Hurricane Isaac has dumped lots of rain where we live in Port-au-Prince and the wind has been howling since Friday afternoon.
Since Port-au-Prince has a very poor storm drainage system and much of the city is built on the side of the mountains, much water damage is expected.
Because Francoise and her three children live by the side of a ravine, we invited them to stay with us on Friday and Saturday to make sure they were safe.
Rich, Francoise and her 3 children and a Haitian friend
My Haitian friends and I had built a tire retaining wall to try to keep the ravine from eating away her property, but this summer a heavy rain washed away the wall and ate away at least 10 feet of the hill leading up to her house.
So we didn't want to take a chance that they would be swept away during the night in their one-room house if the flooding was severe.
It has been nice to have them over for a "sleep over." Last night we watched a movie with them, and this morning we warmed up with bowl of hot oatmeal.
Lexy our dog and Macy our cat are inside as well, although Macy the cat insisted on going out for the night and got soaked!
Please pray for those in tent cities as they are cold and wet!
The completed wall
A summer storm took away earth up to the 4th tire from the top. We are afraid this storm might take even more away.
View from the top showing the water damage this summer.
View from the bottom showing how the ravine washed away all traces of the wall we built.
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