September 23, 2005

Ivan's Aftermath

By MIKE CEASER

Lessons learned by Caribbean universities following last year's big hurricane

The medical school was flooded, the community was in shambles, and an evacuation was under way. The scene was not New Orleans in September 2005, but Grand Cayman Island in September 2004, reeling from a battering by Hurricane Ivan.

Ivan, which varied from Category 3 to 5, cut a trail across the Caribbean, devastating both the islands of Grenada and Grand Cayman, killing 40 people, and leaving most

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