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We have a small amount of rain, but virtually no wind or waves. The water is flat except for the usual small ruffle over the reef. We'll drive around and see if anyone up here has made any storm preparations. |
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Saturday - 8:30 am It seems to have been lightly raining all nite. At the present time it is raining hard with a big black cloud coming in from the se/s. Winds are still light. On a drive this morning the roads from where I live near the Harbour House Marina out to the main road are very flooded. In Georgetown there are rocks on Harbour Drive indicating that the wave action was high last nite - probably due to a high tide. The waves are pounding the shore in George Town. Did not get up 7 Mile Beach. It is very overcast this morning and again raining steadly. But again at the present time no wind action. I am going to try to make it to work, near the airport this morning, but with the roads out of here so flooded I will need a truck! Until later Donna |
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Up on the Northside, we had bad weather from last Saturday afternoon until Wednesday. The tide was up so high that we lost our beach plants (that had been well above high tide). All sorts of junk arrived on the beach (shoes, wood, cans, trash). Yesterday and today, the water on the Northside was calm enough to snorkel. Without suspecting much, we drove into town this evening. Big mistake. It was raining hard, visibility was poor, and parts of the road were flooded. At least the gym wasn't crowded :-) I'm glad that Frank posted. It is an eye opener. Even with the heavy rain in town, we hadn't realized that Hurricane Michelle was as big of a threat as it is. Most things here are life as usual : the turtle release went on, the triathelon hadn't been canceled, Kirks had the normal amount of people for a Friday night, etc. It is still calm on the Northside. It is not raining and there is only a gentle breeze. The weather is very misleading. From here, one wouldn't suspect that a dangerous hurricane is close by. |
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Friday - 10:45 pm Our e-mail server here on the island must have been having problems, as I could not receive any or send any messages. It just started working now. Just to let you know the conditions. As previously report at about 6 pm the sky opened and for about it seems 2 hours it poured - I was stuck in my office unwilling to go out and get soaked as an umbrella would not work. I waited for a little break, but it did not happen so I got wet. But then it stopped and since then it has been, in my area, calm. No rain or maybe a light drizzle the wind picks up and then dies down. Maybe we are not in for all the rain that they thought we were. But we still have several hours or days left. But I really do believe that 7 Mile Beach is in for some serious waves. We will know more tomorrow. Lisa on the south coast told me earlier that the wind is really blowing over there, since she is right on the ocean. I am inland, so can not feel the breeze like she can. So that is all for now and hopefully we will be able to access e-mail tomorrow and do some serious reporting. Good nite. Donna |
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6pm 2nd Nov, George Town, Grand Cayman I read with interest the latest comments from"decarde" and I couldn't agree more. I have noted with deep concern the exact same comments in the NHC DISCUSSIONS, and I think it is amazing that we are not under at least a Hurricane Watch, if not a Hurricane Warning. Michelle is EXPECTED to turn to the NE and if it isn't going to pass our latitude for another 36 hours, we will continue to be at risk of a direct hit if Michelle turns sooner than the Official forecast.(But in line with the AVN model) I can tell you for a fact, that the general population on this island right now is NOT as concerned as they should be, and there is nothing close to the type of preparations that were made 4 weeks ago when we were under a Hurricane Warning for Iris. I see virtually no boarding up of windows and some people think it has already passed us! Iris didn't do what the forecaster's said, it didn't hit us, it missed by 150 miles! With the greatest of respect to the NHC, they did a great job with Iris, as their 72 hour forecast had Iris turning from the WNW to the W and the possibility of it tracking S of due west was raised in the DISCUSSION. The NHC called it almost perfectly, as Iris did turn W and then S of due W, she just turned at 17N rather than at 19 N, sparing both Cayman and Jamaica. I don't think the NHC will be surprised if Michelle were to follow the AVN track, but I can tell you that a lot of people on this island will be. Enough opinion, here are the facts: We have had off and on rain throughout the day, with nothingreally in the way of high winds, probably 25-30 max (if that) with most of the time in the 12-15mph range. Right now it is raining steadily, and the winds look to be about 15mph. The big effect so far is the surf which has come up in George Town as well as West Bay, I drove home at about 2pm and came back to town at 4. The tide was low at 1:30 and there was clear evidence of overwash on West Bay Road even then,so I would imagine that when I go home in about an hour there will be seawater flowing freely across West Bay Road along the narrow stretch north of Public Beach (near the new Holiday Inn). In the mid 90's the beach in that area was so eroded that people were writing to the local newspaper saying that Government needed to do something before West Bay Road fell into the sea. In 1998, Mitch added about 100 feet of width to the beach in that area, such that the new Holiday Inn built a beach bar on it, and a wealthy American developer is planning on building multi million dollar houses on it. It will be "interesting" to see what happens to that area after Michell is through. As I write this, Michelle looks to be winding up to 115mph plus, as the satellite pix, to me, look a lot better than 85mph which is the official speed. If she does become a major hurricane and even if she stays 150 mile away, I would anticipate some flooding across low lying areas of the South and Westen facing shorelines of this island. As I live on the sea just south of the Turtle Farm and my place faces almost due west, I am as much at risk as anyone.. At 3pm when I was home, the swells were just starting to run up the shoreline in front of my place, crashing on the rocks and surging about 1/2 way up to my yard. That isn't at all unusual, as it is common for cold fronts to push water into the yard once or twice a winter, as did Mitch in 1998. The big difference between Mitch and Michelle is that Mitch sent in just a south swell, (which only gave the Western facing shorelines a glancing blow) while Michelle, if she passes W of us on her way to the N, will kick in a swell that will veer to the SW, W and then NW, giving full range of swell angles, including straight on. I for one am not looking forward to being homeless, but that is a real possibility if Michelle pushes in the size of swell which Mitch did. Just a quarter of a mile from my house (but facing S, and thus taking the full impact) several Condos were gutted by Mitch. Let's hope for the best. I will keep in touch over the next few days. Frank Banks CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential and is only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not take any copies, nor disclose the contents to any other person. To learn more about Walkers, please visit our website at http://www.walkers.com.ky |
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Hi and ALERT !
I have years studying the discussions and not the advisories from the
National Hurricane center. Michelle is no joke for the Cayman Islands and we
should be more interested in it. It could become an unpleasant surprise. We
have a 50% chance of getting strike by the eye of Michelle, an extremely
dangerous hurricane as the National Hurricane Center says. Read the
following lines and judge for yourself:
HOME ARCHIVES FORECASTS IMAGERY ABOUT TPC
RECONNAISSANCE
HURRICANE MICHELLE
Public Advisory Forecast/Advisory Discussion Probabilities
Graphics Update Help
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WTNT45 KNHC 021459
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HURRICANE MICHELLE DISCUSSION NUMBER 16
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM EST FRI NOV 02 2001
1.- "MICHELLE WAS UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE EARLIER THIS MORNING"
2.- "MICHELLE IS BEGINNING TO TAKE ON A MORE CLASSICAL CIRCULAR
APPEARANCE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY"
3.- "FOR THE FIRST TIME...ALL 5 OF THE STATISTICAL PREDICTORS
FROM THE HURRICANE RESEARCH DIVISIONS EXPERIMENTAL RAPID
INTENSIFICATION MODEL HAVE BEEN SATISFIED. GIVEN THIS...THE
IMPROVED SATELLITE APPEARANCE... INCLUDING THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF A
DEVELOPING EYE...THE OFFICIAL INTENSITY FORECAST IS ABOVE ALL THE
EXPLICIT GUIDANCE IN CALLING FOR MICHELLE TO REACH MAJOR HURRICANE
STATUS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN"
4.- "THE MOTION HAS BEEN ERRATIC. GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON A
SLOW NORTH MOTION FOR THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS. BEYOND THAT...THE
UKMET MODEL HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN TAKING THE SYSTEM MORE NORTHWARD
AND THEN INTO SOUTH FLORIDA."
5.- "THE AVN MODEL HAS BEEN EVEN MORE CONSISTENT IN TURNING MICHELLE
SHARPLY EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL CUBA" (MEANING PASSING ON TOP OF
Grand Cayman).
6.- "THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE MODEL SOLUTIONS APPEARS
TO LIE IN THE HANDLING OF AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH FORECAST
TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO IN TWO TO THREE DAYS."
7.- "THE DIFFERENCE IS SUBTLE AND THERE IS NO SOLID BASIS YET FOR
FAVORING ONE OVER THE OTHER...YET IT COULD MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE
IN THE WORLD FOR THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF MICHELLE ON SOUTH FLORIDA"
(CENTRAL CUBA AND GRAND CAYMAN).
8.-"THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC FORECAST WILL BE IN BETWEEN THE TWO OPTIONS
DISCUSSED ABOVE".
"FORECASTER FRANKLIN"
Now, if Michelle does a turn to the east as the AVN MODEL predicts,
we will have it on top of us in approximately 180 miles /6 mph = 30 HOURS
so this should be a "HURRICANE WARNING status " and not a silly "tropical
Storm Watch" our government issued at 12 pm.
If Michelle accelerates speed (as it is predicted if it turns East because
of easterly winds from Mexico, then it would be just a matter of hours,
and then pray and "God help us".
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Hi: It as been raining for 5 days now. Today we have furious rainfall, very windy, ocean waves battering seawall at my home, and I am worried because this should not be called a "Tropical storm Watch" by our government, but a "Hurricane Watch or even a Hurricane Warning". We have a potentially dangerous hurricane 190 miles from here, with a 50% chance of heading this way (right on top of us) according to the discussions of the NHC of Miami, and this government is just probably watching the "weather channel" instead. Isabel |
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AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, WE HAVE HAD RAIN FOR A WEEK. I HAVE A RAIN GAGE AND HAVE RECORDED 11 INCHES OF RAIN, AND IT'S STILL RAINING. LOCALIZED FLOODING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY A.M. A WATER SPOT CAME ASHORE, AND DID SOME MILD DAMAGE, NO INJURIES. MORE LATER CAROL BUSBY CAYMAN BRAC |
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8:30 am Friday 2nd November. A bit of a squall just blew through George Town, but it lasted only about 20 minutes, the wind gusted to about 20mph, but it is back down to about 10mph now. The seas have come up dramatically since yesterday evening, and there are breaking waves on 7 Mile Beach. Not huge, but in the 6-8 foot range. As the swell is coming from the south, it is much rougher on the northern end of the beach, while George Town harbour is still relatively calm. Although things were quite calm last night on the NW end of the island where I live (West Bay), I have had reports of a strong squall which blew in overnight in the George Town area (about 10 miles south to the south. Last night and up until about 15 minutes ago, the skies were clear enough to let the moon/sun peek through, but looking at the satellite picture, it appears that the CDO is spreading very close to us, although what we are having right now is probably just a rain band. As far as I know, we are still not under a warning or watch, which I think is a bit wacky, since the centre of Michelle could be over us in less than 12 hours if it were to start moving at 10 miles an hour to the NE. I assume that the National Hurricane Committee will issue watches/warnings later this morning. Even if Michelle follows the forecast track and stays 150 miles or so to the west of Grand Cayman, there is likely to be overwash on the West Bay Road which runs the length of 7 Mile Beach. This is the only road between West Bay and George Town, and it is vulnerable to flooding in high seas, particularly at the stretch just north of the public beach area, where the road is only 75-100 feet from the water with an elevation of no more than 3 or 4 feet. During Hurricane Mitch in1998 this area went under water for several hours, and there was 3 feet of sand piled up on the road afterward. The only reason West Bay wasn't completely cut off from Town, was because it was possible to detour through the Governor's Harbour area, which, by sheer chance, provides the only section of roadway which is parallel to West Bay Road. If Michelle intensifies and/or moves closer, there is a good chance the road will be impassable. In fact, this could happen simply as a function of the swell direction as Michelle passes to our west and the swell starts coming from a more westerly direction, i.e. hitting the beach more straight on rather than at an angle. So far so good, but Michelle is a real concern to Grand Cayman and will continue to be for at least the next 48 hours. It is to the SW of us and it is too close and moving too slow, with the forecast being for it to turn to the NE after it passes by us. As we all know, forecasting is an art, not a science, and Michelle could well turn NE before it passes us so we will not be out of the woods until it is at least to 20N, which, at the rate she is moving at present, will not be until Sunday. Frank Banks CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential and is only for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. You should not take any copies, nor disclose the contents to any other person. To learn more about Walkers, please visit our website at http://www.walkers.com.ky |
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Thursday - 8 pm Well the afternoon today brought some sun and a little rain. We were really surprized at the sun. But hope started to fade about 4 pm when the clouds started to roll in and started to lightly rain. It has been raining off and on since then, sometime harder than others - but all in all it is still calm winds and light rain. Since last Friday we have had 8 inches of rain. They say in Cayman Brac many homes have water in their yards and much more will bring it inside. The weather people here are saying the storm will pass west of us tomorrow sometime and we are to expect some heavy rains and winds. The south coast and especially the west coast (7 Mile Beach) should expect rough wave action as the storm passes and after it passes. So those people are on the alert. Otherwise for a storm that is so close to us it seems to calm, compared with the winds and rain we had earlier this week. We will see what this evening and tomorrow brings and will let you all know. Donna |
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Thursday 1:00pm At noon I was so happy and was going to write to say "The sun is out and it is not raining". But thought that might be a little misleading of me and decided to wait. Good thing I did, as it is now 1 pm and it has started to rain and seems the wind is picking up. We are still hoping that she does her north/northwestery track which they are saying would give us some more rain and wind. So time will tell. But we all enjoyed the brief sunshine at noon today. More later Donna |
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Thursday morning Boy this weather is strange. Last weekend and the first of this week the weather was worse than what we have now. Yesterday it rained but just lightly but all day and there seemed to be hardly any wind. Last nite it was so calm and I believe that it lightly rained all nite. You could even see the moon last nite!!! This morning of course it is overcast and lightly raining and again the wind is light. THe storm is to pass 200 miles west of us later this evening or tomorrow morning. No storm warnings up for us as yet. More later |
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Wednesday The noon weather report on the radio says - that the present temp. is 78 degrees (hoping that it gets up to 83 degrees) and the wind is out of the NE 20k, over cast with scattered showers and possible thunder with the winds higher in shower squals. Weather will be the same through Friday although the winds will shift coming from the South. Later Donna |
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Wednesday morning Well yesterday it still rained but only in spurts. In the evening the wind seemed to die down and it seemed to have lightly rained over nite. This morning it is still raining and the wind is not as gustly as days before. But that could change at any moment. May roads and yards are flooded, but no real problems. Except for the tourists visiting - no sun!!! So... still raining and very overcast of course! More later Donna |
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Tuesday morning Yesterday it rained most of the morning with very brisk winds - in the late afternoon the rain seemed to settle down but the wind was whipping! At some times it was gusting to 40 mph. Sitting in my office looking out the window I could see the trees and bushes bending over, but the shock was when I got home to see and HEAR the sea pine trees whistling in the very brisk winds and gusts. Over nite the wind seemed to have died down and I do not think it rained much. But this morning the wind is up again and it is threating to rain, although it is sprinkling. So today it seems much like yesterday!...and probably days to come. I'll keep you informed Donna |
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Monday morning and it is still raining. Although last nite it was calm and not much rain at all. BUT this morning the wind is gusting and of course it is raining. There is some flooding but I do not think anything major. Seems business as usual this morning and if you have to go outside you need to time it correctly because an umbrella will not help you! The outlook is not good - looks like we are in for this for a few more days. When I hear the wind speed/gusts and rain fall amounts, I will report. Soaking wet, Donna |
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It you are looking and hearing about rain in the NW caribbean - believe me it is true. We will soon need to build an ARK! It rained on Friday a little and all day Saturday - last nite it was just a drizzle. This early morning Sunday the sun was actually out - but not for long. It is now 2 pm and it has been raining since morning, heavy and very windy at times. Not really any thunder or lighting with these showers. Our Islands festivale "Pirates Week" started on Friday nite with fireworks, just made it with out rain. The Pirates Landing on Sat. afternoon - these are truly Pirates, they landed in the pouring rain and we had a lot of supporters on shore watching with their rain jackets, umbrellas and a few with their bathing suits on! Anyway they say we are in for this rain for a couple and days, I hope we stay afloat. No major flooding that I have heard of. Luckly it is the weekend and we do not have to travel to work etc. If any major problems that I hear of I will report! Truly soaked, Donna |
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Up here on the Northside, people aren't taking Iris too seriously. Storm shutters were up at the government buildings, but very few people have them up. The company that puts up storm shutters here (for those with second story windows) felt that it wasn't enough of a threat to put them up on the Northside. We dropped the Northside shelter after it opened. It holds 140 people, but there were less than 10. More may turn up, but it didn't look too likely. Some Northsiders are filling up buckets of water to flush their toilets, just in case the power goes out. The birds must know that something is up. We've had a definite shortage of birds today. |
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11:45 Sun As Lisa said from here drive around - people are getting prepared. I took a drive this morning at 9 am - so many people on the road. It is still sunny and the wind has picked up a bit - but do not know if this is from Iris. At least it makes it not so hot in getting the house and yard prepared. Looks like all boaters are getting their boats out of the water or securing them. My personal opinion (and believe me it could be wrong) that Iris will pass south of us and we will get some tropical strom winds. It is the rain and tides that bother me since I live on a canal. But we will see. I believe that the island is getting prepared for the worse. And of course Jerry is on its way so...... More later Donna |
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Up on the Northside, not much is happening at all. In town, the markets are packed. A lot of hurricane shutters in town are up, but I didn't see any on the Northside. Ours are going up tomorrow. Kirks is opening up on Sunday (unheard of) to help people get supplies. Seven Mile Beach is being evacuated : Cayman Air is flying 3 extra flights tonight. People with pets are having a hard time. Those who leave normally get export certificates from the Dept of Agriculture. There wasn't time for this storm to do that since no one expected a problem last Friday. Friends are asking friends to take in their pets, and most are reluctant because they have their own problems to deal with. If you walked outside, you'd never know that a storm is near. In fact, I went swimming in the sea this afternoon and it was calm and relatively clear. |
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Here in the Cayman Islands we are under storm watch. I have been to the grocery store and around town this morning (Sat.). Not much activity. I guess everyone is waiting to see what happens later today. Although we seem to be in the path - you just never know what will happen. I know that I will be putting up my shutters this afternoon. I believe everyone is hoping that it passes to the north of us and that the winds will not be to strong. I would think that when we get some reports from our neighbours to the east - Jamaica - we will then decide. Otherwise today is very sunny and hot and a nice breeze is blowing. You would not even think anything was even brewing! More later Donna |
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Hey There: As a Cayman resident, thought I would kick in 2c worth... Thus far not a word locally... Those in the know are watching, but cautiously optimistic that it will slide by... I say "in the know" as those that do know are aware how these can change. Chantal put us on alert and then was a blowout... Unfortunately, some may be laid back in the future... Will keep you posted if you need. Tim. |
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Greetings from georgetown, grand Cayman..... We were once again lucky, the storm has pasted us by....presently we have alot of overcast skies with showers now and then. Our seas are very calm. We are watching the storm closely as they can turn around.....we are also watching the next one making up. If I can be of help to you please advise. Thank you. Miriam Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $0.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger. |
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Good morning As you can see by all that have reported that we are just fine here in Cayman. Rather overcase this morning and very hot - suppose we might get some more rain today. Although through out the nite it seems to only sprinkle. Back to work this morning and the task this evening of putting things back in order- lawn furniture and plants back outside and take down the few storm shutters that I put up. Thanks to all that e-mailed their concerns. We hope that our neighbours to the West fair as well as we did - we needed the rain! Donna |
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We live on the North Side of Grand Cayman, 75' from the water. We have had an amazingly pleasant breeze since yesterday. It is hard to prepare for the storm with such wonderful weather outside. When Hurricane Mitch came, we could hardly walk outside because the sand hitting are legs hurt. We haven't had anything like that for Chantal. We've hardly had any rain (4pm our time, 5pm Eastern Daylight time). We had a very small amount of thunder a few hours ago, but it was much less than a typical summer storm (our dog didn't even get scared). On the North Side, a few people have boarded up or put up shutters, but for the most part, not. We trimmed our coconuts and brought our outside furniture in. That is more typical on this side of the island. The sea is murky, but the waves are less than 1 foot on the reef. That is about it. |
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Hello 7:50 pm on Sunday evening. I am tired of waiting!!! But since it has gotten dark the wind has increased and we have had a few sprinkles of rain. According to the map I see on the internet the winds and rain are in the northeast side of the storm and that has not gotten to us yet. Although the weatherman on the Weather Station said that winds from the south are shearing it. So I guess that also means that this will move the storm clouds more our way. Anyway, still no rain and winds moderate. Lisa at the Ocean Club has her hands full. Ocean Club is on the south side of the island and the sea waves coming ashore are getting larger and the high tide is at 9 pm. So I am assuming it will get worse. It has taken out their board walk and the waves are crashing over the sea wall. Only a matter of hours before the sea will be into some apartments there. Lets really hope not but Mitch did the same thing!!! Will give you an update in a few hours - that is if anything decides to happen. Donna |
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Hello It is 2:30 pm our time and it is starting to get dark and windy with higher gusts from the east. The rain is coming but very light now - it is also starting to thunder. I know that we at our house are ready, I just hope everyone else here is. Local weather station said that we would start getting wind and rain by dark - but it has already started. Chantal is suppose to be directly south of us now about 200 miles, but all the wind and rain is to the north of it. So looks like we will she what punch she has shortly. I will report again in a few hours, as long as we have electricty - which I really don't see a problem with but you never know. To bad we are not hearing from Jamaica! Later Donna |
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Morning 8 am our time and cloudy and just a little breeze. At 2 am last nite we had a bit of rain. But none since. Talked to someone on the phone in Jamaica in the Kingston, south coast area. They had rain all day yesterday and talked to them this morning and still raining. The Weather Channel said that the storm is taking a WNW path and has slowed down. That means, I believe, some strengthening. But I still believe that we will get some much needed rain, but will be spared the wind, as they said the nothern most part of clouds the wind was about 30 mph. Anyway we will see what today brings. I am ready - don't know about others, but I am sure they are watching it closely. Donna |
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Hello Sorry so late in making this report (10 pm our time). Been busy today getting my storm shutters organized - if need be to use them. Although I did put them on the east and south side of my house. As we think that will be the direction of the most wind. Also taking in all my plants so they do not get blown apart. Well is it very calm at this hour. The tide is high, unusally high and I believe that when the storm passes us we will also have a high tide! So tomorrow morning will tell just where Chantal will be headed and how close to us. They have said that more of the storm is to the north, so passing south of us will still give us some good wind and rain. Hope to be hearing from Jamaica soon!!! Donna |
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Hello It is 3 pm in the afternoon of Sat. Still very hot but since the morning the wind has increased - now about 15 - 20 mph from the NE. But do not know if this is from the storm. Not really an unusaual breeze for us. Looks like all government buildings are prepared. So I have heard the airport is busy with people leaving, tourist and locals alike! Although it is predicted to pass south of us, people are getting prepared - moving boats and cleaning up their yards and buying food. I would think that most will wait until later today or tomorrow to decide on storm shutters - so it looks from my drive around today. Just heard that the flight from Cayman to Jamaica has been cancelled for today - don't know if that is Cayman Airways or Air Jamaica. So we need to hear from the correspondent in JA for a weather update. Back at you all later today! Donna |
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Hello Here in Grand Cayman (8:30am) we are preparing for Chantel, although this mornings report was a little more promising that she will pass move to the south of us. But we are still getting prepared. It is sunny with a little breeze this morning. This may turn out to be like Mitch did, pass south of us and produce a lot of rain. But still to early to tell. I will report later in the day. Donna |
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