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Against all odds the concensus of opinion at the Meteorological office is that the indistinct eye of Lenny passed over Antigua within the last couple of hours. We had HEAVY rain and gusty winds all morning, then a couple of hours calm, and within the last 30 minutes a band of extremely heavy rain and lightning like I have never seen before. We were stuck in our SUV in front of our house with heavy bolts repeatedy striking within 50-100 yards for 10-15 minutes. Quite a show! Many areas of Antigua have been cut off due to flooding but during the calm periods most of the creeks subsided and vehicles were able to reach most areas. We were able to relieve out staff at Radio Lighthouse but unfortunately our weather instruments were knocked out during the lightning storm. Here in Lightfoot we have measured 10 - 1/4 inches of rain since 8:00 a.m. and 2-1/2 inches in past 45 minutes. Thankfully, in Antigua flooded areas quickly drain and as soon as the skies clear things will be quickly be back to normal. Though I am beginning to wonder what "normal" is! One for the books! Curt Waite |
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Another rainy night. Our rain gauge at home overflowed at 5 inches (since 9:00 p.m.), but just checked at Radio Lighthouse and our total there has been 10.84 inches in past 20 hours and still raining hard. Wind gusts up to 38mph, mostly from the SE. Electricity is off here in the Lightfoot area. The south side of Antigua is cut off due to flooding in several areas and we have an unconfirmed report of a house destroyed by a mud slide in Bolands. Two of our staff members have been riding this out at the station (one with their family - their home in Crab hill was destroyed by Jose) and I hope they have enough food to last until the ark rests on Mount Arrarat! Hope I can find a good book to read because it doesn't look like we will be going to work soon. Curt Waite |
| - Layabout Lenny |
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Well, Lenny seems loathe to leave us. Looking out to sea
from my direction, I must concurr with Martha, last night worst yet for rain and
slightly increased wind. Must be even noisier on a tin roof. Reports
indicate Lenny weakening (see central pressure rising) but can't` prove it by
state of sea. Seas outside the bay are wilder than yesterday, although
surf not much higher inside protection of the
bay.
Des Fairbairn, HMB
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7:17 AM.AS WINDY AS IT HAS EVER BEEN.STILL FROM
S.W.A LITTLE STRONGER AND MORE SUSTAINED AT ABOUT 40 MPH.RAINED ALL NIGHT.MUST
HAVE HAD OVER 10 INCHES SINCE THE BEGINNING.WEST COAST STILL TAKING A
BEATING.PITY ST.M,ST.B,AND ANGUILLA.LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE THIS ALL DAY.NO HOT
WATER(SOLAR HEATER).A LOT OF HOUSES STILL HAVE DAMAGED ROOFS FROM JOSE.LOOKS
LIKE NO SCHOOL, ETC... AGAIN.
WIND DEFINITELY PICKING UP.AM SURPRISED AS IT
LOOKS LIKE LEN IS WEAKENING
QUITE A LARGE FREIGHTER CAME OUT OF THE GLOOM
(AND THE STORM) AND HAS ACHORED JUST OUTSIDE THE REEF NORTH OF US-NORMALLY THE
ROUGH SIDE-NOW BECAUSE OF S.W. WIND HE'S IN THE LEE-AND HE AIN'T GONNA MOVE TILL
THIS LETS UP!CAN'T IMAGINE WHERE HE CAME FROM--SMART MOVE THO.
WIND MORE S.S.W. AND ITS VERY DARK IN THE
S.W.--MORE RAIN AND A HARD WIND'S GONNA BLOW.
TIM-CALL US-SPEND A
DOLLAR.
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| - 7 am FRIDAY MORNING... still under it! |
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Finally got some sleep
off and on during this hellish night... the winds are still whipping all around
us...I know they are not hurricane force but they sure sound wicked...and the
rain continues... was able to walk around my garden a bit just now and can hear
the birds (did not have one bird for months after LUIS...) so know it is
not that bad... cant tell if there is any damage yet...did not go that far
around
LENNY is now 5 a.m. 18.1 and 62.8 --since the 2 a.m. only moved from
18 and 62.9 and they say LENNY IS STATIONARY and will just not move... so we are
in for continued battering for some hours... have not heard the local radio info
so will get back to you when I do but I sure cant see our airport opening in
this... last night the radio said for the airport workers to come to work..but I
bet that is canned..
This thing
just goes on and on... those poor people in the islands
getting hit the worst...my heart really does go out to them.. so much
damage...
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It's pouring in St. John's. A little bit of thunder and lightening too. The location of Lenny at 2:00am was Latitude 18.0 North Longitude 62.9 west. When I thought it had completely missed us......it started going lightly to the south.....I guess we are not totally out of danger yet!!! Outside Woods Mall in St. John's, are couple of cars in the middle of a "river" with the water up to the windows. Inside the Mall, the corridors are flooded. I think this part of town is the worse I've seen tonight!!! Went driving around earlier and everywhere seemed quiet. Some water in a few areas but nothing to talk about. I may get out of here pretty soon, I don't have the energy to mop any longer......and most of all I need some rest!!! Sira. |
| - From Barrymore Beach.. |
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Its 3:24am here. now...at the Runaway bay....The way i look at it now...this bay is really going to runaway... Flooded by the opposite pond... Inches away from my room now. Any updates on the Situation please do email me elvin AT asia.com Elvin Elvin AT asia.com __________________________________________________ FREE Email for ALL! Sign up at http://www.mail.com |
| - 2 a.m. FRIDAY.... AM BACK... |
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POURING HEAVY HARD RAIN HERE
ON EAST COAST... SURE IT IS WORSE ON WEST COAST... IT JUST WOKE ME UP... SOME
GUSTY RAINS...
Earlier - around 1
p.m. our radio station had advised (via met office) that this
thing was turning and would come very close to us... so felt I better move my
computer downstairs... big job to take itall apart and then could not get
connections back correctly...(FINALLY DID IT VIA PHONE WITH MY WONDERFUL
COMPUTER SERVICE GUY)!! so was off line for some time... then Internet
server had problems at one point... and I have been so dead tired
(literally no sleep in 2 days except for about one hour..) finally went to
sleep soon after 10 (think I must have fallen asleep AT MY KEY
BOARD ...thus crazy MSG John fuller!! glad I was not out
driving... but would love sunshine and hot water TOMORROW .. WAS THAT
WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY!?)...
On earlier
(around 1 PM) our Met Office report they stressed Antigua was "not
out of the woods" but that is was looking like we would only get
storm force and not hurricane force winds.. and indeed it looks like we
are spared what those other poor islands have suffered for so
long.... As I said it is POURING RAIN
now..
late
afternoon between windy squalls my COCKATOO FLEW HOME....but only to be given an
apple and back she went into the wild wind... if I had a video of her
landing/ taking off into that wind ( with an apple in her
mouth) it would surely be on Discovery!!! so
she is battering the elements tonight again..but this is not like JOSE was so I
guess she will cope... could see the distant tree she landed in and then watched
her climb down to a big V in the branches about 4 feet off the ground!!!
Met Office also says weather will start to improve tomorrow... Am so
thankful Antigua not as badly hurt as it could be... I know there is more damage
on the other side of the island ---but not what a CAT 4 with a direct hit would
have caused...
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Hello from Antigua: Winds in Sea View Farm at about 12 mid are kicking up a bit. About 30 mph gusting winds rain and thunder......... Stronger at times. Lenny has been most fortunate to us, so far, with some rain and flooding in areas , but calm during most of the day.. But , we are keeping alert because this is such a unique storm. As of 11pm EST Lenny was located at 18.2 N and 63.1 W, close enough for us to feel some of the Tropical storm effects. We will keep watch... |
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REAL BREEZY.SEA STILL KICKING.RAIN STILL.THUNDER
AND LIGHTNING.WIND STILL S.W.ONE YACHT LEFT FOR GUADELOUPE 3 DAYS AGO(40
MILES)AND CALLED MAYDAY THIS P.M.WAS RESCUED JUST BEFORE HITTING ROCKS ON WEST
SIDE.CAME ASHORE,GAVE THE KEYS TO THE SALVOR
and kissed the ground.3 days at sea in a
hurricane!many yachts arrived in storm running from the v.i. and st.m. and st.
barts.helluva trip.fella above never did find guadeloupe. hit sack
now.
martha what was that message?
tomorrow sunshine and hot
water!
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BY ALL ACCOUNTS LENNY IS SITTING OVER ST.MAARTEN
DOING ITS WORST.WE HERE HAVE HAD A LOT OF COASTAL DAMAGE ON WEST
COAST AND LITTLE ELSE.PROBABLY 6-9 INCHES OF RAIN.MAX WINDS 55 MPH.HEAR THAT
THERE'S LOTS OF DAMAGE IN ST M. WE'VE BEEN V.V.LUCKY.LOOKS A LOT WEAKER NOW,AND
PROB. MOVING NORTH.FIRST TIME IN MEMORY THAT ST.M GOT HIT BEFORE US.THEY'RE
USUALLY DOWNWIND! WILL WATCH IT STILL THOUGH.
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Things have quieted down here on the South side of Antigua. I has been a pretty windy, rainy afternoon. 2.30 inches of rain have fallen at Radio Lighthouse and wind gusts of 39 mph recorded. Thankfully we have not had to endure (this time) what is happening further north. I hope the evening stays quiet. I fear what tomorrow may reveal from the Northern Leewards and Virgin Is. Radio Lighthouse will be staying on the air all night to provide spiritual comfort to our listeners in those islands. Curt Waite |
| - hurricane Lenny - AntiguaNewsletter L001 |
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Dear friends A quick note to let you know that we will be posting post hurricane photos and reports again at http://AntiguaToday.com/hurricanes (our hurricane hotline). Hopefully there will be nothing to report. Currently we are hunkered down waiting to find out. I've started a diary of Lenny there for those that are interested. So far it has some info on preparations, anticipations and observations. At least it's in place if we have anything serious to report. My mother called in a panic. Apparently press in England is full of stories about the islands being smashed by a killer hurricane. Lets hope we don't get a rash of unnecessary cancellations. So far there has been little activity in Hodges Bay. It rained, then stopped, then rained, then stopped again. That's not exactly exciting, but I like it that way. Lets hope it lasts. Talking of photos, last week I added a page of post Jose sunsets &
other images to our Antigua
Virtual Card Center. I guess I'll be adding some others soon
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A quick note to let you know that we will be posting post hurricane photos
and reports again at http://AntiguaToday.com/hurricanes (our hurricane
hotline). Hopefully there will be nothing to report. I've started a diary
of Lenny there for those that are interested. So far it has some info on
preparations, anticipations and observations. At least it's in place if
we have anything serious to report. My mother called in a panic. Apparently
press in England is full of stories about the islands being smashed by
a killer hurricane. Lets hope we don't get a rash of unnecessary cancellations.
So far there has been little activity in Hodges Bay. It rained, then stopped,
then rained, then stopped again. That's not exactly exciting, but I like
it that way. Lets hope it lasts.
Those of you who subscribe to our AntiguaNewsletter will hear from me when the storm is over and I've had a chance to get out with my camera. Talking of photos, last week I added a page of post Jose sunsets &
other images to our Antigua
Virtual Card Center. I guess I'll be adding some others soon
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Hi.
Not much to reprt from my nd of Antigua. Lots of rain, LOTS OF RAIN> Lower
Fort Road was like a river earlier today. I probably could have gone
kayaking on the road. Most of it has subsided by now, although it is still
trickling down.
The 3PM 17-nov report has the eye at 18N so hopefully it keeps to its ENE
track as predicted. Not a whole lot to do today. Fortunately, we still
have power so at least we can see/read :-)
Later...
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Alan B. Scholl
Email: scholla AT candw.ag alan.scholl AT cwanu.cwplc.com
schollab AT hotmail.com
Tel: (268)480-4115 Fax: (268)480-4105
Pgr: (268)409-4638 (INET) Mobile: (268)464-1350
Ham: V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."
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| - LATEST LOCAL RADIO REPORT 1 p.m. |
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We have just had a rather
serious radio report with the 1 p.m. status of this dangerous hurricane
LENNY... it is now 17.9 and 63.2...that means it has moved 12 miles closer to
us....not good news... It is now 95 miles due west of Barbuda and 100 miles
northwest of Antigua. The hurricane winds extend out 70 miles so it
is only about 30 miles away from us...however the system is hardly moving... so
they cannot tell us when it may be with us...we still hope for a miracle
of a turn but it is looking worse for us and our surrounding
islands... I am going to move downstairs now...have remained on my
computer upstairs but think it is time to move...
will be busy for some
time....so hope I am back to you later...
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I am in St. John's and we are not experiencing any winds on this side of the island. It has been raining quite heavy for the last five or six hours but that is all so far. The latest news I have is that the winds are now at about 135mph but it's still a category four. It's not moving much to any direction but is expected to go east-northeast to northeast. I will be back when I get any more information. |
| - A Long Day |
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Just returned from a drive around the south side of Antigua. There has been a lot of beach erosion at Ffreys and Darkwood with the bar at Darkwood almost totally undermined. Heavy waves are still doing their damage. We have had almost 2-1/2 inches of rain at Radio Lighthouse (between Bolands and Jennings) in the last 24 hour and a lot of heavy rain bands over the past couple of hours with some thunder. We recorded .69 inches of rain in the past hour with wind gusts up to 32 mph. It is going to be a long day for a lot of people in the islands! Curt Waite |
| - Half Moon Bay, St. Phillips |
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It would appear that "Wrong-Way" Lenny is
slowing its movement and aiming East once again, which will keep ANU under its
influence for a longer time. Bad for the north but here at HMB, conditions
appear no worse than they have been. The seas outside the Bay are running
pretty high even here in the southeast but the surf in the protection of the bay
not much higher than usual. Still have electric and phones (fingers
crossed here) Hopefully, the storm has reached a lattitude which wll keep it at
a distance even on its present easterly track.
Des Fairbairn
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As I feared earlier...Lenny
has STALLED off ST MAARTIN and SABA and they are concerned that movement
may be more to the EAST when it resumes... this would bring it
dangerously close to Antigua....and also crossing St. Kitts/ Nevis/Montserrat
and Barbuda.... a nightmare for so many islands... Our Met office has put people
on stand by saying that if the movement is east it would take around 6
hours for the eyewall to reach Antigua. They have cancelled
the call for people to go back to work and the airport
remains closed. On the Atlantic side of the island we are not
having too much bad wind yet so if the turn is not EAST we will be spared of
much damage. We can only wait and see. The Miami
Hurricane Center has said this could be stalled for 2 days
even! more later...
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| - 4:45 AM...SPOKE TOO SOON!! |
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Finally fell asleep for the first time in couple of days at 3:30 after I
last spoke to you... only to be awaken by that dreadful wicked wind
I have come to know too well associated with these hurricanes... so I
guess we may not be out of the woods yet.... and I have reread the 3 am
advisory and see they say the system is DRIFTING EASTWARD... although a
northeast motion is expect to resume later today.... IF THIS THING COMES
MORE EAST Antigua will be more affected.... we have the 5 a.m update in a
few minutes.. but I fear there will not be much movement. Seems
Lenny wants to hang around...
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THere are strong winds blowing over here in Runaway bay.... We are still in the Hurricane warning stage....Make sure all your windows are close properly.... Cheers! Elvin |
| - midnight and counting!!! |
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WAITING FOR IT TO COME AND GO.... SO
WE CAN GET OVER THIS!!!
ARE WEATHER MEN LIKE
POLITICIANS!!???
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MAYBE NOT.
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Am still
around... waiting for the storm force winds they keep talking about... they are
picking up... can hear through the storm shutters... rain and wind coming
from the south.... have hardly slept since Monday night -
never do in these things ---
not sure what
fuller means on the piggy house..(see his previous transmit) . mine was built of
"bricks" but the wolf ( hurricane Luis in 1995) sure did
eat it up!!! latest from Antigua Met
Office.... says we will get storm force winds around midnight and
Barbuda will get this around day break... and they will have stronger
winds.... that is assuming there is no change in THE
COURSE AND IF NOT.. ANTIGUA IS SO SO LUCKY THAT WE ESCAAPED THIS TERRIBLE
STORM WITH NO HURRICANE FORCE WINDS (UNLESS SOMEBODY IS WRONG
IN PREDICTIONS!!!)
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lefty lenny looks like lingering,but daintily
avoids direct hit on st.croix and now seems to want to go straight up the
anegada passage-with a little luck.he'll even keep his murderous walls away from
st.maarten and anguilla.the anguillans learnt a long time ago and build houses
with concrete roofs.
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much ado about nothing here,but the little piggy
whose house was of bricks didn't get eaten by the
WOLF.
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Hi,
I am listening to ZDK Radio 1100. Apparently, the foreign press has been
saying that Antigua is again in the direct path. Philbert Mason is
stressing that it is ANGUILLA and NOT ANTIGUA that is in the direct path.
of this storm.
Errol George has requested that all workers report to the VC Bird
International airport for 6AM tomorrow so that all equipment can be tested
and readied to allow safe airport.
With the exception of possibly heavy rain life should be as normal
tomorrow.
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Alan B. Scholl
Email: scholla AT candw.ag alan.scholl AT cwanu.cwplc.com
schollab AT hotmail.com
Tel: (268)480-4115 Fax: (268)480-4105
Pgr: (268)409-4638 (INET) Mobile: (268)464-1350
Ham: V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."
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Hello all,
Surprise!!! Our power came back at 12:15PM, apparently it was just a
feeder problem that has been rectified.
I am anxiously awaiting the 5PM report, it has been calm so far, no rain.
We are told that the "action" should start around 11PM. So, I have been
sleeping all day in anticipation of a sleepless night particularly in case
there is a more eastward shift in direction.
As I type this, I am listening to Radio-1 on 1000KHz from St.Thomas. There
is a call-in program and the residents have been reporting in. I guess may
our turn later tonight.
Hasta pronto...
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Alan B. Scholl
Email: scholla AT candw.ag alan.scholl AT cwanu.cwplc.com
schollab AT hotmail.com
Tel: (268)480-4115 Fax: (268)480-4105
Pgr: (268)409-4638 (INET) Mobile: (268)464-1350
Ham: V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."
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LOST POWER.WILL DO MORE
LATER.
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JUSY RETURNED FROM A DRIVE TO WEST COAST.MONSTER BREAKERS
COMING IN FROM SOUTHWEST-LINKING ROAD TO SOUTH OF ISLAND WASHED OUT.NO RAIN.WIND
STEADY AT ABOUT 25 MPH FROM SOUTH.ISLAND IS LIKE A SUNDAY-EVERYTHING
CLOSED.HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC.LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE SPARED THE WORST.CAN'T BELIEVE THE
SUSTAINED 140MPH AND THE 933MB.WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THE LIGHTHOUSE MAN ON
SOMBRERO TONIGHT.OUR HORSE PUTS HIS RUMP IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND TO HELP ME
CALCULATE LOCATION OF LENNY.MORE LATER.
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JOHN FULLER SHARED THIS SITE
WITH ME... IT is great as you see the eye so well and can follow it along... the
island with the yellow arrow is Montserrat...and Antigua and Barbuda just to the
right... and poor St. Croix... just above the eye!!
this is updated every 1/2 hr.it's the
BEST http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/volcano/montserrat.gif |
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Our met office has jut given
us a good run down and what is going on and what they hope will happen..
it looks like Antigua is spared from the worst of this thing as we are on
the edges...and my heart goes out to those in the Virgin Islands .... we have
been there with terrible Hurricane Luis so know how it feels!
I have recently spent a lot of time in St. Croix and have many good friends
there in the boating community and really feel sick for them.
Seems we will be looking at
worst for us here in Antigua from around 8 p.m tonight till 8
a.m. when the eye is the closest to us... around 120 miles away on the
present track... for Barbuda the eye will be a bit closer.. around
100 miles and they will have stronger wind than we will have here... probably
around 65 mph... so we may come out of this with
just garden damage and shattered nerves from rushing around (and a fender
bender I told you about!!! )
However,
the met office stressed that any shift in the storm could change things for
us... and also they stressed that tornadoes may do bad damage to some
areas... so we should not be too complacent yet.
We still have
electricity and phones are still working so that is good news for now!
We are presently
getting wind from the south... then will be from southwest.....
west....and finally north west....that is when we will know the main body is
past us.... sometime tomorrow...by mid day...should be nearly all
over...
Will keep
you posted off and on through the night!
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Everything has calmed down here in Runaway Bay...Huge Waves....though.. I am not sure of the latest news on this Hurricane...Is there any other good tracking website? Cheers! Elvin |
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Here at Half Moon Bay, St. Phillips, ANU, we
have had some showery and moderately windy intervals but nothing to be alarmed
about. It would seem at this point that the southeast area of this island
has lucked out over "Wrong-way Lenny"
In my years as a pilot with Pan Am, I have flown
through and landed under worse conditions than we have encountered so far.
Just went for a short walk on the beach and foumd it reasonably pleasant.
Here at HMB, we have lost neither electric power or telephone contact at this
time.
Des Fairbairn
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Hi,
I hope my subject does not "tempt fate". So far it has been fairly quiet.
There were some gusty/rainy conditions at 7:55AM, from 10:50AM until
11:45Am there was significant lightning (including a few ground stikes)
and thunder. It is still drizzling but there has been no wind as such.
Let's hope it stays that way.
The 11AM report looks good for Antigua so far but these storms seem to
have erratic behaviout so you can't always celebrate until they are out in
the mid-Atlantic.
Anyway power went off at 8AM (although not everywhere) so I am on laptop
battery power.
Ciao for now.
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Alan B. Scholl
Email: scholla AT candw.ag alan.scholl AT cwanu.cwplc.com
schollab AT hotmail.com
Tel: (268)480-4115 Fax: (268)480-4105
Pgr: (268)409-4638 (INET) Mobile: (268)464-1350
Ham: V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."
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Finally all locked in/ all
hurricane shutters closed...with most things as secure as they can be for a cat
4 storm.... only sadness.. ONCE AGAIN... as in hurricane Jose... is
not CATCHING my free flying cockatoo, Maxie... she survived
JOSE.... but this is a different ball game... I
tried.... I did manage to catch about 15 of the now free
flying love birds...and all of the other 10 of my hand raised love birds
are secure... along with a cockatoo, an amazon and an African
gray....and 3 cats!! so the furry and feathered friends will
be good company.....
meanwhile, have had
some frightening outer wind bands..... while still outside
securing last minute things with my rasta man helper, one of these came along
and he literally ran away in fright... hope he got to his village
safe!!
now it is just raining
and raining... wind not toooo bad yet but know we are in for it... have
not had time to do much research on where this thing is right now as I
quickly logged on and wanted to send something to you guys in case I lose
connection... had to take my local TV antenna down and also satellite TV that
gives weather channel... so only have a local radio station as long as
their power lasts...
I agree with John
fuller that most did not take this so serious (and of course it was
not such a strong storm yesterday!!)
We will
hope for the best... will be back in touch, I
hope...later..
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6AM I6.8N
7AM 16.8N
8AM 16.8N
9AM 16.9N
IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL MISS ST.CROIX-HEAVEN HELP
ST MARTIN, ANGULLA AND ST.BARTS.EVERYONE IN BARBUDA IS WELL ALERTED.THE MET
OFFICE HERE IS STILL SAYING IT WILL HIT THE V.I.BUT I THINK MORE LIKELY SOUTH
AND EAST OF THE V.I. 9AM BULLETIN :CAT4 -SUSTAINED 135MPH! FOR.SPEED DOWN TO
13MPH.ADRENALIN PUMP GOING.MILD PANIC.
NOW TOTALLY OVERCAST BUT NOT DARK.SLIGHT SOUTH
BREEZE.AN HOUR AGO A BAND CAME THROUGH WITH35MPH DRIVING RAIN.STARTING TO WONDER
IF WE DIDN'T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH.MORE LATER FROM THE SUNNY CLIMACTICALLY
FRIENDLY CARIBBEAN.
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From 11 p.m.
until 3 a.m. LENNY moved from 16.2 to 16.5..... but it has to
turn more in the near future to spare "little Antigua"... There is a
definite south "breeze" blowing now but sure does not seem like this
monster is on our doorsteps....it's beautiful outside...
storm 99 tracking map wide view shows it coming right across us....yet the
Forecast path tracking map has the north turn... so... WHAT IS THE
TRUTH!! guess I could be an carib Indian with no
information about this until it hit (doesn't Mitchner talk about that in
CARIBBEAN?) think I better try to
sleep....
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I know... stupid
question... no one but nature knows the true story... we are hearing so many
conflicting things... latest Storm 99 update (from
the Hurricane center ) at 11 PM says DANGEROUS HURRICANE
heading for Northern Leewards (they still don't know we have individual
names??? ) we had sort of relaxed ; it looked like
we would be spared from the worst....... even took time to drive 45 minutes
across island to grocery store.... and to do a little excess stock up...
but backing out of the local store parking lot there was a car DOUBLE
PARKED .... so backed INTO IT!!! no one needs
extra stress at a time like this... but then they never promised me
a rose garden (or did they???? (hey lawyer fuller...
aren't they wrong to be double parked.....???? anyway...
couple of excess hours later ... am back home and trying to figure out what is
going on with this storm.. Antigua now on hurricane WARNING ... that means
it will come to us??? who knows.. guess everyone who
predicts this has an excuse since this is such a weird one doing what it
is doing... so we will go through the night and see what the early morning
brings us.. There were lots of people at the grocery doing what I was
doing...stocking up... so we are certainly hurricane
wise... and I do think, as John says WE here in
Antigua should get THE PRIZE... back to you later...
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wind in southeast eye wall at 10000 feet
measured at 126kts! cloud tops at 60000 feet! Path shifted a little further to
east!there will be a mad panic in the a.m.
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the atlantic is wearing a necklace-beads of cbs
stretch from the non-tropical low west of marocco all the way to the eye of
lenny-the apple of his eye?
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Dear All... Everything seems to be calm now....Anyway just in case, we have stock-up some food stuff and water. Looking at the sky and sea now...it looks calm. I will update once there is any changes. Cheers! Elvin |
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moon's out and haloed.stars still
visible.calm,hot and humid.power's off in my area-not on account of
lenny.neighbour's are boarding up. not yet for us.fuel stations and supermarkets
with the usual queues.honestly most are not ready but we are well
practiced.lenny still barges east.we are better off than the virgen islands-they
have too many yachts in the water to ensure the safety of all.they could have a
real disaster.swells picking up since this afternoon but little wind-from the
south.this will be a disastrous year for the sea turtle(hawksbill)nests as
nearly all the eggs were washed out by jose on the east--now lenny will take the
western ones.they nest on those beaches that we havent built on and on a few we
have.looks like a lot of rain to understate it a bit.
of course if it does hit we shall have the exact
opposite of all those before(luis, georges and jose),the wind will start from
the south instead of the north and come around to the west and eventually to the
north.the west will take the brunt.all the boat people are scurrying.i believe
there will be a few hours in the morning to do final preps.the port is closed-no
one in his right mind will be at sea in this neck of the woods for a few days.i
believe we shall be in the running for the most often hurricane hit real estate
in the world--is there a prize?
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WE HAVE JUST
BEEN ADVISED BY OUR INTERNET PROVIDER THAT THEY HAVE SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS
AND THAT AS SOME OF THE LINKS ARE VIA sAN jUAN
THESE MAY BE A PROBLEM DUE TO THE HURRICANE THERE.... SO THEY HAVE
FOREWARNED US THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE IN TOUCH... SO IF YOU DONT HEAR AS
MUCH AS WE ARE NORMALLY ABLE TO SEND YOU IN A HURRICANE SITUATION IT IS
NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING.... I PERSONALLY FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS
HURRICANE AND AM NOT DOWNPLAYING IT AND FEEL THAT ANTIGUA WILL HAVE SOME ILL
EFFECTS... THANK GOODNESS WE ARE GETTING TO BE OLD HANDS AT THIS AND WILL BOUNCE
BACK QUICKLY, I AM SURE... but it sure is getting to be a
drag!!! more...hopefully later....
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IT IS A STILL STILL BALMY CARIBBEAN
NIGHT... not a puff of air....THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM as we have seen many
times now! AT LAST THE Weather Channel is "sort of" talking
about us....at least as the Northern leewards... but dont they know we have
NAMES TOO... like US islands do!!! even if this thing turns more to the
north we are going to get some of it...and it is now a CAT 3 hurricane with 115
mph winds... so I think Antigua is in for another licking!!!!
Most people I have spoken to are taking it seriously....and I am nearly battened
down...now going to make a last run to the grocery store for a few more
supplies....never hurts... and will be back to you later....
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I am located at Antigua, Runaway Bay... Nothing is hapenning here...Sunny Day outside...planning for a swim later... So for friends out there....Dont worry...Antigua is safe.... For update you can ICQ#3548510 or email to me elvin AT asia.com or else http://www.hurricanecity.com Cheers! Elvin |
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Hi all,
Well just when we thought it was definitely all over, LENNY appears
squiggling from the Western Caribbean Sea to give us some more headaches.
Most of us simply cannot fathom that in less than one month at the very
end of the hurricane season, we are under watches and warnings!
Well I will be posting again throughout this one. I am just hoping that it
maintains it projected track. After JOSE, I have lost a bit of faith in
the "projected tracks" for the hurricanes at this time of the year.
======================================================================
Alan B. Scholl
Email: scholla AT candw.ag alan.scholl AT cwanu.cwplc.com
schollab AT hotmail.com
Tel: (268)480-4115 Fax: (268)480-4105
Pgr: (268)409-4638 (INET) Mobile: (268)464-1350
Ham: V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."
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The Antigua government has put us on
a hurricane watch and we may be put on a hurricane warning soon... that would
mean it is expected within 24 hours.... I am taking all precautions
now (putting up some shutters/ CATCHING MY BIRDS....
AGAIN... ) and moving things that can blow... they say we will start
getting heavy rain tonight so it may not be easy to do things in the
morning.. we are still hoping for north turn but not
looking so promising right now...
back to work...
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at 5 am this morning we had one of the most
beautiful dawns you can imagine.it has never been clearer.the sky looked like a
Turner paintig.the sea is mirror-like,impossibly calm,the air with a hint of
coolness reminding of the winter.yet Lenny approaches from the west!the
combination of its direction and the time of year is unheard of and "its
impossible" is the most common phrase one is hearing.its been 7&1/2
weeks since jose's eye perused us so we're well practiced in battening down.what
mad climactic twists bring a huuricane EAST in NOVEMBER?
our size,our lack of natural resources and our
high suceptibility to natural disasters make a good argument for special
treatment in international fora.
the island is incredibly green-since jose we've
had endless rain-all the migrant waterfowl are well looked after,especially the
ducks.with a bit of luck(bad luck for those north of us) lenny will turn north
today and we'll only get a swipe.undoubtedly the coast will get bashed
again.more later.
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It seems
impossible.....but LENNY has not only developed but has TURNED DUE EAST .....at
4 a.m. this morning...MONDAY..... he was at 15.4 and
77.1 moving DUE EAST... (Antigua is 17.1)... and winds are up
to 100 MPH... Model do project a north turn...but not sure
when!! Everybody thought it was over! So once again... we
better watch this one real close....at least we have a bit more notice here in
Antigua than we did with JOSE ....
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