Hi,

Yesterday morning when I woke up it was still raining.

After a few hours it stopped and the sun came out, but from the north east the sky filled up  again with dark clouds.

And then it started and it rained which lasted till around 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

As the soil is soaked, the water stayed in my yard and covered my porch too with water.

I live in Paradera on a high spot so the water can flow easily to lower places.

The only problem I have is that the whole yard is fenced with a wall and the water stays in it.

So I had to drill some holes to let the water go.

Anyway it is dry till now (it is 8:25 in the morning).

The sky is overcast and checking the satellite and radar show some activities, but I think we won’t keep it dry.

Till next time

Roy

Hi,

I don’t know what is wrong these days.

We have not had a complete dry day yet.

When I woke up this morning my whole yard was a swimming pool.

We had to do some shopping, but it was terrible to drive.

Luckily I have a SUV so the water pools did not bother me, but I had to get out to help somebody whose car stopped.

Coming home I checked the satellite and what I saw is not good.

I think it will be raining all day today, because I see it coming from the west and from the south.

There are a lot of activities planned for today, but I don’t know if it all is going ahead.

Will keep you updated.

Roy

Hi,

I think a lot of people were wondering why there was no message from Aruba during Thomas.

Well I was on vacation in the states when this all happened.

Of course I was watching the news on the weather channel and followed all about this storm.

Now that I am back on the island I think that today is the first day without heavy rain.

Just now I was looking at the satellite and saw a big area above and around Aruba.

It is still dry, but who knows.

I don’t know how much more rain this island can handle, because all the dams are more than full.

You see some trees hanging because the soil is so wet and loose that they are starting to fall down.

The roads are cracking up and a lot of dirt and sand on it.

There is one positive point and that is that the island is green all over.

The trucks for emptying the settling tanks are making overtime.

I called the company this morning and they can help me on Monday at the earliest.

So I think and know that every positive thing has a negative part too.

This is it for now and I’ll come back if there are any changes.

Roy

Hi,

After a few days with sunshine and sometimes heavy rain, this evening is a different case.

Just around 9 o’clock pm I heard the wind blowing around the house.

And what never happened was that my big umbrella went with the wind.

It started to rain hard for about 10 minutes, but the amount of water what came down flooded my whole yard and that is about 1000 sq feet.

Checking the radar shows a big area what is coming over aruba now.

But checking my daughters, they told me that it was dry in their place.

One thing is sure,  the island is very green now.

Till next time

Roy

Hi,

Yesterday in the evening it looked like if something was gonna happen, but nothing.

This morning when I woke up and looked outside it was still overcast with thick and black clouds.

It rained some in Paradera, don’t know yet on other parts of the island.

I have included some pictures from last night.

We will see what this will bring us, because it is not over yet.

Roy

Hi,

It is not over yet.

My daughter just called my wife telling that Aruba is getting BAD weather.

Jumped behind the computer and checked the satellite.

What I see coming does not promise something good.

Within less than an hour it is over Aruba.

We’ll wait and see what is gonna happen.

Till later.

Roy

Hi,

It is quite again, but checking the satellite, who knows.

Yesterday was a heavy day for Aruba, for it was thunder and lightning and heavy rains.

The day before yesterday it rained also very heavy, but only on certain parts of Aruba.

Where I live, Paradera it was dry and no wind with a humidity of almost 90%.

So a little bit cool off was nice.

Till next time

Roy

Hi,

Last night I was woken up by thunder and lightning and heavy rain.

But I fell asleep again and in the morning, when I woke up, my wife told me that the government closed all the schools on Aruba.

When I had started up my computer and checked the satellite it shows that it was actually over.

But they said that around 9:30 am heavy rain should come again.

Again I checked it out but nothing was showing so…….??

Anyway the children had a day off and It kept dry for the rest of the day and the temperature went up again fast with a high humidity.

Now I am anxious watching Igor for it looks like a mean hurricane.

I still hope and pray that the predictions by the experts will be right and his course will be back to the big ocean instead of the Windward Islands.

Well tomorrow will tell.

Till next time

Roy

Hi,

As we watched Earl and Fiona passing the windward islands, especially Saba for my family lives over there, Aruba was hot and humid.

We did not get any rain, but when I woke this morning it was overcastted and my chairs outside on the porch were wet.

Looking at the satellite I don’t think we will get too much sun today.

Still praying for the people on the other islands.

Roy

Hi,

The past two weeks we had some good showers on the island, but the temperature is high.

Watching Danielle disappear to the north and seeing Earl coming.

But looking at “My Satellite”  is not what I like.

I hope it is wrong, but it looks like if Earl is moving to the Caribbean sea in the direction of Barbados and the mainland of Venezuela.

Then it looks like that Aruba will also get her share of Earl.

Anyhow I will keep a close watch on this Earl and come back as soon as I know more.

Roy

Hi,

Well at last Paradera had some rain yesterday and this morning.

But the sun is there shining again and it is already 35 degrC.

It was good for the island but way too little.

You see the palm trees getting browner and browner.

For me the WEB will get more money the end of the month, for I don’t like my palm trees to get too dry, so I water them twice a week extra although I have a drip system.

We will keep an eye on the weather stations and satellites and read the prognoses from the experts.

Roy