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Happy Easter Everyone! Today the sun is in and out, and
the winds still very high. The waters are calming down a
bit but a rough surf advisory remains in effect, for
boaters and bathers. This is probably the last Sunday on
the beach for many tourists as this coming week starts the
exodus back to their respective homes until they return
next Winter. The nights still very cool but I can't
complain, as I just got back from Canada with temps as low
as -27 degrees with a Northwest Wind at 50 kmph. I was
warm when I boarded the plane to Toronto and then never
felt warm again until I came down the steps back in
Barbados. I really am spoilt living here.... Have a great
day..
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Around 3:00 yesterday afternoon while seated at my desk, I suddenly felt a strange jolt...I looked around a bit and realised that my laptop was shaking as well....I promptly stood up and saw some others around me looking quite bewildered and then someone yelled, "the building shaking"..By this time, all I could think of was the building would collapse, so I grabbed by keys and handbag. The filing cabinets and doors started shaking and we all beat a hasty retreat to the nearest exit. At that time, nobody had any idea that is was an earthquake. Once outside, I attempted to use my mobile phone to contact my relatives to ask if they had felt anything thinking it was only contained in my area at the time. However, the mobile service had stopped working and it was then that I realised something serious had happened across the island. Fortunately, I was able to contact my mother after a
few minutes and she reported that she too had felt a tremor where she was located.
The newscast later reported that some marble tiles had fallen off a building in Bridgetown and damaged a car and that the back of a house in St. George had collapsed and fallen into a gully. All in all, we were very fortunate across the island.
LGW
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....if T.D. #6 isn't already Felix. Seems so on the outside...I tell you I just rode up the upper part of St. Lawrence Gap and the wind....Aih Yaih Yaih....pushing me back and kicking up some serious dust in my eyes. Not much rain, and when it does; very light and at a very steep angle. The trees and dancing and bowing. The Moon peeping out from intermittently from behind the fast moving clouds. I hope the other islands fear O.K. Seams like this year, they are forming or approaching at very low latitudes. Dean came close to BGI, and T.D. 6 even closer.
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Gusting winds and squalls have been affecting Barbados for some hours now as TD 6 passes to the south. Judging from the movement of the tops of large trees around, gusts could be easily exceeding 40 mph. It is clear that this system seems destined to develop as it enters the Caribbean so Jamaica and points west should keep a careful eye on this one. Karl Watson
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I see that Gert has twice reminded us not to focus exclusively on the eye of the hurricane. We need to keep hammering home this essential information. This idea seemingly current among many people that the eye was the hurricane started a couple of years ago when the TV networks began bringing the impact of hurricanes into our drawing rooms. Reporters developed a fixation with the eye and since we take many of our cues from TV, the idea seems to have spread that if the eye misses then the hurricane has missed. The eye may only be ten miles across but a hurricane can cut a five hundred mile swathe of destruction as it moves onshore. The folks in Belize and Southern Mexico should bear this in mind as Dean continues to strengthen. Karl Watson
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This what it looked like at dover beach this morning at 7 a.m.
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| - ALL CLEAR GIVEN FOR BARBADOS |
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As at 7.00 am this morning, the official all clear has been given to Barbados. This means that all Barbadians should start the process of returning to their normal routine of a Friday morning.
It is still expected to be a bit windy and some occasional showers. Few reports of some fallen trees which temporarily blocked some roads , but they are now cleared.
So it appears, all things considered, Barbados weathered the storm for which we are all grateful.
We just continue to monitor what's happening to our Caribbean family in St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica etc.etc
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After 2 hours sleep woke up with the expectation of getting myself ready for work...However, the all-clear hasn't yet been given by our disaster management unit and residents have been warned to stay off the roads....A quick inspection around my property, indicates minimal damage (just some gutters which need to tied down again), but the wind remains relatively high with the palm trees continuing to sway in the wind....
I am grateful that we have been spared the worst and continue to pray for the neighbouring islands who are in Dean's path...
LGW
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Latest from Barbados: I am in the south of the island. The sound of a falling branch just woke me. It is 4.00 a.m. A fairly steady rain is falling and the wind is gusting to storm force levels. A good guage is the extremely large mahogany tree on the perimetre of my property. It is swaying under the effect of the wind as it did with the passage of Ivan so I would estimate that the wind speeds in squalls are in excess of 50 mph. from the latest satellite photo I would assume that this will keep up for another couple of hours. Meanwhile by the looks of it, the folks in Martinique, St Lucia and Dominica must now be experiencing the full force of Dean, we hope without excessive damage. I hope my friends in all these islands stay safe. Looking down the line, Jamaica needs to wake up to a possible onslaught of a very dangerous hurricane. Having survived Gilbert there..did a really stupid thing which was climb up on my disappearing roof to secure
it as the eye passed ..only to be caught unawares by the eyewall which nearly blew me away..I know what I'm talking about. The historical records show that since the seventeenth century almost every system which passes by Barbados goes on to affect Jamaica. Karl Watson.
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I was just speaking with a friend who lives in St. Lucy and he says it isn't
windy by his home. He said it is raining, fairly heavy, but not the kind of
rain you would associate with a storm.
While here in Christ Church, it was still Very windy for the last hour and it has been raining quite heavily off and on. What is strange to me is this storm is passing NNW of us so I thought St Lucy would be getting a beating. I guess we will know more when the morning breaks. That's it for me - I know there will be work in the morning so I will force myself back to bed. I look forward to the reports and pray that we have very minimal damage - better yet none - on the island. God bless! Sue M P.S. Friend from St. Vincent said nothing happened over there :-) _________________________________________________________________Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ |
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I was just speaking with a friend who lives in St. Lucy and he says it isn't
windy by his home. He said it is raining, fairly heavy, but not the kind of
rain you would associate with a storm.
While here in Christ Church, it was still Very windy for the last hour and it has been raining quite heavily off and on. What is strange to me is this storm is passing NNW of us so I thought St Lucy would be getting a beating. I guess we will know more when the morning breaks. That's it for me - I know there will be work in the morning so I will force myself back to bed. I look forward to the reports and pray that we have very minimal damage - better yet none - on the island. God bless! Sue M P.S. Friend from St. Vincent said nothing happened over there :-) _________________________________________________________________Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ |
| - Storm Warning in Christ Church - 2:30 am |
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The winds woke me up around 1 am, but I am not sure how long we have been
impacted. High, very high winds... with gusts, but minimal rain. About 2
am, I ventured out in a patio ( I know - I know, it was just for 30 seconds)
that faces the west where the breeze usually is minimal. Very gusty and
windy from the what appeared to be all directions. Trees really dancing in
the wind... I guess because it is night it feels quite creepy.
Only heard one odd crashing noise earlier outside and I can't sleep with all those eerie "storm" wind groans. Not much more to update than this for now. Sue M _________________________________________________________________Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ |
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Folks, Reporting from the East of the island, the wind has picked up considerably...Unable to say what the windspeed is at the moment. But suffice to say, that the sound woke me from deep slumber...Of course, it is dark outside and with the present conditions, I dare not venture out until daylight...There is no rain, nor thunder and lighting at the moment...Will report again as conditions warrant. To my fellow islanders who are in the path of this storm, stay safe...We are praying for you. LGW "It's Crop Over - Party time starts now" Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. |
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| - Storm Warning in Christ Church 9:30 p.m. |
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I am in the southern part of Barbados (Christ Church) it is fairly calm.
Early in the evening we had varying types of showers (heavy downpours and
light drizzles). For about 2 hours the air was quite still, but within the
last half hour it has started to become breezy again but so far no strong
wind, no gusts, no rain.
It is really difficult to tell what is happening in the dark. I will go out on my patio to see what is going on in a little while... I imagine there will be more to share closer to midnight. Sue M _________________________________________________________________FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ |
| - UPDATE FROM BARBADOS _ HURRICANE DEAN |
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its just after 9 pm local time, the rain has stopped and its quite still
outside. its such an weird feeling its REALLY still. Lets hope Dean isnt too
mean. thankfully we are only getting the southern portion of the storm which
is usually the weaker half. I still pray that things work out well. hope to
give u another update soon if things change.
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From: Karl Watson To: Gert van Dijken <gert at gobeach.com> Subject: Outer bands of Dean Good afternoon Gert, This is Karl Watson from Barbados..you have posted one or two of my comments in the past..any way here goes: The outer bands of Dean have reached Barbados. We are experiencing complete cloud coverage with intermittent light showers and gusty conditions in the south of the island. No squalls yet but as the weather closes in, conditions will deteriorate a bit more especially in the northern parishes of the island. Only a slight southern wobble on the part of Dean right now could cause severe problems for us, but it would seem as if Martinique, northern St Lucia and southern Dominica are definitely in for a 'good blow.' One casualty of these tropical systems which folks tend to ignore or perhaps are unaware of, is the heavy mortality suffered by the large flocks of migrating shorebirds which are flying as I write this. Severe wind squalls may blow whole flocks into the water or worse, on islands such as Barbados, when they put down here for refuge, they are shot in large numbers. Statistics of the bird shooters, some of which go back over a hundred years show an appalling kill rate (many thousands) which correlate with every passing tropical weather system. So hunters..if any of you read this post, have a heart and save the birds because they are at their most vulnerable right now. Karl Watson. |
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At a press conference by the attorney Gerneral after a planning meeting it was announced that the Grantley Adams International Airport will be closed at 9.00 pm tonight and re-open at 6.00am on Friday.
Just took a trip to Bridgetown where the populace is quietly going about its buisness with no apparent anxiety. The supermarket lines are longer than on a normal Thursday.
All Catergory one Hurricane shelter wardens have been asked to contact the chief warden with a report of the readiness of the shelters, in the event that they have to be used.
Forecasters here seem to be expecting squally weather from tonight sometime and some fairly nifty winds at about 40-50 mph.
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This is my first posting for the season......
Barbados woke up this morning to hear that Dean was now a Hurricane one system and that Barbados is under a Storm warning.
the head of our disaster services has indicated that there will be a meeting later in the morning to assess the readiness of the country for any eventuality.
We are expecting an updated statement around 8.00am
the sun is trying to drive through some fairly cloudy skies at this time.
EVeryione...please be safe out there and above all be prepared.
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| - DEAN DEAN DEAN....Quit the Wobbling |
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Whats up with this system....seems to be jogging just slightly north of due west then west then then the former agiain....anyways this is not one to be taken lightly...current sat images shows a distinct eye wall trying to form. See attached pics taken at aprox. 6 a.m. from the st. lawrence boardwalk looking out towards this little bay. See the owner of this boat aint mekkin' no sport. better safe than sorry.
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| - Tropical Storm Advisory #1 for Barbados |
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Good Afternoon At about 13.00hrs today, the Government Met. Office at the Grantley Adams Intl. Airport in Barbados issued its firts advisory on Tropical Storm Dean. Dean is now about 920 miles east of the the Lesser Antilles, moving West near 20 mph. At the moment we are enjoying a pretty fair day with just a few scattered showers from time to time. It's still bright and sunny at 14.00 hrs. Nevertheless, time to start preparing for whatever Dean is bringing. Dont forget to stay tune to your local Met Office advisories...next one is at 17.00 hrs. Rickie
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IFRARED SAT IMAGE AT 10:15 UTC SHOWS, IN MY OPINION, THE CDO TRY TO FORM IF NOT ALREADY ESTABLISHED. WHICH PROBABLY MEANS AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY THE NEXT ADVISORY. STRANGELY ENOUGH I WOKE AT 4:54 A.M. TODAY AND THE BIRDS WERE SCARCE AND THE AIR WAS STILL. THE ATTACHED PHOTO SHOWS THE GRAY SKIES, AND ACTUALLY NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A LIGHT SHOWER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ISLAND. LOCAL NEW NOTED THAT "AN WAS BEING KEPT ON DEAN" I KNOW MY EYES ARE.
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13:55 UTC GFDL Model run doesn't look good for the lesser antilles. We'd better keep an eye on this one, whose track not only look Ivanesque but also, Davidesque, and Janetesque just to name a couple.
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UH OH! 5:05 A.M SATELLITE [WATER VAPOUR IMAGERY] LOOKS LIKE 90L INVEST IS ALREADY A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. ALSO SEEN TO BE TAKING ON A MORE SOUTHERLY MOTION. STILL A WAYS AWAY... LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
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Looks like an item of interest is signalling its existance
in the mid atlantic. A well defined tropical wave with a
surface low analysed is making its way westward. Forecasts
are not all in unilateral agreement on the future of this
system but its does merit close observation as it does
retain the potential for further developement. Lets keep
our eyes trained on this!!! Could be interesting!!! Here
in Barbados today we are partly cloudy to occasionally
cloudy with some scattered sharp showers. seems like some
semblance of a trough is about and from last night some
patches of low level cloud have been moving through and
producing some shower activity with their passage. The
haze has lifted somewhat as it usually does preceding any
potential activity. So lets monitor the wave to the east
to see what the next 3-4 days might hold!!
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We awoke to generally cloudy to overcast conditions this
morning. Things continued to deteriorate quite quickly
with the "ceiling" getting lower and it was not long
before we were into some moderate to heavy showers. There
was one instance of thunder which was'nt very near. kind
of heard it in the distance. there were definately some CB
cells around because my lightning sensor was screaming
quite a bit. However things are improved now and we
actually have the sunshine with us again at least at this
point!!!! Some more showers are likely although the bulk
of the activity seems to be keeping well south of us.
looking at the loops there is a bit of northward drift
evident but it remains to be seen how far it will get. The
ITCZ maybe adding its part in there somewhere. Winds are
fairly brisk 15-25mph proably a wind surge that is
following the wave. More from Barbados later!!!
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in complete darkness, we are all the same. it is only our knowledge & wisdom that separates us. don't let your eyes decieve you
GABA
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