Roatan Island of Geniuses

[HowieDean]

My wife and I both try to help those less fortunate then us. I do remeber the locals on Guanaja being hurt pertty badly by Mitch.. Also the catastrophic effects it had on the mainland.

Guess my point was that as far as Mondern Development goes... Roatan is really a reletively safe place in regards to Storms....

Living on the Gulf coast and having a home on a "tidal" lake puts me at substanial risk from Huricanes.... The Houston area has 100s of thousands of people like me who have no elevation - I live on the peak of a mountain in my area with 16ft of elevation...... In a CAT 5 we're looking at 25ft tidal surge and the puts me looking up at a hellicopter from my roof...............

Besides it's geographical location Roatan is blessed with elevation... once you get 10ft off the beach you pick up elevation pretty fast.....

Guess my point is that it's not very hard to design a modern structure to stand up to the winds - but nothing can stand up to the SEA...

My point is that from that stand point of tourists and people who live in the new developments - Roatan has one of the lowest Huricane exposures in the Meditaritan and Gulf waters.........

 

[HowieDean]

My wife and I both try to help those less fortunate then us. I do remeber the locals on Guanaja being hurt pertty badly by Mitch.. Also the catastrophic effects it had on the mainland.

Guess my point was that as far as Mondern Development goes... Roatan is really a reletively safe place in regards to Storms....

Living on the Gulf coast and having a home on a "tidal" lake puts me at substanial risk from Huricanes.... The Houston area has 100s of thousands of people like me who have no elevation - I live on the peak of a mountain in my area with 16ft of elevation...... In a CAT 5 we're looking at 25ft tidal surge and the puts me looking up at a hellicopter from my roof...............

Besides it's geographical location Roatan is blessed with elevation... once you get 10ft off the beach you pick up elevation pretty fast.....

Guess my point is that it's not very hard to design a modern structure to stand up to the winds - but nothing can stand up to the SEA...

My point is that from that stand point of tourists and people who live in the new developments - Roatan has one of the lowest Huricane exposures in the Meditaritan and Gulf waters.........

 

[Doc]

Besides it's geographical location Roatan is blessed with elevation... once you get 10ft off the beach you pick up elevation pretty fast.......from that stand point of tourists ....Roatan has one of the lowest Huricane exposures .........

Yes. You may, upon rare occasion, lose a vacation day~ or have a delayed air flight, but you will survive the ordeal and have great stories to tell.

My wife and I both try to help those less fortunate then us. I do remeber the locals on Guanaja being hurt pertty badly by Mitch.. Also the catastrophic effects it had on the mainland.

That is a profoundly more encompassing statement than most people realize. Whenever a storm hits an island, people ask, "What can I send?" The answer, plain and simple, is money. They have enough used clothes, trust me... and they are expensive to transport. Either the Red Cross, or in case of Roatan, there are several well established and well run charities.

No storm damage to recover from, but if you're feeling like kicking-in, here's a tax deductable charity that I give the seal approval to: http://www.roatanchildrenshome.com/ Notice the cool Roatan Calendar you can get with a contribution.

When a storm comes close to an island or does minimal damage, the answer to What can I send? becomes different. Send your luggage and your vacationer's money along with it. Support their economy by returning and diving. See the natural cleansing process that is such a natural event.

I go by construction sites here in the US and know that the Hondurans could build a house from our leftover wood that fills dumpsters. That is a constant reminder for me.