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<title><![CDATA[Dave/Gert Update [Fri, May 9 10:52 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   Fri, 9 May 2008 10:52:32 -0400 (AST) - Hazy Dust
Good morning!

You would think by the 5 mile visibility created by Saharan Dust across
the Northeastern Caribbean that the satellite imagery would be much more
impressive with plenty of yellow across the area but it still isn't
showing the true picture. Winds are still out of the southeast so there is
a bit of ash mixed in. This is supposed to end by Sunday morning.

With the dust comes very dry air and also, a respiratory warning due to
the thickness of the dust which can carry contagions. Another good idea is
to boil your cistern water if you do drink from them (not me!)as the dust
settles on your roof and washes into your cistern at first rainfall.
Decontamination of your cistern by adding pills or bleach is also
recommended.

High pressure still dominates the area so winds will be moderate along
with choppy seas. A tropical wave is very low and weak in the Central
Atlantic while an immense area behind it has thick dust to the African
coast.

This isn't the forum for me to say what is on my mind, and I'm sure alot
of you, about the situation in Myanamar (old Burma). It's just incredibly
sad.

Have a good weekend!

Dave]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:52:39 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Curacao Update [Fri, May 9 09:50 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   - Impressive Winds
     * From: "Devin Balentina" <blue13x at hotmail.com>
     * Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 09:49:34 -0400

    Yesterday we had some incredible wind gusts during the day, reaching
   around 40km/h or maybe more. The sky was clear, but hazy with very low
   visibility.

   It?s been a while since I?ve seen the wind gusts like that during
   clear weather. The wind just dies when night falls.


   Currently the wind isn?t blowing that hard, but that might change
   later on. The sky is a light grayish color, but it doesn?t seem like
   there will be rain in store for us.


   Devin Balentina

   www.gadgetnutz.com

   www.thenokiaguide.com


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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:50:24 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bonaire Update [Fri, May 9 07:23 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   - Crazy Good Wind
     * From: "Ann L. Phelan" <ann at bonairecaribbean.com>
     * Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 07:23:07 -0400

   Bonaire will be seeing some incredible windsurf conditions over the
   next few days. Tides may be low at times. It's The Fishing Tournament
   in Antigua. What's happening in your neck of the woods?


   Ann Phelan

   Caribbean Wind & Sun Vacations  "creating dream vacations since 1988"

   www.bonairecaribbean.com

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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:23:09 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico Update [Fri, May 9 06:13 EDT]]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:13:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dominica Update [Thu, May 8 22:56 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   - Hazy Day
     * From: "Tom Fullbrook" <fullbrookt at gmail.com>
     * Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 22:55:52 -0400

   Good evening everyone,
            A warm humid day, hardly any breeze and yes we have had The
   Haze
   here on the west coast. First noticed it at about 7.30am while I was
   out on
   the balcony looking out at the sea, looked very much like a thick
   mist, we went
   into Roseau and from there we can see Morne Anglais and surrounding
   mountain's, first glance we thought they were covered in rain cloud's
   but when we
   checked later to see if it had cleared they were still there. Really
   weird. We
   wondered if it had anything to do with the volcanic eruption at
   Patagonia. No
   doubt there will be someone out there who will tell us.
              The evening is humid and very warm.
               I'm off to finish my wine and enjoy what is left of the
   evening.
                         You all take care.
                                Tommiegirl.
     P.S.    Have started stocking up ready for you all know what, we
   bought the rum today.
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:56:02 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Culebra Update [Thu, May 8 19:16 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   - in the haze
     * From: MJ <mjstark at coqui.net>
     * Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 19:16:47 -0400

   I just got an email from St. Thomas about the haze that, as Barb
   reported yesterday from St. Martin, is all over here as well.
   According to the SAL map, it's not NEARLY as bad as some days where
   there seems to be NO haze. So...good question, why is it like this
   now?
   Someone asked about the volcano that blew way WAY down south...could
   that be affecting us? I don't know. But if I guessed, I'd say it's
   more like ash haze than dust haze. Any brilliant and knowing opinions
   out there??
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:16:49 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tortola & Virgin Gorda (BVI) Update [Thu, May 8 10:33 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   - Muggy-uggy
     * From: DearMissMermaid at aol.com
     * Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:32:52 EDT

   It's been muggy-uggy.   Most unusual for this time of year. I went
   back to town yesterday and came home almost overwhelmed from the heat.
   
   I foolishly didn't wear a hat and en route my air conditioning in the
   he new old heap of a jeep gave up the ghost!  First time in my life I
   have A/C and it died. UGH!
   
   We have some serious haze going on. 
   [jpgurSLWKYQrL.jpg]
   On the far right is Frenchman's Cay, less than a mile away is St John
   in the background and look how thick the haze is, in just that one
   mile. 
   
   For the next few days we can expect hazy partly cloudy weather with
   isolated scattered showers. 
   
   Washed ashore in a Foxy Rum bottle comes this note from a Jost Van
   Dyker:
   
   Dear Miss Mermaid,

       Your article about the "Sidewalk to nowhere" amused me as we have
   watched the construction of this over the past year, on our weekly
   jaunts to the dreaded Road Town we had a laugh every time we saw it. 
       Building it  round the tree is totally amazing and could only
   happen in the BVI, can you imagine anyone walking down there, they are
   still going to have to step off into the road to get round it.
        We figured that somebody from the Government must live above that
   piece of road as there are a couple of very big houses just there.
   So for a few months things were dorment, the sidewalk to nowhere went
   nowhere - BUT only last week major construction has started again and
   the "sidewalk to nowhere" is progressing towards Road Town.
       Here we are in the middle of nowhere, building a sidewalk to
   nowhere, I can think of many places a sidewalk is needed, but not in
   the middle of nowhere!
       I just cannot fathom the logics of building this sidewalk, however
   it would be interesting to find out who lives above. Just another
   waste of good Public Money in the BVI.
       I will be going to Road Town in the morning, be interesting to see
   how far they have progressed!!!!

   R.
   Jost Van Dyke
   
   In a Gin Bottle on shore I found:
   An alert reader (JSM) from the UK sent this in:
   Mermaid spotted in UK!   
   (I am truly blushing now!)

   Warm and Sunny Regards,
   DearMissMermaid.com
   _________________________________________________________________

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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:33:07 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dave/Gert Update [Thu, May 8 07:40 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   Thu, 8 May 2008 07:40:08 -0400 - Around the Corner?

   Good morning!



   Just a few quick comments. As I sit here at my desk, I realized that
   the few good rain showers we received last week and weekend was a very
   welcome occurrence as the islands are still quite dry. Water trucks
   continue to proliferate among our already heavily trafficked roads
   however and those cistern-helping rains brought to an end an enjoyed
   respite from those thirsty with no-redeeming qualities, mosquitos!



   In just a mere 23 days, the 2008 hurricane season will officially
   start. Will we see early development later this month before that
   official start? It will be interesting to see. The words, tropical
   wave, were uttered a few days ago which, to me, is the un-official
   start of the season. This one is low over the Southern Caribbean and
   South America and weak.



   Saharan Dust has spread across over half of the Atlantic hurricane
   belt but only smidges have reached the Eastern Caribbean while some
   Soufriere Hills volcanic ash has made it's way to the northern
   islands.



   Overall, it's getting hotter and muggier with ocean temps slowly
   rising as well. 'Tis the season!



   Dave]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 07:40:12 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nevis Update [Thu, May 8 05:14 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   - Nevis Nice (Warm)
     * From: "Harry Hallstrom" <hwh888 at gmail.com>
     * Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 05:14:04 -0400

   Hello All,
   Up early and enjoying the cool morning & the quietness of early am
   (even before the roosters).
   Not much for breezes. Temps have been warm especially after those
   months of cool "winter" breezes. Seems we went from cool to hot over
   night. Not a lot of rain this month to date. I see goat farmers
   harvesting grasses for them & loading into their car, truck, horse.
   Living on the West side of the island and up near Nevis Peak we get
   blesses with more showers then most folks. As is typical on most of
   the Caribbean Islands. Dry on the East end and "not as dry" on the
   West end.
   Attached latest conditions.
   Harry
   Greetings from Nevis, West Indies
   "Queen of the Caribbean"

   Attachment: Nevis Current Conditions.jpg
   Description: JPEG image
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:14:08 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[St.Martin Update [Wed, May 7 18:47 EDT]]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Subject: 
   - Update
     * From: "Barbara Cannegieter" <barcann at hotmail.com>
     * Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 18:47:22 -0400

   It's not Saharan Dust..not according to this image. The Saharan dust
   hasn't reached us yet... not much of it anyway.
   



   So what is it? what is the haze? It is so hazy that we can't even see
   Anguilla which is always visible.
   The entire island looks like this:



   And you can barely see where the sky and sea meet:


   It's not cloudy like it is going to rain.It is haze. Strange!
   
   By the way, it is Sea Turtle Nesting Season. St. Maarten Pride
   Foundation, our local environmental group, sent me some information on
   it , explaining how people living on the beach side can help.
   I think anyone on any of the other islands could help in the same way.
   Take a look at my blog where I posted the information.
   http://barcann.livejournal.com/
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:47:28 EDT</pubDate>
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