St. Maarten has survived, mostly

Well Omar has now passed and while I did fortunately make if off the island in time, i'm glad to see that the island has mostly survived. I say mostly because it does look like there was pretty decent damage, but mostly flooding and trees down. When Omar did finally hit, early this morning, it was a category 3 hurricane! From what I've heard, most of the larger buildings are OK. I also hear that nobody was injured, although some people in Beacon Hill apparently lost everything. Sunset Beach Bar and Ocean Explorers are no more. The Harbor Queen restaurant sank into the lagoon. Here are a couple of pictures from Ashley and Jason's photo page. The link for more of there pictures is here