Erika is born :(

silverheels · Post by **silverheels** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:31 pm

Prayers coming your way. Take care all of you on island. Hope Erika blows away but please not up to CT for our island open house.

fbarnako · Post by **fbarnako** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:44 pm

National Hurricane Center, at 11am edt, said:

"TROPICAL STORM WATCHES COULD BE REQUIRED FOR THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AS WELL AS PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY."

But it's still a tropical storm ... not expected to be a hurricane hen it blows over the island tomorrow.

LysaC · Post by **LysaC** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:51 pm

may your cisterns runneth over...

djmom · Post by **djmom** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:59 pm

be careful in that rain. hope it misses!

Chet · Post by **Chet** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:54 pm

Omar puffed up his cheeks and blew hard. Erika will act more like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum. The storm apparently is tracking directly for the VI's, but weakening. With luck, and according to the GFDL Model Run, Erika will scoot north and miss the VI's. The projected rainfall will turn blue water brown.

From Wunderground:
"......the center of poorly organized Tropical Storm Erika...Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph...65 km/hr...with higher gusts. Little change in strength is forecast and Erika could weaken to a tropical depression during the next couple of days...Over Puerto Rico...3 to 5 inches of rain are possible during the next few days...with isolated maximum amounts of 8 inches..."

Agent99 · Post by **Agent99** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:38 pm

Thinking of you Pia, Ruth and others. Hoping you get a good cistern filler and nothing more.

cptnkirk · Post by **cptnkirk** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:56 pm

Being the optimist I am it's going to dip a little further south and miss ya totally. If I'm wrong gonna be a good rain and knock some coconuts off the palms thats it. Stay safe on the rock. Keeping my fingers crossed for our upcoming trip. They sure have been coming close to St John this year so far.

17th Hole · Post by **17th Hole** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:20 pm

Thinking of you guys on island and hoping everyone stays safe! It seems way too early in the year to already be up to "E"!

lprof · Post by **lprof** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:32 pm

California Girl wrote:I've had my eye on that bitch! She's got to turn northward!

Thanks for the reminder of caribbean-on-line hurricane info, Anthony! I need to bookmark that... or could you put a link at the top with the FAQ, Memberlist, etc.?

Anthony's link is under Trip Planning in the bar above

Pull down to "weather".

Click "Hurricane Blog".

Take care everyone... stay informed and stay safe.

California Girl · Post by **California Girl** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:47 am

Thanks lprof!

mindehankins · Post by **mindehankins** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:43 am

Prayers going out for you this morning.

vav · Post by **vav** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 am

Everyone Please Be Safe!!!

Connie · Post by **Connie** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 am

Sure looks beautiful on the spice cam this morning.

Tracy in WI · Post by **Tracy in WI** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:20 am

Hoping things go well for all of our island friends today - stay safe!

cptnkirk · Post by **cptnkirk** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:31 pm

See what a little optimism will do. Now I got to have a big dose of optimism for our trip. Thats a huge system coming off of Afica right now. I am going to will it right past the Carribbean area. I know I can do it

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Erika is born :(

Tropical Storm warning later today

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Erika is born :(

Tropical Storm warning later today