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| - Conditions at San Juan, PR | |
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| - Re: [HURR] - Iris |
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Hi Gert !
My name is Gail
Taylor and my husband and I own a beach front inn on the very western point of
P.R. in the town of Rincon. We really have not noticed this storm very
much. The normally brilliant blue sky was a little bit grey yesterday (Oct.
5th) and we had a few minor spurts of light rain and wind. Our water, which
is generally "crystal clear and flat like glass" was quite busy with small
waves. The sand moved around a lot but we have not had any
erosion.
At 6am today
(Oct. 6th), I walked out on my beach front balcony and actually saw the storm in
the west over the southern Mona passage. The sky here was clear, light breeze
(normal) but the ocean was still busy with small waves. The sand was still
moving a bit but we had lost none. Now, at 11am, it is beautiful outside. You
can still see the back side of the storm over the southern Mona passage and it
is spectacular to watch.
The only
unusual thing that I have seen in the last couple of days is the dolphins.
Being on the very western point, we see a lot of "ocean wildlife" including
dolphins. Our routine dolphin for this area is the spinner dolphin. This animal
is a small bodied dolphin with a hump on its tail. They do a lot of jumping and
they spin when they jump. The dolphins that we have been seeing the past couple
of days are the large bottle-nose variety. They moved into our waters 3 days ago
have stayed, more than likely as a result of the storm. I have been on
this point for 6 years and have never seen this
before.
Need a vacation
in these troubled times? Need to rest your body and mind? Come to Puerto Rico,
USA, an affordable and SAFE place to rest.
Gail Taylor-
COCONUT PALMS INN
787-823-0147 phone
787-823-5431 fax
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| - Report on Iris | |
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Title: Clear Day
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| - IRIS |
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Good day. I was at Ponce city today, and experienced persistent light wind accompanied with some heavier gusts. I was raining in a banding-like fashion. Nothing to worry about, though. Right now, its not raining at all, but is a cold night. have a nice weekend everybody. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |
| - Iris |
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Kai from Puerto Rico here - luckily for us thus far nothing this year and Iris, now a strong tropical storm, is well to our south. There have been some strong thunderstorms during the afternoon with some gusty winds. Other than that we do not experience anything significant in the San Juan metropolitan area. There might be some more activity in the south of the island, particularly in the sw. Otherwise we hope the season to continue like it has been thsu far for us. Greetings, Kai |
| - Tropical Strom Iris | |
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| - Looking Like an OK Blow in PR | |
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| - Erin (correction) | |
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| - Erin | |
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| - Tropical Storm Dean went away |
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Good day. Tropical storm Dean went away last night, leaving the eastern area of Puerto Rico with floods and landslides. No deaths have been reported. Numerous roads are blocked in Carolina, Rio Grande, Las Piedras, Canovanas, all municipalities of the east. Also some south to southeast municipalities are affected. Last night heavy thunderstorms were affecting Cayey, along with heavy, persistent rain. They subsided at about 1200am. Not much wind was observed. We have got some refugees on some places, but they are expected to return to normality today in the evening. Saludos to everybody in the Antilles, from Cuba to Trinidad. Remember, although we may have different languages and customs, we all have something in common, and that is our blood. cheers. Pedro Luis. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |
| - TS Dean |
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Greetings from the Enchanted Isle, it looks so far like we were lucky with TS Dean. Hey Surprise there is a tropical storm with its center 55 Miles north of you LOL. well it beats right on top of you. Right now it is dark and rainy, the sky to the west of me does remind me of the skies I used to look for in the Midwest when I would grab my Video camera and see if I could find any tornadoes. Hopefully we won't have too much rain with TS Dean, which could complicate things here quite a bit. I am in San Juan, and it has been raining on and off for about an hour or so, and the winds haven't been too bad. Good luck to our rfiends in Hispanola and the Bahamas as it looks like TS Dean may head your way. and Good Luck to everyone in Puerto Rico. We'll have to see what its like in the morning, til the Salud! _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |
| - Tropical Storm Dean update |
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Good evening. Skies are now showing thick cloud cover, and thunderstorms can be seen off the coast to the atlantic. The wind has picked up a little bit. College have been suspended for the day, as some other activities. Local news are warning of gusty winds and heavy showers and thunderstorms to the northern part of the island. Hope that it does not rain too much in the interior, or else we will have flooding rivers, and in Puerto Rico floods cause more damage and disruptions than any other weather trouble. On the bright side, at least it will not be a hot muggy night. cheers. Pedro Luis _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |
| - Tropical Storm Dean |
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Good day. Currently recently formed Tropical Storm Dean at north-northeast of us. In the San Juan Metro area, cloudy skies with light, but persistent rain. No apreciable wind is observed. Conditions started to deteriorate at about 2:00pm AST. I expect it to not get any worst. Maybe some heavy rain. Hello's to everybody in the islands. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |
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| - Season is starting for us now. |
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Hi, it seems that the Atlantic hurricane season may open today as it is expected that a tropical depression will form. The most recent forecasts already predict strengthening to a tropical cyclone. I think we are now going into the "hot 6 weeks" here in Puerto Rico - I hope we get lucky as in the past 2 years. Kai |
| - Showers subsiding |
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Showers are subsiding. The tropical wave left some kind of fine sand or volcanic ash all over the island. It's everywhere you look. Hope it's not health- affecting. Have a nice day. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |
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The tropical wave is going thru us now. Local conditions are occasional strong gusty winds accompained with heavy rains. Some "banding" behaviour is observed. Looks like its going to be like these for another day or two. Have a good day, everybody. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp |
| - Inagurating the season |
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Hello everybody!!! This one is strenghtening a little fast to my liking... But I do not think many people are aware of its prescence here yet... This year I got prepared early, though. God Bless all... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
| - Hola :) |
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Caribbean Salutations
The weather here in Puerto Rico has been a pleasant
one the last couple of months if you are the type that loves really hot
temperature and enjoy sun bathing on the coast or your back yard gardening ..as
it's been raising high above what I have seen in the past., but of course these
climate changes were predicted to happen a while back. The month that ended last
week (May) was one strong one regarding rain, flash floods wiped out lots
of our agriculture specifically the green plantain ones *sad* as those
type of bananas are primary in most of our Puerto Rican dishes. Last year we
were very lucky, I hope and pray this year goes like wise.
Regards,
~Sun~
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