Hi all,
Finally moved into the new house.
In doing so I have been in regular touch with Geoffrey Bird the Fleet Air Arm pilot who was the speaker at the 2003 con.
Geoffrey had left the island on September 4th, the day before Hurricane Fabian hit the island.
He returned a month later to an absolute disaster at his residence (the property I now own belonged to him but was an investment property...not his residence.)
His house faces south east and is right at the top of a large hill. It was dominated by huge windows and large sliding glass doors to take advantage of the beautiful view.
Well...all of the windows and glass door blew in very early in the storm. The inside of his house was subjected to about four hours of hurricane force winds and it destroyed everything of any value.
All of his war memorabilia, including a sword presented to him by HRH Queen Elizabeth is for all intents and purposes ruined.
To make matters worse the insurance company (he was very well insured) is starting to fight back on some of the claims. They said for example that his carpets in the living room came out "great" and that they would not be replacing them...fact is that the cleaners stoppped half way through the job because there was so much glass in the carpets they were worried their equipment would be damaged.
He is so depressed. Right now he isn't even the same person. He is like a defeated man and is living amongst salt encrusted furniture pitted with broken glass.
If you guys get a chance could you fire him an e-mail to try and raise his spirits a bit?
E-mail address is:
ladybird@northrock.bmThanks.
