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The Caribbean Hurricane PageUpdates from the Islands- - St.John (USVI) - - |
| - Sunshine on St. John USVI |
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Today was the first day since Tuesday that I saw
the sun. When the sun burst through I realized how much I have always
taken it for granted and how good its presence felt. Caneel to reopen for
guests on Sunday. With the winds down, we should have a full normal
schedule at the St. Thomas airport henceforth. Thanks for all your
inquiries.
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| - Life is back to normal |
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Well, as near as I can tell, things are really back to
normal. We took the barge to St Thomas for a medical appointment and some
shopping at the "big" stores there today and the normalcy of life was
accentuated by traffic jams around the cruise ship piers in St Thomas (there
were three ships in), folks shopping for the best prices on Thanksgiving
turkeys, and generally normal life. The only thing out of the ordinary
perhaps, was the initial greeting to friends (and strangers) of "Are you
ok? Stay dry and safe?" to which the answer seemed to be in all cases,
"Yes, thank God, and how about you?" So, if you are checking these pages
to see if you should still come down to St John for your vacation, the answer is
a clearly resounding YES. Stores and restaurants are open, beaches are
clean, weather is clearing (lots of sun today along with refreshing showers),
and the friendly people who make you want to come back again and again.
As volunteer coordinators for the Visitor's kiosk at Trunk
Bay in the National Park, Lee and I are busy getting ready to reopen the
information kiosk to greet folks there. Why don't you stop by and say
"hi" when you come out to Trunk, one of the 10 loveliest beaches in the
world. And you can buy a T-shirt or ballcap to benefit the park while
you're there. We can also steer you to the best trails and activities
to enjoy our national park to the fullest. We look forward to seeing you
there.
John Fuller
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| - lenny |
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hi all, I just drove out to coral bay, things look pretty good, just some trees and branches, some rocks in the road, but public works is right on top of it. My power out here in fish bay is on and off, right now it's off. but I have faith(duh...) that wapa will have it back on shortly. The island is fine, everything is pretty normal, or as normal as st john ever gets. Skinny legs was up and running and I had a great cheeseburger (I was starving!) My gallery (THE SYZYGY GALLERY) out on theback deck there at skinny legs was undamaged, (we had packed everything up) just some leaves that blew in under the eaves. I didn't re-open today cuz I just want to make sure lenny is really gone, which now it looks like it is decreasing in strength but still crawling along and dumping a bunch of rain down island. those poor guys, it could've been us. If any one is planning on coming to St. John please do, everything is fine, all services are up and running. THE BEACHES ARE STILL THE BEST IN THE WORLD and the weather is fine (usually) Just make sure you pay me a visit and come check out THE SYZYGY GALLERY out in coral bay at skinny legs. Island art by island artists, and of course featuring the fabulous mosaic art of ME Lisa in St. John usvi YAHOOOOOO SEE YA LENNY! |
| - lenny |
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Good day from St. John, all seems to be almost normal here, stores are open, ferry is running, power, cable, phone. I hear fish bay is without power, I am headed back to my home there now. we thank god for sparing us! We also thank you for all your kind words of support and prayers. Another miracle for us! To all that have responded to me personally via e-mail, I will try to get back to you later in the day with answers to your questions. A message to Vanessa and Larry's family in the state, as far as I know they are fine, the phones in coral bay are out. not to worry, I will be out there in a few hours and will relay the message. bye for now. |
| - St. John's Lenny Report |
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Good Evening,
It is now 11:00pm on November 18, 1999 and we
are still experiencing windy conditions from Hurricane Lenny that is now on St.
Martin. The rain affect on St. John from this storm was very light but
there was lots of wind. Due to the mitigation system, the homes and
business are intact. There was absolutely no structural damage and very
minor cosmetic damage as well. We are blessed and but realize at act like
it. Our sister islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix also feared very
well. An ABC crew did an aerial shot of St. Croix this evening and
mentioned that based on the shots of St. Croix, one would not believe they had
Category 4 Hurricane Lenny very close to their shore for approximately 24
hours. The islands are still green and everyone is rushing to get back to
normalcy. The electricity is still down in some areas of St. John but that
is going to be very temporary since there were not poles or power lines
down.
Lenny tried...but the Virgin Islands was
prepared....we built back stronger and better...God
Bless!!!!!!
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| - Hurricane Lenny Update |
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Hurricane Lenny Update (11/18/99 5 pm EDT)
Hurricane Lenny was a major Category 4 storm; however, it
traveled on the
far side of St. Croix to the South. Therefore, much of St.
Thomas - St. John
experienced mostly tropical storm conditions characterized by
heavy rains *
seas and only sustained tropical storm winds with occasional
gusts of
hurricane strength. Lenny's most extreme weather was located
in the
SouthWestern Quadrant which did not impact STT-STJ. The sister
islands
experienced no damage to infrastructure with only localized
flooding and
minimal storm surge. While St. Croix was buffeted by continuous
hurricane
force winds and experienced flooding, reports are that major
damage was
not widespread. The down islands of Nevis, St Kitts, St Maarten,
Saba and
Anguilla are currently being affected by the eye of Hurricane
Lenny which did
not affect the St Thomas - St John, Puerto Rico and the
BVI.
Parts of St. John and St Thomas lost power for 4 -12 hours late
last night
and into this morning. However, power is now restored to the
bulk of the St
Thomas - St John area. Phone service was maintained throughout
the storm.
On St John, grocery stores are open and visitors & locals
alike are out
shopping and making plans for dinner. Nearly all St John
restaurants are
preparing for a large dinner crowd. All businesses not already
open today,
will open as normal tomorrow.
American, Delta, United & USAir will all begin flights from the
St. Thomas
airport tomorrow.
Our Villas sustained no damage and we have begun to open the
storm
shutters and put out the plants and pool furniture. Our guests
are arriving as
scheduled Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
We will provide pictures of St John generally and our Villas in
particular when
we get our CD-Rom drive working, hopefully, by mid-morning.
--
Eric on St. John, USVI
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| - lenny |
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see ya lenny! I think I hope , that he is finally gone away and will keep going. Although there is some little thing in the back of my head that wont let me relax yet... My house is fine, I think everyone is ok. I haven't heard about any major damage anywhere yet and I dot think there is any. Just some leaves and branches and stuff TELL THE WORLD, TELL CBS AND NBC AND CNN they are all saying that we got hit with 150 mph winds as one of the top stories. St. croix got hit pretty hard but not much damage from the reports I'm hearing. ST. JOHN IS FINE! the power is back on , we have phone, cable and no curfew!!! thank god for miracles (again). Follow up to follow-up tomorrow bye for now Lisa in St. John |
| - lenny |
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good day from St. john usvi, We have sustained very little damage from what I can see,power is out but phone lines up, I'll write more later after I get home and take a look around. parts of st croix got it bad but we are OK. curfew is lifted at noon. I haven't seen any sat pix yet , but hopefully lenny will not come back down this way bye for now Lisa in St. john |
| - Thursday morning on St John |
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Well, what a surprise to wake up and find that Lenny
apparently stopped after we went to bed to think about what direction it wanted
to go. I can't believe that it would actually turn around a fly right now,
but St Croix apparently took quite a battering and it is stalled between us and
St Martin. I spent the last two weeks on St Maarten and believe me, they
need this even less than we do.
Latest radio reports show that lessons learned after Hugo
and Marilyn has resulted in much less damage to homes and businesses. Initial
assessments even from St Croix sound like cleanup will take a week or less and
then everything will be back to normal.
Here on St John, it is cloudy with occasional gusts, but
all the boats in Cruz Bay seem to still be secure, the curfew is mostly being
observed. There is a lot of light foliage around, and scattered power
outages (we're on generator), but phones (obviously) work and things here should
be back to normal (whatever that is) in a day or two I bet.
Barometer has climbed back to almost 1002 mb and there was
only 1.09" rain overnight. We are very lucky
here.
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| - Dodged a bullet? |
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As Lisa noted, we won't rest easy till Lenny is dead. but
it looks like we've dodged a bullet. Exercising our generator for a few
hours and checking on things. Was pretty windy for a while but we got very
little rain (1.64 inches since 0530 and 1" of that was between 0530 and
0630). Barometer moving up slightly from a low of 990 at about 2 PM
today. Cat has been out at last and already we have a dead rat on the
doorstep. What a guy!
Check in later and hoping WAPA gets the downed lines
cleared soon.
John
PS
To anyone in Coral Bay, I received the
following:
DO YOU KNOW MY SON LARRY AND DAUGHTER IN-LAW
VANESSA. THEY HAVE FLASHBACKS
IN CORAL BAY. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH TO THEM YET - POWER LINES I GUESS. WOULD YOU MIND GETTING ME INFORMED AS TO THE HURRICANE AND HOW YOU ALL ARE DOING? THANKS DOTTIE CLARKE Have them give her a call. I told her conditions
already.
j
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well I am in disbelief, I don't want to speak too soon but I'd say we may have gotten another miracle, although lenny is a squirelly guy, I wont rest until he's completelyGONE. St. john is fine, no damage that I know of yet, boats in coral bay are OK, from what I've heard. Lenny barely brushed us, My heart and soul goes to the people down island like anguilla and St. martin who have 1/2 a day to prep for a cat 5 . god help them more tomorrow, on batt power and typing in the dark. Lisa in St. john |
| - lenny |
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a quick notel 3:30 St. john, rain,wind, no power what;s next this storm
is all over the place .got to go look at the sat pix
Lisa
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| - It's blowing now! |
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1:25 PM and we've lost power in strong, gusty winds.
Waves are crashing into Stevens Cay and roaring on into Cruz Bay. Leaves
are blowing around and the Park Service visitor center under construction is
losing it's roof covering again. Still not raining very hard, but it looks
like it's coming across the channel. We're off the air to preserve batteries
now.
John
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| - lenny |
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9:30 St. john, a little wind, lots of rain, BIG SURF in turner bay, Pillsbury sound. winds up to 135 SHIT! (sorry). power and phone and cable still up.... bye bye Lisa in St. john |
| - So far so good |
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The latest prognostication says that we'll get lots more
rain and some wind here on St John, but most of the winds will be south of
us. (Sorry, my brothers on St Croix.) As for power on St John, while
we are located in Cruz Bay, we are NOT on the generator circuit but rather the
north shore lines. Power has held up here so far. Way to go
WAPA. Waiting is unnerving, but at least it's daylight!
John
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| - Report from St. John and St. Croix |
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Good Morning,
Early this morning St. John experienced heavy
lightning and thunder. We lost electricity around 345am I believe as a
precaution but we are now up and running again. This is lots and lots of
rain and we are hearing reports on St. Thomas of flooding in homes. St.
Croix electricity has been up and down and they are receiving gusts around
55mph. St. John gusts have calmed down but has been as high as
26mph. Reports are showing that the eye wall will pass just south (too
close for comfort) or over the south east tip of St. Croix and then continue out
into the Anegada Passage. If this Hurricane sneezes to the North any
further, the entire USVI will be receiving the eye. The good news is that
Lenny has not pulled rapidly NE as originally anticipated but St. Thomas and St.
John are not out of the woods by a long shot. On this track, we anticipate
receiving tropical storm force winds, torrential rain, tornadoes and lots and
lots of thunder and lightning. Any further North and we have the eye
wall. For the other islands, based on the CURRENT forcast and coordinates,
the storm should track up Anegada Passage and the northeastern islands will not
get a direct hit but will be on Lenny's east. This is the best
scenario. I just learned that some areas on St. John are without
power. As of 700am Lenny was at 16.8N and 65.7W at 125mph. Barametric
Pressure is 29.67 and falling. This is a powerful Category 3 storm.
Oh, I just got a call from Anguilla and so far, everything is quiet. Will
check in later if I can.
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7:00 am, the lightning has subsided for a bit, heavy rain, no wind yet, the water is getting pretty rough out in Pillsbury sound. now we wait... Lisa in St. john |
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Much the same as 1 AM with constant rain, no wind, intermittent heavier rain w/ thunder & lightning. Really like these two pages for getting a good look at where the storm is in relation to us: http://www.upr.clu.edu/nws/satrad.html http://kauai.nrlmry.navy.mil:80/sat-bin/tc_home Really just posting since STT thread mentioned feeder 9B out and that STJ has no power.....I don't know if we're on STJ generator or if 9B is back but we've even still got cable and everything.....for the moment. -- Eric on St. John, USVI http://WWW.DonaldSchnell.Com Villa Bougainvillea------Gift Hill Villa-------Beach Villa--------BeachSideVilla--------Little Whim Bougainvillea Leasing Ltd-----------------Donald Schnell Studio http://WWW.DonaldSchnell.Com 1.800.523.7107 |
| - Thunder and lightning |
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Waiting for daybreak with lots of electrical activity in
the sky and the occasional blip in power, but still going (thank WAPA). We
had 2.17 inches of rain overnight in Cruz Bay (from 6:30 PM last night to 5:30
this morning). Looking at the radar we have a whole lot more to
come. One good thing, the rain has been consistent enough that the cat is
resolved to co-exist with us inside. No fun when he has decided to be out
and we don't let him.
Will report later as power and phones permit. Best
wishes to those east of us!
John
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4:45 am a quick note: thunder and lightening all night, some heavy rain, not much wind. at least this guy will hit us in the daylight. I've got my coffee going before the power goes. see ya'll on the other side, pray for us Lisa in St. john usvi |
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At 1 am another rain band has kicked in with a little more thunder & lighting after several hours of nothing. We have not experienced the dramatic show that the STX posts mention but we have gotten a little taste....probably more to come. Still power, still phone and still cable (Tim Duncan and the Spurs got some help from the officials tonight!<g>) Looks like no idea whether eye will still turn over PR or will now go south of us and over STX. Will see in the AM. Will report more if/when power in the AM. later -- Eric on St. John, USVI |
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9:45 Tues. nite, very calm, light rain. they say we'll get hit between
6-10am. the lightning is pretty serious,I have to say unplugged for the
rest of the night. don't want to zap my trusty laptop.
LENNY BE KIND!
Lisa in St. john USVI
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| - The calm before the storm |
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Quarter to eight, the cat doesn't understand why we won't
let him out. He can't realize that there is a Cat 3 hurricane just a few
hours away, and if it weren't for the modern communications we would not
either. It is raining lightly, with occasional lightning in the
distance. The barometer is steady so far. I'd guess everyone is
buttoned up as we are (and as tired of doing it as we are, too). We'll
spend the night in the comfort of our bedroom, but the rest of the house is
secure. If and when the rain starts leaking in we'll cover the bed and
ceiling fan, grab the cat and head for the "bunker". Having spent the
night there waiting for Jose to materialize (what a disappointment) we know
better than to go before we absolutely have to.
It's an eerie feeling. I mean, St John is always
quiet, laid back, but when we hunker down for a storm the place gets positively
calm. Except for the ferries and barges honking at each other as they
jockey for berthing in the creek and an occasional heavy truck coming down the
hill from Lind Point with horn blowing to warn all that he has no intention of
slowing or staying on his own side of the road it is really peaceful here.
I would wish I could say the same tomorrow morning.
Governor has declared a curfew from 9PM tonight until
further notice. I have not heard whether WAPA (Water and Power Authority)
plans to shut down the system overnight, but winds are predicted to be
significant by midnight. If we're up, and if the power/phones are up then,
we'll update.
It's a shame the "C" name had already been used.
This storm should have been named "Corrigan"! (If you're not old enought
to catch that, let me know and I'll explain (although explaining a joke always
spoils it.).
John
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| - Reporting from St. John |
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It is thundering and lightning on St. John and
St. Croix. I am pretty sure the same thing is happening on St. Thomas as
well. The rain is very light and still no breeze. St. Croix is beginning
to have power interruptions but no problems on St. John as yet.
Question? I noticed the barometic pressure for St. Thomas shown on the
Weather Channel is rising. Is that good?
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| - leonard, behave yourself! |
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greetings from beautiful St. john, it's been a quiet cloudy day, the rain just started 4:30 PM, I am all tucked in my little Serendip condo(THANKS again Gail) my view is due west over Pillsbury sound looking at the east end of St. Thomas and overlooking Cruz bay. Here we go...Lets hope for the best Lisa |
| - darn you lenny! |
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good day from Fish Bay St. John, It is quite still this morning (6:30am) A beautiful sunrise. No rain to speak of yet.....The boats were scurrying to hurricane hole out in coral bay yesterday, I watched the exodus begin around 5am.. The general consensus is that This Sucks! Most people have unpacked, UN boarded un wound, but now.... LENNY! Luckily I still have most of my boards up so I only have to get two pieces of plywood up. pack up all the glass in my studio, bundle up the dog and cat, all their food and stuff, my food, computer meds etc....and head toward my safe haven Serendip condos (thank you Gail), not much else to report at the moment. hopefully lenny will mellow out again like last nite (down to 80mph) more later Lisa |
| - Checking in from St. John |
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Good Morning,
I'm just reaching home from assisting a major hotel in their
evacuation of their guests due to Hurricane Lenny. Guests should start
leaving tomorrow. The weather on St. John is very very calm with very
light occasional showers. The waters were unusually calm today. I met 3 couples
(honeymoon) today that just arrived on the island a few hours ago only to be
told that evacuation is recommended due to the storm. It is still very
unpredictable so most of the guests are riding out the storm on St. Thomas and
hoping to return to St. John the day after the "big scare". The
problem is, we don't know what to expect since we have no previous hurricanes on
record coming from the West to the East. This must be the turn of the
century after all! I will keep you posted.
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well, here comes lenny, I guess I'll have to dig my valiums out and move my stained glass studio back inside and all the other fun stuff we get to do in prep for a storm, this is not fair, this doesn't happen! We are gearing up for our best season since 'Marilyn" I hope we are blessed and spared. Lisa www.mosaicmadness.com |
| - PRESS RELEASE FOR USVI AND JOSE |
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I just posted the press release concerning the US Virgin Islands and Hurricane Jose on the US Virgin Islands Information Guide. You can read it at: http://www.usvi-info.com/infousvi/pr991021-jose.html |
| - adios, Jose |
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St. John 10:00 PM The winds are dying down abit. I t was blowing 30-40 mph since 3:oo ish. Still no rain to speak of. There appears to be minimal damage. Power, telephone and cable TV all still working. I am home now and everything is fine here , no problems. Boy are we lucky or what? Hope everyone on the other islands are OK, What next? Thanks Jose for sparing our little island . regards from paradise Lisa |
| - It's 5:10pm on St. John |
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The electricity was down in some areas of the
island but it is now restored. The wind has been brisk. The seas
from my vantage point, appears to be very rough but I drove through Cruz
Bay, Pastory, Pine Peace, and Glucksberg areas and there is absolutely no
damage. I've seen people out and about and so far no residence has been
flooded since we did not get heavy rains from Hurricane Jose. Some folks,
even unessential, have been called in to work since things are very normal
here. The winds are still brisk but people are moving around and grateful
for everything. Heard that the system behind and to the south of the
island chain may be upgraded to a depression later today. Maybe some can
speak to that cause I did get the info clear enough to converse.
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Greetings from St. John. 2:15 PM Well we just came through a couple hours of windiness I'd say ( where I am at Serendip Condos) was maybe 30-50 gusts, not much damage, leaves mostly still on the trees. It is pretty sheltered here so I don't know yet how the rest of the island fared (or my house).. Power was off for a while but it is back on now.Phones are fine. Not much rain at all (yet?). It seems like we are OK here. more later, Lisa Come to St. John! It's beautiful here.(still) |
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Power is back after a few hours off in the Pastory area. Occasional gusty
winds but not much else. No one really out & about with the unpredictable
winds. STT airport ready to re-open this AM but the gusts have put that
off until tomorrow...or late today with luck. No rain, no damage, hardly
even plant damage in my area.
later
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| - It's here now! |
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Well, the night was gusty and a little rain here on
St John, but for the last hour or two (starting about 10AM) the winds have
really been picking up. I can barely see St Thomas across the sound from
Cruz Bay and the seas are really white with wind driven whitecaps. We
still have power, and a WAPA crew has been here this morning to trim trees which
were causing wires to short. They're doing a great job.
The curfew was lifted, but I can see very little reason
why I'd leave the house (except for trees falling on it <grin>).
Looks like we're finally getting the blow that Jose threatened, although I see
no signs of damage down in Cruz Bay (tin flying, etc) but some trees are being
thinned right now.
John
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| - Jose? |
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greetings from St. John, 9am Well the weather guys say that the storm is right on top of us but there isn't a whole lot happening here. a bit of light rain and some brisk breezes, but nothing really. No surf from what I can see of Pillsbury sound. I took my dog for a walk and there are some twigs down but all the leaves are still on the trees. closest I've seen to anything resembling damage is a blown over potted plant. There is a curfew on til 1:00, the power just blinked on and off...... Far as I can tell, we're just going to get some wind and rain today thank the powers that be, once again we are spared! regards from paradise Lisa |
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7 AM greets us with no rain, very limited winds an power. Lost power for about an hour around midnight but it seems to have stayed on. All in all the exact anti-climactic storm we hoped for. From radar it looks like the rain from the tail over the coming days will be much more signiifcant than anything we experienced last night. Its still very close to us, but now that its downgraded its not much of a threat even if it wobbles. -- Eric on St. John, USVI http://WWW.DonaldSchnell.Com Villa Bougainvillea------Gift Hill Villa-------Beach Villa--------BeachSideVilla--------Little Whim Bougainvillea Leasing Ltd-----------------Donald Schnell Studio http://WWW.DonaldSchnell.Com 1.800.523.7107 |
| - All is well on St. John |
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It is now 6:09am on St. John in the beautiful
U.S. Virgin Islands and all is well. Yes, Jose came more to the west than
forecasters had anticipated but all was well. At 2:00am it was
approximately 65 ENE of St.Croix and at that time St. Croix reported winds
around 15 to 20mph with little or no rain throughout the island. In the U.S.
Virgins Islands, St. John is the closest to the storm. On St. John we had higher
gusts around 25-40mph at times with intermittent rains. The heavier gusts
started around 2:00am on St. John and was not constant. It is now 6:00am
and we are downgraded to a tropical storm warning since Jose is not only 75mph
winds and is at 18.5N and 65.5W or approximately 25miles NE of St. John (close
enough). I am in the Cruz Bay area and I went out of the porch and saw
absolutely no damage to structure of vegetation. I would have been very
surprised if I had seen otherwise. Jose was a very unpredictable and
erratic storm. It's wobbling motion brought right through the U.S. and
British Virgin Island. This has been a close call and the residents of St.
John rose to the occasion. We are a resiliant people and we praise God for
protecting once again. Seems as if this is all that Jose wrote.
Gert, this is a great medium provided us to get the conditions on the islands
out to the rest of the world. Thanks to all for their
prayers.
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Pretty quiet her still (8:30 PM) I am going to try to sleep now, it
looks like we are gonna get a pretty good shot of Jose (get it?) . So to
sleep now when I can because when the wind starts I 'll be wide awake.
I don't know when I'll be able to post again, if the phones go down. The
power zapped on and off a few times earlier. I Guess wapa is making sure the
switch works...
good night all and I pray for us all to be safe.
and not be harmed to badly by Jose
Lisa
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Pretty quiet here on STJ since everyone is locked down tight. Not
expected to experience severest winds until early AM until early
afternoon.
Compared to the STT posts I scanned things are pretty calm here and most
everyone was ready _yesterday_ and the "laggards" <g> got all day today
to catch up since the weather hasn't really been that bad so far.
I cling to this part of the technical discussion:
FOR TRACK...THE PRESENCE OF THE TROUGH ABOVE 400 MB COULD MEAN THAT
THE HIGH TO THE NORTH IS NOT AS STRONG AS SUGGESTED BY
MODELS. THIS
COULD RESULT IN A MORE NORTHERLY TRACK AND
INDEED...MODELS ARE
TURNING JOSE TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH QUICKER THAN IN
YESTERDAY
RUNS. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST...WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE UK
MODEL...
BRINGS JOSE TO THE NORTH BUT NOT FAR FROM THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND
PUERTO RICO. BECAUSE THIS DISTANCE IS WITHIN THE
AVERAGE RANGE OF
24-H FORECAST ERRORS...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR PUERTO
RICO AND THE
U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE MAINTAINED AT THIS TIME.
Which makes me feel that they expect only Trop Storm winds but have to
err on the side of caution. Could still get a wobble but we'll see.
Power just flickered twice, but hope that's not going to be an issue at
least until the early AM
later
--
Eric on St. John, USVI
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| - Our Governor is on top of things |
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Good Afternoon,
All is still well on St. John and the entire
British/U.S. Virgin Islands. Virgin Islands Governor Charles Turnbull has
a handle on the situation and he is in contact with the public via the radio
stations. He is keeping things calm and asking us to prepare for the worse
and expect the best which is a common and optimistic cliche. We have been
in this situation several times and we are a resilient people. We expect
Jose to continue towards the northwest and away from the USVI but we are not
turning our backs. We are prepared for come what may. God bless our
brothers/sisters in the north eastern Caribbean and we'll stay in touch with
each other. God will protect us all!
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| - jose |
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hi again, drove to town, everybody is prepping. on the way home a big squall came through some good gusts,35-40mph my estimate. the sun is out now and it is relatively calm. They say we won't get the max winds, but I tend to doubt them and expect the worst.after going thru Marilyn, I have this idea of what could potentially happen. lets all pray to be spared.! tomorrow/Friday we shall frolic once again in our beautiful Caribbean paradise. bye for now. ( oh yes, thankfully some guys are here to board me up! Yahoo! see ya Lisa |
| - The Governor speaks |
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Well, we've just heard from the governor, who does not
apparently listen to the weather service and still expects hurricane force
winds. But, WAPA (the power people) have announced that St Croix will not
have power shut down, and that St Thomas "may" shut down around 10PM
tonight. And there is a revision to the curfew, now set for 6PM. So,
preparations continue.
When I went down for the mail this morning looked like
most stores were shuttered (except for Cap's Place where you can still get a
beer - and probably can't be hurt by anything!).
John
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| - St. John Checking In |
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Good Morning to all,
St. John is sunny but calm currently. As of the 800am
advisory, Hurricane Jose is to go North of the us and therefore we are expected
to receive, if any effects, the weakest part of the outer bands. This is
good news for us. I've just checked with Anguilla and everything over
there is also very calm and sunny....same as St John. Will check in
later.
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| - Jose |
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Hello from St. John. The weather this morning (8:30 am) is partly cloudy, breezy. We had a couple good rains and some gusty winds last night. People here are buttoning up their homes and getting ready for whatever may happen. Hopefully we won't get hit too hard. Well I am going to continue to prep. More later. Lisa |
| - St John Update |
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At almost 8 AM things are quiet here in Cruz Bay.
Looking out it would be impossible to be prepared without having modern
communications as it is a lovely morning with light breezes and quite abit of
blue sky. Folks seem to be finishing up preparations and there is a
general optimism as Jose veers north of the direct hit predicted early
yesterday. Let's hope (and here's hoping our neighbors to the east fare
well).
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| - Jose |
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At midnight, it seems that Myrna has covered all the bases so nothing much to add except "ditto." The rain was light and intermittent throughout the day. Tonight we've had 2-3 very heavy rain band showers which were very short. Many if not most prepared today with only finishing up for tomorrow am. Cautiously optimistic that Jose's small eye will miss our small island. later, |
| - Reporting from St. John USVI |
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Checking in from St. John USVI. It
has been raining on and off throughout the day and a steady breeze from the
north. The Government is closed tomorrow and residents are taking the
necessary precautions and boarding their homes. As I write, I am hearing
the hammers pounding around me by my neighbors near and far. One of the
large hotels thought it best to send most of their guests out today in
anticipation of bad weather tomorrow. It was difficult because all the
flight from Stt or Sju are practically full and therefore some of their guests
were relocated to Frenchman's Reef on St. Thomas. I am not sure what Jose
is doing. Seems like it is wabbling toward the north which may be better
for us in the Virgins but not to good for our neighbors Anguilla and St.
Martin. Seems as if it will go north of St. John but then again I see
there is a ridge that may inhibit its motion to the north and thereby redirect
it WNW. Where is it going? Will keep you
posted.
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| - Hurricane Correspondent on St. John |
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Good Morning,
Current conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands are
great. It is a beautiful day. All residents are listening and
tracking the coordinates of Tropical Storm Jose but there is certainly NO
panic. We are of the opinion that this storm will go north of us but not
by much. Will continue to monitor our situation and keep you
posted.
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