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Call to help people of Vanuatu u by Kent Caddick
Former Darfield identity Ian ‘Gnome’ Rhodes is calling on Selwyn people to help the islands of Vanuatu recover from the devastation of Cyclone Pam. Mr Rhodes has been living in the Pacific Island nation for the last few years, running a tourist lodge on one of the outer islands. Currently he is working with his son Callum Rhodes and his wife Michelle Clements who own a resort in the capital Port Vila with another former Malvern couple David and Ros Cox. Ian Rhodes arrived back in Port Vila a week before the cyclone struck after a trip back to New Zealand to celebrate his mother’s 90th birthday. “On the flight back to Vanuatu we were aware of the developing cyclone and one of the guys on the plane was from an airline. He had been sent to ensure all their planes were secure before the cyclone hit,” he said. “The week heading into the cyclone was I guess a little exciting, securing loose items around the resort and putting up the cyclone shutters. “The ex-pat community in Port Vila were all getting prepared but the locals seemed less worried and were asking us for information as we seemed to be getting more through internet websites than they were getting from local authorities.” However, Mr Rhodes’ excitement soon melted away as the cyclone struck. “The wind began building around 11am and by about 1pm had got up to about what Darfield locals would be experiencing in a strong nor’wester.” Mr Rhodes bunkered down alone in one of the rooms in the Mangoes resort as the cyclone continued to build.
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“I managed to fall asleep around 9pm but was woken about 11pm when the winds began to peak with consistent gusts in excess of 260km/h. That was when I began to become a little concerned for my own safety. “The noise was incredible. The wind sounded like a jet engine and the rain seemed to come in gusts and sounded like a nor’west. Then there was the thunder and lightning which added to it. “While the resort is very well built rain managed to get in through any crack it could and there was a lot of water through the rooms.” The power went off and Mr Rhodes lost communication with the outside
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