All 16 hurricane shelters on Grand Cayman will open at 8am, with total room for just over 4,000 people. Officials are urging people to arrive early and to bring three-day’s worth of food, water, medicines and other essential supplies.
The elderly and those with special medical needs are being asked to go to the shelter in their district designated as an Emergency Medical Centre.
‘If you have a well constructed house, it’s advisable to stay there or stay with relatives or friends that do. If you live in a vulnerable area, you should leave,’ said Deanna Look Loy, manager for shelter operations.
‘We want people to be on their best behaviour in the shelters,’ she said. ‘They will be amongst many people of many nationalities … We expect people to cooperate and to help us out.’
Shelters
George Town
John Gray High School Assembly Hall
George Hicks High School Multipurpose Hall
George Town Primary School Assembly Hall
University College of the Cayman Islands Hall
Red Cross Building
Prospect Primary School (Emergency Medical Centre)
West Bay
West Bay Primary School
Primary School Assembly Hall (EMC)
John Gray Memorial Church Hall
East End
East End Primary School
East End Civic Centre
Gun Bay Community Hall
North Side
North Side Civic Centre (EMC)
Breakers
Community Hall
Bodden Town
Primary School Multipurpose Hall (EMC)
Savannah
Primary School Assembly Hall (EMC)
Cayman Brac
Aston Rutty Centre (EMC)
West End Primary School
New Day Care Centre
Little Cayman
Public Works Department Building
For more information on hurricane shelters, call Lynda Mitchell on 949-0290, or, if urgent, on 925-5346.
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