MAN VS NATURE: THE BATTLE FOR CHRISTMAS (IN PHOTOS)

Despite the proliferation of barrels on the wharf, there wasn't any sign that we would celebrate Christmas this year. Somehow, the "Christmas feeling" wasn't there. Up to two shopping days before, Super J was practically empty of shoppers. 

Then Christmas Eve arrived and perhaps the most epic battle in recent memory happened. It was a battle between Man and Nature! And nature won hands down!

Here are some photos of the collateral damage that Choiseul suffered:

ENTERING CHOISEUL VILLAGE FROM CONSTITUTION PARK

A MASS OF SILT JUST BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO THE FISHERIES

MAYEE'S POPULAR FOOD AND FISH STALL GOT A HIT, TOO

FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE "MOCOGHEE" DRAIN WAS OVERWHELMED WITH SILT

NO THRU ROAD ON THE MAIN CHOISEUL BRIDGE

LUCELEC WORKING LATE CHRISTMAS NIGHT TO RESTORE POWER IN CHOISEUL AND SOUFRIERE

THIS MANGO TREE SLIPPED UNTO THE SOUFRIERE-CHOISEUL ROAD AND IT STAYED THERE!