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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:31 pm
by silverheels
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.
Tropical Storm warning later today
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:44 pm
by fbarnako
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:51 pm
by LysaC
may your cisterns runneth over...
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:59 pm
by djmom
be careful in that rain. hope it misses!
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:54 pm
by Chet
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..."
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:38 pm
by Agent99
Thinking of you Pia, Ruth and others. Hoping you get a good cistern filler and nothing more.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:56 pm
by cptnkirk
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.
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:20 pm
by 17th Hole
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"!
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:32 pm
by lprof
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:47 am
by California Girl
Thanks lprof!
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:43 am
by mindehankins
Prayers going out for you this morning.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 am
by vav
Everyone Please Be Safe!!!
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:10 am
by Connie
Sure looks beautiful on the spice cam this morning.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:20 am
by Tracy in WI
Hoping things go well for all of our island friends today - stay safe!
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:31 pm
by cptnkirk
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
