- - Dominica - -

Yesterday it rained on and off all day!  I had a day to myself so stayed home and baked some awesome French baguettes which we had for lunch with home made vegetable soup.  It rained all night and so far this morning it is pouring!  Looking on stormcarib it just looks like the blob of bad weather is over us..

We had a fairly good night although it was really chilly in the evening.  I managed to get out yesterday afternoon and go into Roseau to do some serious shopping to revitalize the pantry!  Today it has been raining on and off since waking up around 6.30 a.m. We have not heard any traffic coming up the valley so assume that it is blocked.  When I went to town yesterday there were a couple of landslips on the way to the Warner junction with just about room for my 4x4 to get through, I almost had second thoughts about this wayward expedition but I am so glad I did go and get provisions.  It's always necessary to insure that one has necessary victuals with the onset of the hurricane season looming on 1st June, so April is a little early!!  It looks like the rain is in for the day.

Good morning to you all,

        from very dry to very, very, wet.  The island is getting hammered.  Land slides across

the island.  Roads flooded.  Rivers swollen and bursting their banks.  Rocks and boulders

across roads.  And the very worst of it is up in the Pond Casse area where a 40ft. deep

chasm appeared across the road.  Unfortunately two people have lost their lives when the

bus they were travelling in ended up in the chasm.  Very sad. 

      Our back balcony is pretty well sheltered from wind and rain. Not this morning though.

The whole balcony got a good soaking. I haven't checked the front yet but that is probably

a paddling pool by now. Watching the run off from the Roseau river, in between the whiteouts,

and the mud is going for miles out to sea. Hopefully this trough we are in will pass soon.

      You all take care. Enjoy your day.  Drive safe. 

 

Dominica has been deluged by rain over the last 48 hours!  It was particularly bad all through last night and we actually got some lightning and had to let our dog Tippy sleep in the house with us -  Tippy is like me terrified of lightning.  We woke up to very sad news that the main road opened up between Ponte Casse and the Emerald pool near Shayanns bar this morning around 5.30 a.m.  The road has developed a 40' chasm through it. A jeep travelling towards Roseau drove/fell into the hole   and two people have died, a third managed to get out and is being treated at the local hospital.  The road between us and the Hillsborough bridge is closed due to a landslide by the old Layou Hotel and the Layou river has run amok again.  This is supposed to be the dry season.  We seriously need some sunshine.  It looks though that we could get more rain in the next 24 hours.