And, tonight, in perhaps one of the most heart-wrenching stories of Hurricane Lisa, Belize City's Home for the elderly Sister Cecelia got a jolt during Lisa when the roof on its male dormitory was taken clean off.
Tonight that dormitory is still exposed to the elements and very much in need of some short-term cover or complete rebuild.
Our news team headed there this morning to find out how residents reacted when the roof went flying.
It was one of the most shocking roof losses of the Hurricane. The newly constructed roof of the home for the elderly completely ripped off by Lisa.
And this morning in the immediate aftermath we spoke to the Home's supervisor Hortence Augustine about what it was like caring for residents at the height of the storm.
Hortence Augustine, Supervisor, Sister Cecelia Home
"It was extremely scary and more so that I had the elderly to take care of and the staff that was here with me. Some of the elderly, we spoke to them earlier about the hurricane coming or the tropical storm that was coming and some of them were telling me about their past experiences with hurricane Hattie so. They knew what hurricanes were about but we had one man that had told us that he is not afraid, he knows that the building can take it but he doesn't normally see water rise in this compound."
Stephen Reneau, Resident, Sister Cecelia Home
"Water usually doesn't come into the yard but after it started blowing around 3:30 the roof started to rattle and that is the result of it. And that is it right there."
Cherisse Halsall
"Sir, what was it like for you when they told you that the roof had gone?"
Stephen Reneau, Resident, Sister Cecelia Home
"I just sat down and watched it go Ha Ha. The hurricane they blow but not like this not blowing off the roof. The wind just kept on blowing and blowing and like nothing happened to those roofs over there and that one over there only this one that means it was weak. Breeze just a lot of breeze that's about it, it blew off that water tank up there."
Hortence Augustine, Supervisor, Sister Cecelia Home
"I went into the mail dorm and when I looked I saw the sheet rock fell on a bed and right away I knew well it had to be the roof that is coming and so we hurriedly, I hurriedly called the other staff and told them to come and help and bring out everybody in the living room where the roof is cement. We had to stay calm because if we had panicked then the elderly would have panicked and gotten high blood pressure and all that but thank god we didn't have any of those."
Ana Perez, Works at Sister Cecelia
"Hmph first time I passed so hard hurricane. I pass all the time but not long and strong like this. We were afraid because of. Too much noise and then you heard where the - started to drop and the roof and the - fly so too much noise. Everybody stay good we passed on this side because this side has a roof of lone cement that doesn't fly or anything and we stay safe in there. The kitchen and the dining room."
This resident told us that she got through the worst of it by turning to her faith
Cherisse Halsall
"How many hurricanes have you lived through?"
Carrie Pion, Resident, Sister Cecelia
"I don't know but many, many hurricanes. This is the only one I've lived through like this but I said my prayers, I said my prayers. It was when I saw the breeze coming that I said see it here and like things were flying about and so I said well that must be the end of it you know. We came out before the real storm as the place started to get shaky the nurses they worked fast at it. They hurried to get the people that are bed ridden and so, they hurried and brought them across. We were going to Belmopan. But afterwards our boss told us we weren't going again to Belmopan that we would stay right here but they didn't know it would be like that."
