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WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT THING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
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that surely looks like circulation at about 24n
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the caribbean hurricane page looks so lonely and
quiet.we've had a rather wet,cold and windy winter so far.miss the summer's
excitement!
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happy christmas to all from antigua.pretty
boring here.jusr an earthquake,a volcano and a hurricane or two.no plague yet.i
think we'll make it to y2k!
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Another update is in place at our hurricane hotline, http://AntiguaToday.com/hurricanes . The page lookd pretty similar but detail are changed and there are updates for more hotel, such as Hawksbill, Galley Bay, and others that some of you were asking about. Antigua is looking pretty good again and most hotels are up to speed. I have been distracted for a week with stage design and special effects for a big Calvin Southwell fashion show so it has taken a while to revise the hurricane files. Life is pretty well back to normal and there is a bit of an economic boost provided by cruise ships stopping here instead of St. Martin. More soon. See you in Antigua, Nick |
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we expect to have rain and wind and big seas in
hurricanes in hurricane season-but not a few weeks before christmas-and now hot
behind the heels of lenny we have a terrific northwesterly with gale winds,huge
n.w. swells and more rain.give us a break.enough already.the horse is going to
explode.
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I have the first major update in place at http://AntiguaToday.com/hurricanes now. Initial impressions off damage a few specific hotels. We will be pretty busy over the next two days with a glut of cruise ships coming to Antigua... in part because of damage elsewhere, so I won't get to add too much more until the weekend. Weather is great right now. |
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TUESDAY
NIGHT. NOV 23RD...... ONE WEEK AGO MANY OF OUR JEWELS OF
THE ISLANDS WERE JUST STARTING WHAT WOULD BECOME THE WEEK OF HELL FOR
PROBABLY MORE ISLANDS THAN WERE EVER BEFORE HIT BY ONE HURRICANE!!
(HAVE TO CHECK THAT OUT BEFORE CONFIRMING BUT PRETTY SURE THIS IS
CORRECT...) AND NOW ONE WEEK LATER... WE ARE HEAVY IN
THE CLEAN UP/ REBUILD STAGE. WATER IS STILL FORMING LAKES ALL
OVER THE ISLAND. AND I AM DRIVING BY JEEP OFTEN AS CARS DON'T MAKE IT
THROUGH THE "HURRICANE LAKES"... (WHICH WILL DRY UP QUICKLY WITH
OUR RESUMED TROPICAL SUN... ) LENNY REALLY DID A NUMBER
ON US.. SO MANY NAMES LOCALLY... "wrong way lenny" (CAUSE HE
CAME AT US FROM THE WEST!!} ANTI MAN
LENNY - A CARIBBEAN TERM FOR A PERSON OF THE OTHER
PERSUASION... THUS LENNY DOING WHAT HE SHOULD
NOT!!! AND LEFTY LENNY (CAUSE HE WAS COMING
FROM THE LEFT ) AM SURE LENNY WILL HAVE SOME
CALYPSOS SUNG AND NAMED AFTER HIM IN THE UPCOMING CARNIVAL SEASON
WHICH MOST OF THE ISLANDS HAVE... WE HERE IN THE ISLANDS
HAVE TO FIND SOME HUMOUR IN THIS OR WE COULD NOT STAY.... COULD NOT GO ON...
COULD NOT FACE ANOTHER HURRICANE SEASON... SO WE CONTINUE WITH THE
REBUILD... FOR SOME JUST MOPPING UP AND BUCKETING OUT... FOR OTHERS
MORE TRAUMA.. FRIENDS WHO LIVED IN A FAB. RESTORED 1800S SUGAR MILL
HAD IT BLOWN UP IN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE FROM EXCESS WATER.. AND THEY
LOST EVERYTHING... THANK GOD THEY WERE NOT STAYING THERE... SO FOR
SOME THERE HAVE BEEN GREAT LOSSES... BUT THE SUN SHINES NOW AND WE
ARE GETTING IT BACK TOGETHER...
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thes are fotos of where the main road around the west side of the island used to be--a combination of big seas followed by bigger rain! had a hot shower! -----Original Message----- From: Ali <bigbananagaming AT candw.ag> To: fullerj AT candw.ag <fullerj AT candw.ag> Date: Saturday, November 20, 1999 1:40 PM |
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Our special hurricane poet Nick is back!! * ** *** Gert van Dijken ( gert AT vandijken.com ) **** The Caribbean Hurricane Page - http://www2.gobeach.com/hurr.htm ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 14:41:58 -0500 From: Nick Maley <Nick AT CineSecrets.com> Subject: Slowly emerging Finally re surfacing after loosing my system. Struggling along with an old machine. By now you will have the broad picture from other correspondents. Today the sun shines gloriously. In a forum like this hurricane page we tend to focus on the damage but most of us have much to be grateful for. There was no wind damage to speak of and damage was limited to beaches exposed to the swell and areas in the path of flash flooding. Generally speaking power is restored.... it didn't go out in many areas.... and the clean-up will only take a few days in most places. There are some notable exceptions including Jolly Harbour where there are questions over power and water supply. Some hotels are only a bit soggy with beach and facilities in tact. I will start posting details of what I know on my hurricane hotline at http://AntiguaToday.com/hurricanes later today if I can find a ftp program for this old machine and my sporadic phone connection will allow. My regular phone is down so I am currently on the fax number. Cruise ships are already cleared to return next week, in fact, there will be an increase caused by damage in other islands. Although damage is certainly worse than I had hoped, with many roads ripped up I feel so sorry for those islands that sat in the worst of the stom for hours. It MUST be so much worse there. I will will need a visit to each hotel to be sure of flooding damage or erosion so that will get posted next week. While I was cooped up I finished a new poem that I started during Jose. This seems like a suitable venue for it's first airing.... TROPICAL DEPRESSION There's a hurricane a comin'. Hear it knocking at the door. There's a hurricane a comin' and it ain't no fun no more. There's a hurricane a blowin'. Hear it pounding on my home as the rain flies by my window and the sea is filled with foam. There's a hurricane a crashin'and a smashin' all around, and the leaves are like confetti that it scatters on the ground. And it groans amid my galvanized and shakes my window pane. How I wish that it would go away and not come back again. The awesome power of Nature is too vast to comprehend, as sea and wind and earth combine and giant palm trees bend, as rain becomes a torrent that hacks into the land, as power fails and moments merge this isn't what I planned. The raging of the hurricane appears to never end, I know that once it passes we'll soon be on the mend, a week a month of debris the sun will shine again. But somehow in the midst of all I just can't wait till then. I really love this island where I settled with my wife. I really love this island with it's casual way of life. The beauty of the sunset the sea upon the beach the lapping of the ocean my toes within it's reach. I really love this island and sailing on a breeze, the glamour of the tropics the drama of the seas. But Nature can be sneaky. We never know for sure when her mood will alter or what she has in store. There's a hurricane a comin. (Water seeps across the floor). There's a hurricane a comin Watch the bending of the door. My banana trees are breaking and my pool is filled with mud and the house is slowly filling with some soggy leafy crud. There's a hurricane a comin'. Hear it make that eerie sound. See the hedge a leaning sideways and the fence upon the ground. It's the seventh in a decade and its now an awful chore. How I wish that it would go away. This ain't no fun no more. © NickMaley AT AntiguaToday.com 1999 more soon Nick Maley http://AntiguaToday.com/hurricanes honest, unsensational damage reports, hotels beaches and more. http://AntiguaToday.com/cards send a friend a greeting from Antigua http://AntiguaToday.com/IslandArts home, gallery & studio http://CineSecrets.com up to half a million hits a week http://AntiguaToday.com/IslandArts/poPoems.html http://AntiguaToday.com |
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The Airport has finally reopened....yesterday which is 20th November 1999. There will be flights.......As for friends which they have bought tickets on Thursday/Saturday on BAirways. There will be schedule to leave on Monday. My colleague managed to book her flights tonite on BA. She is verylucky. Cheers! Elvin |
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Had few emails from
some who thought I was like Scarlet O'Hara...gone with the
wind!!!... but it was only my phone lines GONE... lines have
been out since Friday Morning soon after I sent you a 7 a.m. report... and only
came back this morning... Sunday... but still no ELECTRICITY
- THANK GOODNESS FOR GENERATORS!
The last
day of LENNY was hell... because, as John Fuller
said, no one seemed to know just where Lenny was.... and there
were several times of calm and debate on the local radio that THIS IS THE
EYE... then there was the most INCREDIBLE LIGHTENING SHOW YOU CAN IMAGINE LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT. Several very dramatic cloud to earth
strikes that were like a parting salute from LENNY as he passed on by
Antigua out to into the Atlantic, declaring he was master!! --and he sure
had been as he was ripping through so many of our beautiful islands.
Even though we
have not had the damage Antigua had from previous hurricanes, life is
disrupted and a bit of a mess for all cleaning up not just the
garden mess but mud, etc. from the excessive
rain!
For me, the most
welcome site... AFTER SEEING LENNY PASS ON BY... was my wild cockatoo
winging her way home on Saturday morning - having survived
another hurricane in the open!!! She's getting to be a pro at
that..... and as soon as the wind calmed a bit more I opened
the cage and set my 20 love birds free again! They are flying all
over the hillside here -- happy to be free once more!!!
Today is a beautiful sunny, typical
Caribbean day... it's hard to imagine the last 3 days now... I feel like I lost a week of my
life...and guess we all did... but now it is time to pull it together
AGAIN... and get on with life... Thanks to all of
you who were concerned and cared about us during
this ordeal!!
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Hi there friends of Antigua.... Everything here is fine...VERY FINE....The beach at Barrymore beach club is getting bigger and nicer....to my surprise... Hmmm I have not been going out for 2 days already...been stucked in my apartment....eating bread and stuffs... Anyway today was Good...I partied all night long...and Julian Pub , playing pool and drinking lots of beers and liquor... We headed to Lashing later after that....Everything seems to be fine....If you are due to travel to antigua...There is not much disruption....You can Travel here.... it will be great.....Everything is fine and business as usual...here :) Though I still have some minor discruption with electricity and water here....elsewhere there are Electricy and plenty of water..... So chill! Love to meet all of you who are traveling to Antigua.... You are all welcome....since there are not many chinese around here....We are the biggest group around. :) You cant miss me....the almost bald chinese guy named Elvin :) See you guys...email me... Cheers! Elvin |
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Hi all,
A few of us went opt some "hotspots" today and included are some pictures.
The descriptions are as follows:
Pic1: The road going south at Darkwood beach is split.
Pic2: Andy Roberts has provided a dinghy to facilitate a crossing.
Pic3: Dinghy almost there!
Pic4: The road going from Sandhaven (Lashings) to Runaway is split
Pic5: The same road but from the other "bank"
Pic6: Another picture from the Ruanaway "bank"
Please feel free to save/copy/reproduce/use any of my pictures. I hold no
copyrights on these as it is a hobby. If, however, anyone uses them, I
would only appreciate an acknowledgement as to its origin.
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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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Hi there everyone....Everything is over now...Thank god. Just some update for everyone. Firstly, runaway bay is ok now....all water has been subsided. I can walk around and drive around. There is still no electricity and water here. Damn. I was out to the town just now...Everything seems to be normal....Business as usual...no change at all... to my surprise. I was eating my lunch just now at my favorite Chinese restaurant... Delightful. You can get some good service there...mention my name :) The beach is okay here....just a little dirty thats all....i believe just 1-2 days time it will be good... Ohhh one update....The route from town heading towards Leesing ( is the spelling correct), the road was collapsed Dont take that route....Use the main road instead... Thats all.... Cheers! Elvin |
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THE SUN IS OUT.DRYING UP
TIME.
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Hi,
I had some trouble with my laptop modem hence my silence. I am on my Mac
and attached/following are some pictures of Lower Fort Road yesterday
afternoon taken with a Casio digital camera.
Antigua was FLOODED. In recent history I am sure we exceeded all previous
flood records. ABS TV has some incredible video footage on last night. If
I can get my hands on a coy, I would sample some of it and put it up on a
site somewhere.
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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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Greetings.... Hi there everyone... There is still no sign of electricity...thank god my laptop is still working... No water as well....but good news is there are no rain now....it has calmed down. Water has subsided.....Can walk around now....but the road is still covered by the water from the pond.. I am sure it will be allright later.... Cheers! Elvin |
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John, I know my family contacted you. Thank you, I have already gotten in touch with them. Antigua has more water than I ever thought I would see!!!! At About 2:00pm I went with my soon for a ride(he is two years old and I couldn't keep him inside any longer). We went to Fort James and were impressed by the waves..........you should have seen him!!! Run Away area is completely flooded, I belive it's the worse area. Mackinon's, Crosbies, and Hodges Bay are not so bad, one thing is for sure.....they won't have to water they plants for a while...... The Airport is not bad either even though the road is full of pot holes now.....huge pot holes...... I recorded with my video camera some of these areas, I'll enquire to see what do I have to do so that you can see it. At about 4:00pm we started experiencing thunder, lightening and heavy rain again. It's been calm for the last three hours. Even though this has not been as bad as you may think, someone, a dear friend of mine, lost her life today, leaving behind her children (couple of them very young). She was running with her children from the rain when she suddenly dropped to the ground; by the time they took her to the hospital she had passed away. They don't know the caused of her death yet but they are anticipating that it was a heart attack. I would have liked to go and see her but I am in Woods Mall I and I can't leave, the roads around here are flooded. For all of you out there, please be with me when I say: THIS IS FOR YOU LYLA, MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR YOUR KIND HEART. WE LOVE YOU. Sira. |
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NEVER IN MY 53 YEARS IN ANTIGUA HAVE I SEEN AS MUCH RAIN AS WE
HAD THIS AFTERNOON.EVERYWHERE FLOODED.FOR THE WHOLE AFTERNOON WE COULDN'T FIGURE
OUT WHERE LENNY WAS.TRUE TO HIS NATURE HE CHANGED SHAPE ,SHOT OVER TO US AS A
TROPICAL STORM AND FRIGHTENED THE S--T OUT OF US.BUT IT WAS A MERE
BLUFF.ALTHOUGH THERE IS A HUGE CB BETWEEN US AND GUADELOUPE THERE SEEMS TO BE NO
MORE THAN THAT-R.I.P. LENNY.
WE HAVE HAD 25 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE WED. AFTERNOON,ACCURATELY
MEASURED BY MY FRIEND VERNON HALL-PHONE 268-462 7374,IF YOU WANT TO VERIFY! A
1/2 INCH FOR EVERY HOUR FOR THE LAST 48 HOURS.
MUCH EROSION FROM WAVES,LOTS OF WASH OFF FROM RAIN--BUT
IMAGINE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN 1 WEEK--GREENER THAN IRELAND!
ROADS TOOK A LITTLE BASHING. GENERALLY WE'RE WELL OFF.MY HORSE
WILL HAVE MORE GRASS THAN A JAMAICAN RASTAMAN.YES I.
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Hi there...Latest update from Antigua, Runaway Bay at 6:49pm ET . There is no electricity....Hurricane Lenny now has changed to Tropical Storm for us now...I hope electricity will come back on soon....Working from my laptop now and dial up. Windy now... Everything is ok...dont worry. But most of the roads here are flooded... Elvin __________________________________________________ FREE Email for ALL! Sign up at http://www.mail.com |
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