And while trees were certainly the greatest casualties of Hurricane Lisa, just behind them were the city's zinc roofs.
Lisa's 85-mile-per-hour winds lifted and mangled many and blew many others clean off. And among these, perhaps the most tragic loss was the loss of the roof at the Sister Cecelia Home for the Elderly.
Last night we showed you the view from the whole dormitory no roof, no ceiling, just sky. But this morning when we returned to the care home we found men at work hurrying to replace the much-needed shelter for the elderly. Here is that story.
Hortence Augustine, Representative, Sister Cecelia Home
"This morning the chairperson called and said Mr. Carpenter called her and said that they will be coming in to take down, clean up and put on back the roof for us. A temporary roof. So that's what happening right now and after that we had an inflow of people coming around including Minister Musa and he said that Ministry of Housing is going to assist us, so we feel very good."
"What they are doing right now is to just to get us back in our space."
Reporter
"How long have they told you approximately that the work will take?"
Hortence Augustine, Representative, Sister Cecelia Home
"By Sunday we should be back in the dorms."
Reporter
'Any message to those who have reached out even those who may not be here who have helped in a small way?"
Hortence Augustine, Representative, Sister Cecelia Home
"Oh my goodness, I want to thank everybody that reached out to us. On behalf of the board of the HelpAge, the board of Sister Cecelia Home, residents and staff, we are so happy for the help and we thank God and wish best on everybody."
