11.  The eye of the storm came through here about 10:30 last night. Felt like at least a three but I don’t know for certain. Very strong winds that did considerable damage to Los Barriles, Buena Vista and La Ribera. It didn’t have a tremendous amount of water but the wind made up for it. For all those concerned about their houses most likely whatever was outside is broken or bent or worse, blown away. If you were smart and put up your boards properly the inside of your home is most likely fine. The Hotel suffered major damage as did many local homes. The entrance to Los Barriles was a raging river and pieces of the new sidewalk, 12 ft. pieces, are littered on the road. We have been without power since yesterday evening but the Federal electric co. had the forethought to station about 100 men and trucks in this area as of two days ago. We’ll probably be up and running again by Tues or Weds. I doubt seriously the town dump will be able to hold the amount of debris John has caused. As far as I’ve heard only one death locally of a merchant from San Jose that was swept away by the arroyo where the airstrip of Buena Vista used to be. Hopefuly church will be packed tomorrow with folks giving thanks to God as this was really close. I will try and advise my customers as to their damage as reports come in but places like Mar y Sol condos were hit heavy again. I hope this teaches people that if they walk away they better have left their place bullet-proof. Hasta mañana.