Mayor Carmadele is on channel 9 right now . Says that there was / is 4 - 6 feet of water over the whole island. Damage seen ,so far is limited to roofs and low lying structures. said that there are some camps that have had the weather heads ripped from them.
they have only been able to access the center part of the island . Also , he said that so far the burrito levee has held. so far there seems to be 100 ' of beach erossin but that no where they have been able to reach has it eroded back to the levee.
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Report at 1 am this morning was that both ends of the island were under water. Report at 5 am was that 100% of the island was under water.
No reports on amount of damage yet.
just like katrina the water came in from the bay side.