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• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 08:34:15 -0400

https://stthomassource.com/content/2024/06/07/caribbean-activists-raise-voices-amidst-climate-emergency/

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 06:19:47 -0400

https://stthomassource.com/content/2024/06/07/excessive-heat-watch-issued-for-portions-of-puerto-rico-usvi/

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 07:28:47 -0400

https://stthomassource.com/content/2024/06/06/sargassum-seaweed-may-soon-appear-on-beaches-across-the-usvi/

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 08:30:48 -0400

Blimey! 
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• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 07:28:42 -0400

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ST THOMAS 
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 07:24:38 -0400

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 18:37:15 -0400

We are under a flash flood watch til 8 pm 

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 15:06:18 -0400

We are surrounded . Hot , humid, so humid. Thunder in the  distance. 

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 07:57:49 -0400

Here is our first one for 2024.Every year’s crop is different. Although they do 
seem to start ripening at exactly the same time as last year’s . This first 
pineapple is smaller by half than last year’s first. I attribute that to 
intermittent drought in February and March. We can usually grab these before 
the birds start poking holes in them. First taste was fabulous as always. They 
are so easy to grow. 

Martha, from Antigua, your Hurricane Hunter story is awesome.Thank you for that.
May all of our roofs hold this season. The sooner we prepare the less stress we 
will have. It is constant perimeter clearing and stocking up. Just ordered  a 
third propane tank for season. Time to go up and clean and tighten solar panels 
and gutters too. 

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 14:19:02 -0400

Check out this article:

Storms could imperil not only coastal zones but also areas farther inland.
https://wapo.st/452e5mR

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 08:03:21 -0400

https://stthomassource.com/content/2024/05/27/rainfall-and-very-warm-temperatures-expected-this-week-across-usvi-and-puerto-rico/

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 07:31:58 -0400

Heat Advisory again …..
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 26 May 2024 08:24:02 -0400

Heat Advisory again. 
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 18:33:51 -0400

After a week of heat advisories, high humidity, rain…..at last we have 80 
degrees F right now, and gorgeous puffy clouds with blue skies. We see more 
rain coming Monday but will take the cooler cloud cover for Memorial Day 
events. Best of luck to the swimmers in beach to beach St John. 

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 09:31:18 -0400

We’ve had plenty of rain from this system coming up from South America.
It rained hard off and on all night. We are still hearing of rolling blackouts. 
Our off grid system allows us to have working fans and we were grateful for 
them last night. 
The tree frogs let us know when the rain let up. Opening and closing windows 
was an hourly task. You can see that more rain is coming up the island chain to 
meet the moisture coming from the SW. And a disturbance is forming north of us. 
Pretty early in the season to see the Lows marked. The Water Mon can rest now. 

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 21:25:43 -0400

https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 06:40:12 -0400

HEAT ADVISORY AGAIN
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 07:04:39 -0400

Heat advisory.  And it is only May. 
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 20:25:59 -0400

https://viconsortium.com/vi-weather_updates/virgin-islands-above-normal-rainfall-expected-for-usvi-and-puerto-rico-from-late-may-to-early-june

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 07:41:12 -0400

Quite a cluster 
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=0.04395,274.6582&extent=29.07538,309.46289&listOnlyShown=true&timeZone=utc

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 20:49:41 -0400

Earthquake north of Puerto Rico with warnings 
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 13:16:29 -0400

I think this is our first heat advisory of 2024, index up to 108 f today.
Feels like July. 
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 06:21:15 -0400

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• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 06:08:40 -0400

We are saturated. 

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 16:45:00 -0400

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 07:46:06 -0400

We had a wonderful Carnival. The rain held off to the end of the Children’s 
Parade and brought us 6-8 inches Friday night. The forecasted rain for Saturday 
and Sunday held off thru the Adult Parade and Utopia Concert. 
We see more rain forecasted this week. 

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• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 08:14:42 -0400

https://viconsortium.com/vi-weather_updates/virgin-islands-thunderstorms-roil-usvi--triggering-massive-territory-wide-flooding

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 18:25:00 -0400

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 18:22:57 -0400

FLOOD WATCH.  The Carnival Children’s Parade stayed dry. Rain started about an 
hour ago, fingers crossed it moves out by noon tomorrow for Adult Parade.
Thunder now.
https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 19:48:30 -0400

Just in time for the Children’s Parade during Carnival…hoping we all have fun 
and no lightening 

https://www.wunderground.com/severe/vi/charlotte-amalie

• By Jane Higgins <jhigginswear at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 07:55:20 -0400

https://stthomassource.com/content/2024/04/30/choppy-seas-and-possible-rainfall-expected-across-usvi-during-carnival-week/