just got back form my first trip to bonaire and was wondering is the construction going on redoing property that was damaged by a hurricane like 8 years ago or is it all new construction?or maybe both? getting around town was a little bit of a challenge,but doable.i just could not believe all of the construction on such a nice quaint island. i am hoping it is a good thing and not a bad thing.

Hurricane Lenny was nothing more then wind, rain, and surge. Most of the damage was docks, and piers, and such. All of the constuction that is going on now is new... Ron

Actually, most hurricane damage is done by wind, rain and surge! :–)) (Sorry, Ron, but your words just struck me that way.)

Actually, I believe Lenny was limited to 'surge': strong waves along the shore and then not all of the western shoreline, not the typical hurricane 'storm surge' of extra high tides.

As Ron said, the new construction is just new building.

Lenny did not strike Bonaire. It was the strong waves from Lenny that traveled to Bonaire and caused the damage. Hence, the normals sorts of hurricane damage were not seen (the parts due to wind and water level).

Doesn't surge cause the water level to rise?

Actually, it is thought that the water didn't rise, but that the weight of all the people coming to the west coast to watch the waves caused the island to tilt and that inadvertently caused all the damage.

Barry,

That was why I used the ' ' marks and the explanation. :–)

Your explanation for the damage is logical but maybe my daughter's experience was more typical. She was at work at MCB, or at least away from the coast, and didn't know that their Sand Dollar Dive & Photo, and the Green Parrot, had been destroyed until later in the day.

I watched in awe how the power of the waves just lifted up the concrete floor of the Green Parrot and the Sand Dollar concrete docks.

It was a sight never seen, and one that I hope I never see again. A lot more than concrete was lost those days. Icon's were destroyed which brought dismay and sadness in all our hearts.

Guess I was one of the thousands tilting the island. Sorry folks.