Updates from Yap After Typhon Sudal
On Friday, April 9, Typhoon Sudal struck Yap, an island located between Guam and Palau in the western Pacific. We are gradually receiving updates from hotels and dive operators which we will post on ScubaDiving.com to provide divers with information on how the island fares.
The Pacific Daily News also has information about Yap's recovery as well as information on what you can do to help.
Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers
April 14, 2004
Yap was hit hard by typhoon Sudal and received massive damage. Here at the Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers, several rooms were flooded and wrecked by high winds and waves. Our ground floor rooms are temporarily out of service, including the 2 new Deluxe Ocean View Rooms with the private plunge pools. The S/V Mnuw is temporarily out of order as she got moved from the hotel by the strong winds and hence disconnected from shore facilities. We have running water on all floors as well as electricity and telecommunications. We have set up an interim restaurant on the third floor and are serving our usual first class food.
The dive shop was heavily damaged but Yap Divers is up and running and has been diving for the past 2 days. Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers is fully operational now and will be back to its old self within days. We will be fully recovered within 60 days.
- Bill Acker
Pathways Hotel
April 14, 2004
We are now fully operational as far as water, power, and phone lines. The restaurant opened up today for service, and tours are out to look at the intensity of Mother Nature.
The cottages are fortunately standing, the roofs however are another story. Parts are blown away and the materials we use to make the roofing is also blow away. We are temporarily using canvas to seal of the cottages from rain, if we get any. It's been so dry after the typhoon that we think a drought is going to set in. We are looking for burlap materials to hang under the roof on the inside of the cottages to create a ceiling as well as a nice cozy feel.
We will have the cottages operational in a week from today. The island has two hardware stores. One is half gone, all their inventory either on the floor or wet, the other is running out of supplies very fast.
Due to the lack of supplies currently available on the island, we're offering guests the option to bring materials we need and trade them in for a week stay at The Pathways. We will need things like ceiling fans, air conditioners, sheets, and bedspreads. For details, e-mail Pathways@mail.fm.
FEMA, Red Cross, and U.S. military are here but most of their assistance are to the public sector, nothing for private sector at this time.
- John Fillmed
On Friday, April 9, Typhoon Sudal struck Yap, an island located between Guam and Palau in the western Pacific. We are gradually receiving updates from hotels and dive operators which we will post on ScubaDiving.com to provide divers with information on how the island fares.
The Pacific Daily News also has information about Yap's recovery as well as information on what you can do to help.
Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers
April 14, 2004
Yap was hit hard by typhoon Sudal and received massive damage. Here at the Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers, several rooms were flooded and wrecked by high winds and waves. Our ground floor rooms are temporarily out of service, including the 2 new Deluxe Ocean View Rooms with the private plunge pools. The S/V Mnuw is temporarily out of order as she got moved from the hotel by the strong winds and hence disconnected from shore facilities. We have running water on all floors as well as electricity and telecommunications. We have set up an interim restaurant on the third floor and are serving our usual first class food.
The dive shop was heavily damaged but Yap Divers is up and running and has been diving for the past 2 days. Manta Ray Bay Hotel & Yap Divers is fully operational now and will be back to its old self within days. We will be fully recovered within 60 days.
- Bill Acker
Pathways Hotel
April 14, 2004
We are now fully operational as far as water, power, and phone lines. The restaurant opened up today for service, and tours are out to look at the intensity of Mother Nature.
The cottages are fortunately standing, the roofs however are another story. Parts are blown away and the materials we use to make the roofing is also blow away. We are temporarily using canvas to seal of the cottages from rain, if we get any. It's been so dry after the typhoon that we think a drought is going to set in. We are looking for burlap materials to hang under the roof on the inside of the cottages to create a ceiling as well as a nice cozy feel.
We will have the cottages operational in a week from today. The island has two hardware stores. One is half gone, all their inventory either on the floor or wet, the other is running out of supplies very fast.
Due to the lack of supplies currently available on the island, we're offering guests the option to bring materials we need and trade them in for a week stay at The Pathways. We will need things like ceiling fans, air conditioners, sheets, and bedspreads. For details, e-mail Pathways@mail.fm.
FEMA, Red Cross, and U.S. military are here but most of their assistance are to the public sector, nothing for private sector at this time.
- John Fillmed
