***most recent update***The storm passed this afternoon about 3 PM. We mopped floors and cleaned up leaves all day long. We have not seen this type of wind and rain since the Hurricanes of August 2008! The Toddler House lost their avocado tree and the blow up Santa someone donated for their roof! Their front gate was also blown off the hinges. We also lost a baby during the night. He was a baby born to a very young mother and was born with a bilateral cleft palate and lip with other birth defects. He was only here 2 days and was 15 days old on admission and had not been fed since birth. I am very happy that the storm has passed and things have quieted down tonight!
***posted Wed. during the day****We woke up this morning to gale force winds and lots of rain! At 5 AM, my fan went flying out of the window by my bed and woke us all up when it crashed to the floor! The weather map shows a large tropical storm moving over Haiti from the south going toward the north east. It looks like it came from South America overnight.
The wind is so strong right now that it has blown all of the paintings in the stairwell off the wall! There were toys on the balcony where the children play that were blown off and we have no idea where they have blown to! Some children in the neighborhood will truly believe that Père Noël (Santa Claus) has come to visit when they find toys have fallen from the sky into their yard!!! 
We had no warning from the TV nor radio that this storm was coming. The staff tells me that everything is closed and I am just praying that things settle down and the government opens today! We need some paperwork from different offices and if we do not get the papers today, we may not get them until after Christmas!
I know this is affecting the people in the mountains and the low areas probably much worse than us at GLA. Please say a little pray for Haiti and the Haitian people for safety today as this storm passes over us.
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