force with hurricane force winds of the center that came closer especially in late afternoon and evening hours and overnight. it reached its fuel furry. it does not make direct landfall. it past to the west, southwest of the island but we caught the northeast quadrant. we had, of course, the heavy winds which caused all kinds of power outages. this morning those conditions are better. we spoke to the elbow beach resort management. the general manager went around and so far he likes what he sees. >> i'm happy. on a quick sursry inspection, looks like minimal damage, a couple little dividers down here and there. the beach erosion is little intense down there, but as you can see, we have a lot of beach. compared to fabian, this a good outcome. >> reporter: now, fabian, which he's referring to, struck back