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Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:19 am
by stjohnjulie
Hmm...I must just be blocked by heavy leaves or something.

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:21 am
by mrsb
Ruth if you can wait two weeks, I'll pinch you :)
Glad everyone is ok.

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:29 am
by jmq
Talk about dodging a bullet.
Omar passed as a category 3 hurricane to the east, more or less half way between the BVI and Anguilla, with a hurricane force windfield 35 miles wide. Closest point of storm center passage was about 44 miles southeast of Coral Bay, 38 miles southeast of Tortola, 32 miles southeast of Virgin Gorda, and 30 miles southeast of Anegada.
So glad for all of our friends in the VIs.

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:43 am
by NoTanLines
We were worried about you guys all night. Glad everyone is ok and property damage seems to be at minimal. See you all in 2 weeks! :)

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:44 am
by Xislandgirl
:oops: :oops: I woke up in the middle of the night to check all the weather sites. I just couldn't sleep.

I am glad that everything seems to be ok and the view from the webcam is just beautiful!

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:45 am
by augie
Hallelujah!!!

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:45 am
by BeachMan
Glad to hear it wasn't as bad as expected, time to celebrate!

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:50 am
by sapphirecat
Hurrah! See you next month :-)

Are there Sunday Beach Bar gatherings?

Cat

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:50 am
by tjwgrr
MrB wrote:serendipity's webcam is up.
That beached sailboat is still there. Looks like the surf is still up quite a bit.

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:09 am
by b-as-u-r
Hooray, yeah, fabulous, terrific. The force of the forum prayers pushed that damn hurricane away. So glad to hear that all are well!!! See ya soon. Ali~

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:11 am
by stjdeb
Any word from Coral Bay? Pia, Randy, Sloop - is all well at your end?

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:14 am
by RickG
I was worried last night. Thanks for the updates! Good luck with cleanup.

Soon come.

Cheers, RickG

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:21 am
by Jo Ann - VA
I'm relieved there was no major damage for you guys. You were my last thoughts before I went to sleep.

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:22 am
by SuefromMA
Like many, couldn't wait to get up this morning and hear how "our islands" made out.

Sooooo happy for all of you island residents (Hi, Ruth!) and, of course, happy for all of us Virgin Island lovers!! Close call - but, it does look like a serious bullet was dodged!

WooHoo!!

Again, couldn't be happier that it appears that all are safe.

Sue (& Jim)

Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:39 am
by Schnell
Was a bit startled this morning when I saw that Omar was a cat 3, then realized that it passed pretty far east of the islands. Sweet news! Hope the power comes back on soon and all is back to normal in short order 8)