A couple things on that website seemed curious to me

1) They said the West Bay reefs had been cleaned of algae, yet said nothing
   about sand. The reefs I have seen after hurricanes and their effects are
   generally covered in sand, which takes a number of years to remove. It
   was only in 2003 that the reefs in Bonaire were finally cleaned of the
   sand from Lenny's wave effects.

2) I was in Mex recently and most of the beaches that suffered any hurricane
   effects lost sand, so it was good to hear GC actually gained. Maybe some
   of the ironshore on the southern end of 7 Mile got covered :^)

I noticed Turtle Beach Villas wasn't reopening. About 14 years ago we stayed
there. We had reserved a ground floor unit, but when we arrived they had us
on the second floor. My wife wasn't thrilled, but we made do, unpacked, had
dinner and went to bed. In the morning we looked out to the beach and it was
devastated. The pool was filled with sand, people walking on the beach were
engulfed in soft sand, as if it were quick-sand. Not knowing what was going
on we walked downstairs and when we got to the bottom found that all the
ground floor units were washed out. The sea had come from the beach and ran
right thru glass sliders into the units, and in some case out the back doors
into the parking lot.

It was a mess. It wasn't anything of hurricane force but was a weather
condition (nor'wester) that is particulalry damaging to 7 Mile.

And we were complaining because we got second floor :^) As it turned out, it
was a moment of good fortune when the put us on the second floor. The folks
on the ground units did not find alternate accomodations and all returned to
their homes in the states and europe. I have no idea if they lost their
money or if Turtle beach was ever able accomodate their losses. After a week
on GC we went over to CB for a week, and they suffered none of the same
damage.

But I remember Turtle Beach and think it is a shame to see another small
Cayman property being closed.