being nice, and clean-up efforts already underway, things are looking up."
From someone else who talked to her a little before that said that she said that Shamu is okay, but the motor still needs a little work - they're working on the carburator right now.