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Hi Gert,
This is Chef Bobo reporting from St Lucia.
Yes, we had a very strong tremble today. I was shopping just when the quake started. It was a long quake, 30-40 seconds and items were falling off the shelves in the supermarket.(that's when I was running out on the street my self!!) Some buildings in central Castries got cracks and reports say that specifically Chireki Building got a good bit of cracks. No reports of fallen buildings or poles. All telephone and electricity is working just fine. We all got really scared but it is calm and under control.
Chef Bobo and Annika
The edge restaurant Bar & Sushi
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Hi Gert at gobeach!,
I wrote to you a day or two ago moaning about the weather, but am just wondering if eartyhquakes constitute 'weather'? Reason ? We just had a reallly BIG one up here in the North of St./ Lucia. It lasted several minutes and along with newly installed guests from Barbados, our cat and me were going loopy!! The last time I personally experienced such a hefty shuddering was on Christmas Day 1969 ... I think. That one found me on top of the Morne at a party and nobody said anything as we all thought we had over imbibed!!!
Back to the plot. Today's quake managed to dislodge boxes of food etc., and pans from kitchen shelves. As a 'by the way', today's weather has been idyllic! The computer turned itself off in protest!
All for now Pam Kingshott / St. Lucia
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This morning the
wind was down and the sea by Vigie Beach was flat calm, so calm it reflected the
flights of the College
It was so calm I had
to check the satellites. Looks like some weather coming to the windwards
in a few days
TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 49W
S OF 17N MOVING W 15-20 KT. BROAD
WAVE WITH A FAINT INVERTED-V CURVATURE. SCATTERED MODERATE/ STRONG CONVECTION IS W OF THE WAVE AXIS WITHIN 120 NM OF LINE FROM 14N52W TO 9N56W. Marcus Day DSc
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I am sitting by my desk with the never-ending paper work hearing the wind howl outside and flowerpots shifting around on the balcony. We had some heavy showers in the afternoon but after that it has only been strong gusty winds. I was stunned to read Mike's post about the roof on Castries Health Centre and the damaged vehicles. I guess it reminds us that it does not have to be a hurricane to cause severe damage. Let us hope everyone stay safe in the path of this one, whatever it will become, and following ones.
I also want to express my sincere thanks for all the emails and positive support I received after my debut post on stormcarib.com following Dean. I was in fact quite overwhelmed by all the kind words. Thank you.
Annika -- Please be advised that The Edge Restaurant, Bar & Sushi will be closed for the month of September 2007. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused. We will be open again as usual, daily for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, from 1 October 2007. The Edge Restaurant Bar & Sushi Harmony Suites Hotel Flamboyant Drive Rodney Bay Village St Lucia W.I. +1 758 450-EDGE (3343) edgerestaurant at gmail.com www.edge-restaurant.com |
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Only just got back online, got knocked of by lightening, killed my modem, but was on air via hf and vhf radio (Amateur) I must say we were 'lucky' (if we call it that) in St Lucia the damage was minimal considering, we lost roofs here and there and had a mess of trees broken The main one I found was the roof of the children ward was ripped off, but all were evacuated ok... The fire station in Castries which is at sea level got the generator drowned by high seas, foolish to have it on the ground floor... I guess lessons learned. And of course all hotels and restaurant on the sea shore got flooded and damaged that way, but really this is to be expected although we never enjoy it. The breakwater boulders on the Castries water front ended up across the road, and also by Vigie airport the road was covered with sand from the beach. (on the amateur networks there were report of 10m waves in the channel, so the sea was bad indeed. Many many bananas are down also of course and crops lost this is to be expected also. Pigeon point park was a mess also the sandals hotel got flooded and messed up being at sea level with the sea at the front and back... It is to be expected Lots of land slides on the barre de Isle and many other places. Of course power lines were down and same for phone lines however most of these services have been restored, we were without power till Saturday night, which is quick enough. I was expecting much worse but our friends across the channel got the worst from what I hear from family we have there and also via the amateur operators there. For sure hats of to Nemo and government for the ample advance warnings, St Lucians cannot say they did not know. And I must say most people did take it seriously opposed to the usual cool attitude, I am happy to see it is been taken more serious. All in all St Lucia pulled through very well considering all. Pray for no more one is more than enough... My prayer go out to our friends in Jamaica who had it much worse than us... Best regards J69DS Frans |
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The 1st picture shows the tower carrying Radio St. Lucia's antenna bent and battered by Dean. The radio station is still off the air. The next picture shows the view from Pigeon Point looking northwards towards Martinique. The body of water you are seeing is the St. Lucia Channel. Exactly where the eye of Hurricane Dean pass by about 6 am on Friday morning. It looks so calm and tranquil now that it's hard to believe that the eye of a category 2 hurricane passed there less that 48 hours ago. Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! Check out the New MSN Mobile Attachment:
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The 1st picture shows the tower carrying Radio St. Lucia's antenna bent and battered by Dean. The radio station is still off the air. The next picture shows the view from Pigeon Point looking northwards towards Martinique. The body of water you are seeing is the St. Lucia Channel. Exactly where the eye of Hurricane Dean pass by about 6 am on Friday morning. It looks so calm and tranquil now that it's hard to believe that the eye of a category 2 hurricane passed there less that 48 hours ago. Live Earth is coming. Learn more about the hottest summer event - only on MSN. Check it out! |
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Dear all
Gert has indicated friends and relatives overseas and elsewhere are still worried about the situation in St Lucia as they cannot reach their loved ones. So here goes a little update to what we know:
The northernmost part of St Lucia seems to have been brushed by the eye of Dean and in the area of Cap Estate we have seen some houses with partly lost roofs and quite a few fallen trees, branches and power lines partly blocking the roads (most of it cleared up by now). In this part of the island most houses are big and well built so the damage does not seem bad at all.
Pigeon Island and Pigeon Causeway seem to have been affected by huge storm surges so a lot of stones including small boulders and corals, sand and debris has been washed up against Sandals Grande. The wooden fence outside the hotel seem to have stopped it to go further into the property.
In the town of Gros Islet some houses lost their roofs including the Bar/Restaurant Banana Split. Here the houses are smaller, many only built of plywood and most of them with galvanized roofs. About six fishing boats are missing from Gros Islet and a few others have washed ashore broken in pieces. The storm surge seem to have been big here too with a lot of sand washing ashore.
At Reduit Beach huge storm surges caused flooding to some of the hotels as far in as Tuxedo Villas on the other side of the road. The yard behind The Yacht Club was completely flooded when we went by yesterday, a sail boat on stands had tipped over and part of the roof had come of the recently closed pub "Cat's Whiskers".
In Rodney Bay and Heights the houses are bigger and well built and as far as I know did not sustained any severe damage. We live on the hill in Reduit and the only thing that came down here was a huge amount of leaves and some small branches. I guess we were well protected by the smaller trees and bushes around and the hill behind us.
I have heard that some boats have sunk in Castries harbour and sand and stones has been washed up on our seaside Vigie airport but it is worse than everything is running as normal today.
In other parts including the countryside in different parts of of the island I do not know much more than reports have been made of many fallen trees, some over houses, and overflowing of rivers. As far as I know only one fatality related to Dean is reported; a man somewhere in the countryside drowned when attempting to save a cow caught in an overflowing river. Many communities especially in the country side have a lot of small houses built with plywood houses and galvanized roofs and of course they have sustained more damages like blown off roofs and so forth but all in all it seems like mostly trees, branches and other debris have gone down.
We also saw some electricity and telephone lines down when we were out a few hours after but we had telephone service all through the storm and the electricity came back Friday night in the areas around Rodney Heights and Reduit but did not return to Rodney Bay Village until late night Friday - early morning Saturday.
Our restaurant The Edge Restaurant, Bar and Sushi in Rodney Bay Village did not sustain any severe damage. Only a lot of leaves and dirt to clean up. A big motor yacht had dragged on its mooring and knocked down a few pieces of our railing and torches but from tonight Saturday we are open as usual, as most other business here in the north.
We had quite a lot of rain and thunderstorms until around 8 pm last night but today it has been sunny and dry and we are all busy cleaning up.
That is what I know so far but will try to give another update if I come to know more.
We keep our fingers crossed that everyone in Dean's path will do alright and can only be lucky we are located in the beginning of the Caribbean sea as Dean probably will go to history as a VERY severe hurricane on its way over warmer waters.
Annika
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It's now warm, a bit windy, and doesn't seem as though the past 24 hours
have happened. Things seem back to normal. Cars zooming past on the road,
birds chirruping their songs.
I took a drive from Choiseul to Soufriere to see what happened down in the south of the island. You can see the pics at the link below. http://www.lotties-shenanigans.com/Alder/Pics.nsf/plinks/CALR-767LAN My prayers and thoughts are with those that have still to encounter Dean Lottie :o) _________________________________________________________________FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ |
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Hi Gert
We always check out stormcarib.com this time of the year and find it great and very helpful to us in the islands. Please find attached some pictures taken in the northernmost part of St Lucia (Rodney Bay, Pigeon Island and Cap Estate) a few hours after Hurricane Dean passed . Feel free to post them at your site.
Best regards
Bobo & Annika Bergstrom
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Dangerous Dean: The most powerful hurricane to strike Early this morning Hurricane Dean tore through Several reports indicate that many roofs in the northern part of the island were blown off and a few homes were completely destroyed. The roof of the Children’s Ward at the All of this destruction and possibly more, was all caused by the powerful winds generated by Dean which began to gusts violently from about 2am this morning and worsened between 4:30am and 7am this morning as the eye passed by. Gusts up to 77kts or about 90mph and 101.7mm of rain were officially recorded at the Generally, I will post some pictures taken during and after the hurricane a little later. Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! Check out the New MSN Mobile |
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Hi,Well at around 5 am things calmed right down and we were beginning to think that was the end of Dean, no such luck!! About half an hour later the wind backed right around and started blowing harder than it had all night. The wind pressure was incredible and unfortunately what was once a protected back porch turned into a open funnel for the wind and rain to drive through. I would guess that the wind was at least 60 to 70 knots. Several trees that survived the first onslaught started to loose many branches and what little greenery was left seems to have been shreaded and ended up plasted on my house. I have an 8' satellite dish in the back yard that started to shake itself loose but fortunately the wind has eased off and hopefully it will standup to the rest of what Dean can through at us. There is talk that a curfew is in place, I have a brother living on a ridge near me that I have not heard from. I will run up the road and see why he is not answering his phone. Chris |
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Well, at the officer as there's no power at the house as is for most of the island. Most of the night saw occasional strong gusts and rains until about 4 or 5 am when it got really busy. From my safest room I could hear the crackling of trees, flying debris and the strain of structures under the high wind gusts. A mandatory curfue was issued at about midnight. Ventured out when the winds somewhat subsided about 9am to assist couple friends one of which her house got blown away and the other whose roof folded over. The sea had apparently come ashore into Castries and deposited huge boulders, sea debris and a boat onto the roads. Power lines and broken trees lay fallen all along the route. There was a radio announcement thet the roof being blown off the children's ward at the Victoria Hospital. There is sand, trees and sea debris all up to the airport fence at Vigie. The surf is still rather higher than normal. Will keep you posted. Those who are in the path of this storm need to take it seriously and prepare yourselves. Mike Don't just search. Find. MSN Search Check out the new MSN Search! |
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I'm located in Cap Estate which is in the very North of the Island
and at around 3 am the winds started blowing strongly from I would
guess the West. It's now 4.45 am and the wind has been backing around
to the East and blowing a real gale. I'm partly sheltered so its very
difficult to tell how strong the winds are. I have a tree down in my
yard and the power has been off for a couple of hours, I'm on my
standbye generator and hopefully my phone line will stay up.
It appears that the eye of Dean will pass very close to the north end of the island and this is something we were not expecting and so the conditions are I feel much worse. There must be many people that have been caught unawares as to the severity of the storm, hopefully they will get through this without much material damage but I think not. I was here for Allen and this is very similar in experience so far.Well I have to take a walk around as sitting still in my nervous state is doing me no good. Hopefully I will be able to report back in a couple of hours. Chris Kessell |
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As Mike said the
initial band hit us like a brick. blowing in rain and banging shutters. The kids
and I scrambled to lock the shutters ( I drilled all the holes for the
towel bolts this morning and after that initial passage its dead calm
outside.
We only opened one
shelter and that was in central Castries for the homeless people. At the mid day
pre-strike meeting with the Acting Prime Minister Stevenson King, the PM asked
what was the plans for the homeless and charged the Ministry of Social
Transformation to be responsible for their safety. This was the first time in
all the meetings I have ever been at where the a PM showed concern for the
homeless during a hurricane. As most of my work is with this population (drug
use and HIV, psychiatric co-morbidly) I was Very impressed. Mr Ferdinand
from the Ministry and I walked around spreading the word that the town hall
would be open to shelter and got some bread just in case we could not get any
other food at such late notice. Luckily one of the local hotels Almond
Morgan Bay donated sandwiches and soft drinks for 100 persons. which was also
very generous in light of them having to feed all their guests and their staff
and their staff families who they took into the property.
we just came from
the shelter, the police are assisting and it was wonderful and sweet to see
a city constable pouring juice for the homeless men. A police van is driving
around announcing the shelter and giving rides. It was policing at its best.
Well I just got back
and the rain and wind is picking up ( a next feeder band) and my new roof
is leaking where the flashing meets the wall.. Now I know why the old flashing
was so securely cemented to the roof. No problem that can not be rectified in a
few days
Everything is closed
tomorrow and we will wait for the all clear
Marcus Day DSc
Director
Caribbean Drug Abuse Research Institute
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Castries
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The leading edge of Dean pass over St. Lucia about 6pm this evening with a sudden increase in the winds with sustained winds of 44mph with gusts up to 58mph accompanied by heavy rain and thunderstorms. However, this activity was very brief and lasted for less than an hour. Since then, the weather as been surprisingly calm with a few showers but very little wind. I am expecting the conditions to go downhill very quickly once the core of the hurricane approaches in the next 3 - 6 hours. Please pray for us and our neighbours to the north who might get hit even worse. Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! Check out the New MSN Mobile |
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Hi All Well lets see what dean has in store for us.. We had a big rain around 5:30 that lasted about an hour, It has just started some again but this time with some big gusts of wind some thunder and lightening.... The windows and doors are battened down and all my ham antenae are down for the duration only emergency antenna is up. 6pm reading were: Barometer 1012 Temp 24.4 Humidity 89%, really it was raining so should be 100% hi hi Best of luck, 73's de j69ds Frans Jr |
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Well it's started up again...RAIN RAIN RAIN...no winds yet though..a few lightening flashes now and then.. Mike FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar MSN Toolbar Get it now! |
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Since 5:30pm (or thereabouts), we've had some rain, a bit more wind.
Rumblings of thunder and sheet lightening have dominated the night sky.
Driving towards Soufriere (west coastline), I noticed a few branches have
come loose and dropped onto the road.
Everything is still calm, the crickets and frogs are still churping to their little hearts content. My wishes to everyone and hope you all stay safe Lottie :o) _________________________________________________________________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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It got suddenly dark about an hour ago and then came some major rain and probably 40 - 50 mph gusts for about 20 minutes. Driving from the office there are already downed trees and debris along the way. It hasn't stopped raining but the winds have died for now. Lightening accompanied with thunder started about 20 minutes ago. Will keep posting as long as there's elec. and internet service. Mike.... Don't just search. Find. MSN Search Check out the new MSN Search! |
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Gert,
Bob Brookens here from HurricaneHollow.Org I will be
streaming radio from teh Caribbean and giving updates
on Hurricane Dean through the weekend.
Feel free to contact me if there is anything I can do.
The internet radio station for HurricaneHollow.Org is
www.wrbn.net
I will also be hosting The Barometer Bob Show from
8pm/edt to 11pm/edt, we will have callers from the
islands.
Again, let me know if there is anything I can do for
any of your visitors.
Sincerely,
Bob Brookens
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Yes it's about that time when we know there is no full escape, even if Dean turns northward the threat of flooding still remains. All preparations should be rushed to completion. As Mike Davis has rightly noted below St. Lucians may not be ready for a system at this time as we have become pretty complacent not having a serious weather system seriously affect us since 1995 and before that 1980. Good thing about Dean is that its travelling very quickly and hopefully will continue that way was as it passes through. Off to the disater preparedness meeting. Mike
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A hurricane warning has been issued for St. Lucia at 5am this morning. This is the 1st time since Hurricane Marilyn in 1995 that the risk of a hurricane strike is as high as it is today. That system missed us and struck Martinique and Dominica. So how lucky will we be this time around? The island hasn't been struck by the hurricane since Allen in 1980 and we haven't had a major disaster since Tropical Storm Debby in 1994 therefore, it is not easy to get persons mobilised in times like this. I honestly believe that St. Lucia as a nation is not ready for a system of that magnitude at this time. Change is good. See what's different about Windows Live Hotmail. Check it out! |
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DEAN.... Monitoring for another 12 hours and then calling the old disaster preparedness meeting in the morning. Everyone from Grenada all the way up to Guadeloupe should be keeping a close eye on this guy.. The weather has been pretty indecisive over the past few days. Much better than the 95 degree days I endured for 3 weeks in NYC though. Mike.... Don't just search. Find. MSN Search Check out the new MSN Search! |
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I woke up this morning at just gone 6AM to the sound of rain falling.It's a steady consistant downpour, it's also still quite dark as though the sun has gone into temporary hiding. It's also the first time at this time of the year that i'm feeling cold. I'm sat here in a sweattop and long sweatpants :) According to wunderground (http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/78948.html) it's supposed to be 86F today !! Take care and be well. _________________________________________________________________FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ |
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As the tropical wave
moved through Saint Lucia this afternoon, it gave us an impressive sound and
light show that sent the children scattering and hollering, so unaccustomed to
thunder and lighting. Its cool this evening and the air is light and fresh a
welcome respite from the past few days where the air has been thick and moist.
I realised that I
needed to finish putting the towel bolts on the window shutters and drill the
holes to secure them before a real wind storm hits. Of course instead of working
I spent the morning on the beach with children and friends enjoying the
emancipation day holiday.
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yesterday morning after walking the dog!.
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The last 9 days have been very dry in St. Lucia with only 24.3mm and 10.2mm of rainfall recorded at Hewanorra Intl. Airport and George F.L. Charles Airport respectively. A tropical wave moved through the area yesterday and provided some relief because 16.1mm out of the 24.3mm at Hewanorra was measured in the last 24 hours. Nevertheless, drought-like weather conditions are better than tropical storm or hurricane conditions so I can live with it. Feel free to check out my weather blog at: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/SLU/show.html Live Earth is coming. Learn more about the hottest summer event - only on MSN. Check it out! |
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Hi to all, Finally what would seem the end of the dry season, it has been a long dry season. We have had a few sporadic showers but nothing substantial in the past month, however today it rained and it poured, the day started very sunny with the clouds hanging in the distance but this time the rain came from around 9 am till about 2 pm. All the tanks are full again, hurray. Let us see what this season has in store for us, pray and knock on wood eh. Best regards, Frans Jr, J69DS |
| - Here Comes the Rain |
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Sunny start, rainy day.. Very overcast and wet here in Castries, saw some minor flooding in the city center during the morning, even heard some thunder. Its been scorching hot for the past 2 weeks so the wet weather is very welcomed by most I would imagine. Mike.... Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! |
| - Still, Humid & Raining |
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It's been a hot, hot day here today. Took my puppy down to the local bay for
a quick dip in the river (which he didn't like!), but at least it tired him
out for a few hours.
There's been a few short showers this evening, and they haven't cooled down the heat one bit. It's very humid, no breeze to speak of so its very still that even the trees are hardly moving. Lottie :o) _________________________________________________________________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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We had a nice shower of light rain this morning. Luckily it abated while I
took the dog for a walk, albeit it did stop me from taking him down to the
local beach. Then the rain started again, but, only for a little while.
Since this morning, it's been very hot and humid, with a slight breeze. At least there are a few more clouds in the sky! :o) _________________________________________________________________Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Attachment:
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Apart from a rain shower last night, there's been hardly any clouds in the
gorgeous blue sky over the past few days. The grass is dry as anything, It's
as dusty as anything (I really need to clean my jeep!) and the leaves from
the sour orange and lemon trees keep blowing into my house.
The pic below is looking out towards St Vincent. Even though it's clear, you can't see St Vincent at all. 'bye for now :o) _________________________________________________________________New, exclusive and FREE - Download Madonna's "Hey You" now! http://www.liveearth.msn.com Attachment:
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