• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 21 Dec 2011 12:09:01 -0000

Bon dia, good morning,

the seasonal rain, winds and waves have arrived:
44 km/h E 97 degrees winds are producing waves up to 3 meters in the open sea 
and near the shore in the shallows these waves can reach 4 meters. Boaters, 
shore divers, and visitors at Boca Tabla National Park at the north side of 
Curacao should especially be very cautious near the northern shoreline.

At the southern shore the sea is rough but the beaches with breakwaters at Sea 
Aquarium Beach and Maripampoen and the hotels are safe for recreational 
snorkeling and swimming. Boaters in small vessels are advised to not go out to 
sea due to the poor visibility produced by the rain and the big waves.

This morning at 6 am 4 mm rain was measured at Brievengat, and currently it is 
still raining. The outlook for today is isolated heavy showers with 90 percent 
overcast sky.

According to the forecast it will be sunny again tomorrow, but the wind will be 
stronger and the waves in open sea can reach up to 3.8 meters

Better be safe than sorry y'all.

Godspeed to all


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 4 Dec 2011 04:42:45 -0000

Hello folks,

IU hope that everyone has followed up on the warning to make preparations for 
possible flooding in the usual places in Curacao starting in the AM today on 
December 4th 2011.

From the end of the hurricane season till about February 2012 is an exciting 
time of Curacao with allot of cat tails coming down from the clouds these days 
with just one having touched ground so far. 

A waterspout is inevitable it seems. The last one in Curacao was in 2008. Aruba 
had 3 last year as you can find out on youtube. 

If you haven't done so already, please make sure that your pets, domesticated 
animals, and farm animals have adequate shelter.

Also check with your elderly friends and family if they have what they need in 
their domicle, so that they dont have to venture on the possibly flooded roads 
in the next 16 hours or so...


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• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:26:25 -0800 (PST)

• By Robert Candelaria <robertcandelaria at rocketmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 14:42:51 -0700 (PDT)

• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 08:24:46 -0700 (PDT)

• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 15:07:32 +0000

There is a blob moving north from Venezuela towards us. I hope she makes the 
passage and give us a nice show.
And yezz eet eez FRIDAY!

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 25 Oct 2011 05:15:10 -0000

As I am heading to my sleepingbag here is the final report for tonight...

The Invest missed Curacao and passed by due north...see attachment below

there is a very slight chance for some rain after sunrise as a little system of 
bad weather is still heading to Curacao and may arrive in 5 to 6 hours and 
could produce tiny isolated showers,




zzzzzee ya laterzzzzzzzz

Godspeed to all living beings

Marcus

TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 25 Oct 2011 00:04:00 -0000

Hello Folks,

it is very quiet inland...at the north shore however the sea is getting rough. 
But there is no danger for the volunteers of TeamCARE on duty during this 
year's Turtle Watch.

aside from a little sprinkle here and there, there are no thunderstorms and no 
significant wind.

it is rather strange especially when you look at the satellite images :) like 
this one that is attached.

Now let's hope that Hurricane Rina will stay away and not head towards the east 
towards Curacao as predicted now by 3 out of 9 long range weather forecast 
computer models. If it does head east, we may see a repeat event like Hurricane 
Lenny and Hurricane Omar...so let's keep an eye on Hurricane Rina for the next 
9 days.


Godspeed to all living beings


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 24 Oct 2011 20:30:17 -0000

Hey folks,

it may look real ugly on the satellite images, but in Curacao right now there 
is zero wind, zero waves, and zero blue skies, and a beautiful red sunset.

To all the volunteers at the turtle watch. You can go home if you want, but at 
this time it doesn't look like anything more than just some rain and some 
lightning here and there. 

Between 7 and 9 pm the wind can pick up a bit and the waves could get a wee bit 
rough, but there is no way to be sure due to lack of data.

Be safe and use your head...

regards,

Marcus

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:37:20 -0400

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 21 Oct 2011 20:11:25 -0000

The long range forecast shows a potetntial repeat of Omar-like waves heading 
towards Curacao on the 28th thru 31st of October 2011.

The wave period can be approx 10 thru 14 seconds and the sea height can be 
approx 8 to 14 feet.

Once more this is one of 9 potential outcomes of the GFS long range forecast 
computed by an HP Pavilion of Infotrans and servers only as a heads up that we 
need to start picking/cleaning up debris and fasten/secure materials at the 
piers, coves, inlets, and beaches along the southern shoreline. 

Better be safe than sorry y'all.

Godspeed to all living beings


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 21 Oct 2011 19:44:49 -0000

East of Curacao we have a storm developing at 9.0N  56.2W  which now has 30 mph 
sustained winds and it is heading towards Curacao

now West of Curacao at 13.0N  80.5W we have a second storm developing with 25 
mph sustained winds and it is also heading towards Curacao but does not yet 
have the power to produce the effects similar to what Lenny did in 1999 and 
Omar in 2008.

Starting at 1am it has been raining on and off all day. Right now a tree was 
struck by lightning in Brievengat and 3 minutes before a lightpole in 
Schelpwijk was struck. 

All day since yesterday I did not have internet because Scarlet was down. Right 
now I am online via UTS.

It doesn't look like this weather will let up soon...so get ready to evacuate 
the elderly, the sick, and don't forget about pets and farm animals.in low areas


Godspeed to all living beings


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:30:59 -0700 (PDT)

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:46:22 -0400

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:12:53 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 23 Sep 2011 16:00:35 -0000

Hello photography enthusiasts,

I am tracking the satellite that is crashing back towards earth today on 
www.n2yo.com and you will be wanting to gaze up at the sky in the Eastern 
direction between 6pm and 9pm to try to get a glimpse of the debris that is 
breaking off as the satellite re-enters our atmosphere. You may see streaks of 
light and even tiny explosions way up in the sky as the satellite breaks into 
parts and due to the intense friction starts burning up. It is believed by NASA 
that of the 6.5 Ton weight of the satellite, only 0.5 Ton will reach the 
surface of the Earth.

Set byour camera to bulb and aperture of 5.6 to 8 and mount your camera on a 
tripod or on a cushion on the roof of your car or other elevated solid thing.

Let us hope this debris comes down on land and not in sea, because on land the 
parts contaminated with nuclear energy can be recovered and rendered harmless. 
In the sea it cannot.

Godspeed to all living beings


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 23 Sep 2011 15:41:49 -0000

This is what we the local surfers of Curacao have been expecting for a couple 
of days now. All computer models have confirmed that Tropical Storm Ophelia is 
sending 1.8 m  at  13 sec waves towards Curacao.

The average sea height will be 1.6m to 2.5 m on Friday and Saturday with a wave 
period of 7 seconds. These are little waves also known as "Chop" compared what 
is coming on Sunday and Monday: Starting on Sunday September 25th Ophelia will 
be sending us 1.5 m to 1.8 m sea waves in the shallows of Playa Canoa, East 
Point, Boca Tabla, Boca Pistol, Boca Braun, and Klein Curacao with wave periods 
peaking to 13 seconds at 1 am on Sunday and continuing all day with wave period 
of 11 seonds and then with 10 seconds all day on Monday. These waves ought to 
crest at 2.8 to 3.3 meters at Canoa.

For non surfers allow me to explain what the above means. A wave with a small 
wave period has little energy behind it, whereas a bigger wave period has allot 
more energy and causing bigger wave crests in the shallows.How high a wave will 
rise, depends on its wave length (period) and the beach slope. It has been 
observed that a swell of 6-7m height in open sea, with a period of 21 seconds, 
rose to 16m height off Manihiki Atoll, Cooks Islands, on 2 June, 1967. Such 
swell could have arisen from a 60 knot storm. In Curacao we experienced with 
Lenny waves with a 2.4 m height in open sea that rose to 30 feet in the 
shallows. At canoa we had on a few occasions waves with a sea height of 1.2 
meters with wave period of 20 rise to 3.5 meters. 

Godspeed to all living beings


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

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• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:32:01 -0700 (PDT)

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• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:59:10 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 20 Sep 2011 11:08:51 -0000

Tracking Info For Invest 98. Current heading is South East

 Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
06 GMT 09/18/11  10.7N  35.2W     25        1009       Invest
06 GMT 09/18/11  10.7N  35.2W     25        1009       Invest
12 GMT 09/18/11  11.0N  35.2W     25        1009       Invest
18 GMT 09/18/11  11.3N  35.8W     25        1009       Invest
00 GMT 09/19/11  11.9N  37.1W     25        1008       Invest
06 GMT 09/19/11  11.7N  37.2W     25        1008       Invest
12 GMT 09/19/11  11.7N  37.6W     25        1008       Invest
12 GMT 09/19/11  11.7N  37.7W     25        1008       Invest
18 GMT 09/19/11  11.7N  38.7W     25        1008       Invest
00 GMT 09/20/11  11.3N  37.2W     25        1008       Invest


==

Tracking Info For Invest 99. Current heading is North West

 Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
06 GMT 09/18/11  17.3N  43.3W     20        1010       Invest
12 GMT 09/18/11  17.3N  43.9W     20        1010       Invest
18 GMT 09/18/11  16.9N  45.0W     25        1010       Invest
00 GMT 09/19/11  16.9N  45.9W     25        1010       Invest
12 GMT 09/19/11  17.6N  48.3W     25        1010       Invest


Yesterday on September 19 2011 Curacao got lucky when the thundershowers moved 
offshore. But still there were many isolated showers with rain accumulation 
ranging from 6mm in Klein Curacao and 42 mm in Westpoint. The rain came down on 
midnight and ended around 2pm with partial clouded blue skies thereafter. One 
lightning strike in a power utility center caused a temporary power outage in 
Bandabou whereas Bandariba was okay with no lightning strikes reported.

Today on September 20th the computer models indicate a high chance for rain 
with scattered showers producing a maximum of 23 mm rain, In some parts the 
thundershowers have started at approx 1 am and according to the computer models 
the precipitation should stop around 1pm today.

Today the wind started blowing from the SE direction towards NW around 4 am and 
ought to blow from East to West around 1pm. This means that the wind can bring 
the stinging marine organisms called Blue Button and Portuguese man of  war to 
the southern shores. If you spot them on the beach, please use latex gloves, a 
plastic bag and a bucket to collect them and bring them back to open sea. These 
organisms are very important because they hunt and eat lionfish eggs, larvae 
and even adults LFs.


Tim check your models please and post your findings please about how close 
invest 98 and 99 will pass Curacao.


Godspeed to all living beings


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 19 Sep 2011 06:34:15 -0000

The weather radar and satellite maps ( see image below for latter) show that 3 
waves of thunderstorms are converging on top of Curacao in the next 46 hours.



Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 19 Sep 2011 06:32:58 -0000

The weather radar and satellite maps ( see image below for latter) show that 3 
waves of thunderstorms are converging on top of Curacao in the next 46 hours.



Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 19 Sep 2011 06:21:34 -0000

Heavy rain is currently coming down in Curacao in Bandabou, In Bandariba we are 
just hearing the thunder and no rain over here yet. The attached image shows 
that the thunderstorm has arrived from SW and is heading NW. The total rain 
accumulation for today can peak to approx 22 mm with the majority of the 
precipitation coming down in open sea. In Bandariba and Bandabouthe heaviests 
rain will come down between approx 7am and 11am.

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 17 Sep 2011 13:49:35 -0000

Hello Folks,

in the long range computer models 4 out of 6 models show that invest 97 is 
coming too close to Curacao...it may even hit us.

Tim check your models please and post your findings please.


Godspeed to all living beings


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue 

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 17 Sep 2011 03:01:02 -0000

Hey folks,

one out of 6 computer models shows Invest 97 heading straight for Curacao..so 
let's keep a good eye on this storm

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 17 Sep 2011 02:57:04 -0000

Hey Tim,

NHC found it too and named it Invest 97

Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
00 GMT 09/17/11  10.7N  21.0W     20        1009       Invest

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 16 Sep 2011 05:12:11 -0000

On Wednesday night Sept 14-th the computer models showed forty-five to seventy 
yes 45 to 70 mm of rain accumulation on 18, 19, 20 September 2011. And tonight 
on Sept 16-th the models show that the majority of the rain will be in open sea 
and not onshore. That is a huge difference in both forecasts... so it is not 
unwise to lift everything 50 higher off the ground in Salinja in the areas that 
flooded during Tomas last year...

better be cautious and safe than be sorry and broke, folks.

ps: can anyone email me or call me at 6683500 to let me know where I can 
purchase 200 sandbags in Curacao on Friday the 16th or Saturday the 17th. Let's 
just say I have a project for a school....so let me know the soonest possible, 
please?

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 16 Sep 2011 04:58:19 -0000

Hello Folks,

it looks like Tim found the invest that  I mentioned on sept 11th and then lost 
on my computer models the next day. I just ran my models again tonight and 
shonuff like Arnold would say "aajul bie bak"...it IS back...but with a more 
westerly location. Instead of 9N 28W and heading W it is now showing up at 
approx 9N 36 W on Tuesday Sept 20th with surface level pressure of approx 1007 
mbs. And yes it is lowwww and heading W, and looks like it will stay lowwww 
until on the 22nd of September 2011 and then moving WNW towards Puerto Rico.

Hey Tim this means we will have wave periods of 18 seconds with 1.6 M waves 
that can mean huge waves in shallow areas along the northern shore and at Klein 
Curacao during the workweek (grin)

it is definitely going be a September to remember.

Sure glad it was not a computer glitch after all... thanks Tim!
 

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


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• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:48:30 +0000

To avoid any confusion: the tropical feature I mentioned is next friday (23rd). 
And i was saying: its almost friday (weekend).

• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:43:08 +0000

Hello everybody.
Haven't posted for a while.
GFS (global forecasting system) is forecasting rain for Curacao the coming days.
And.
GFS is forecasting a tropical feature next friday close to, and east of the 
lesser antilles. And with a very southerly position. 
Computer models always have a certain margin of error, but its a heads up. No 
eyes shut in prime time hurricane season.
Greets. 
And its almost friday!!!!

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 14 Sep 2011 11:35:53 -0000

11:34am UTC (7:34am local) September 14 2011


PAPIAMENTU (native language)
awe tin chens grandi ku petchi portuges i otro bestia di laman ku ta pika ..ta 
bini kantu di zuid pasombra bientu por a trese nan foi laman grandi di zuid 
ultimo 3 dianan aunke awe lo tin kasi niun bientu...

por fabor tene kuenta ku esaki ora ta bai laman of ora bo ta tarha kant'i laman 
na zuid

e temperatura awe lo por subi te ke 38 graden celsius, soru pa bo bebe hopi awa 
i keda den fresku mas tantu ku posibel.

ENGLISH (non-native language)

today there is a high chance for Portuguese-man-of-war arriving at the southern 
coastline after the wind had brought them during the past 3 days from open sea 
to the southern coastline of Curacao. Today there is hardly any wind. The 
temperature can rise to 38 degrees celsius today just like yesterday. Try to 
stay in a cool shady area as much as possible and drink plenty of water and 
avoid coffee, tea and energy drinks.


Saludos kordial i te otro biaha ku Dios ke / Godspeed to all living beings 
under the sunny, cloudless sky

Marcus DeMaaijer
TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com AND http://www.dushikorsou.net
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 12 Sep 2011 11:34:49 -0000

see attached image below that was created via the stormcarib.com my satellite 
app

the rather small wave of rain that is heading straight for Curacao and Bonaire 
has not arrived yet...chance for precipitation in isolated locations is 20%




Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 12 Sep 2011 04:45:56 -0000

see attached image below that was created via the stormcarib.com my satellite 
app

a small wave of rain is heading straight for Curacao and Bonaire and the looks 
of it right now indicates that it may miss Aruba.

Chance for rain between 2 and 7 am. on Monday 12 September 2011


Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 12 Sep 2011 04:30:17 -0000

I need caffeine or a half pound of carrots at this moment.

Septicemic - September.

heh...


Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 12 Sep 2011 04:25:04 -0000

Hello folks,

There is no tropical storm in our area at the moment. So the conditions are 
very different compared to last year.

However, the long range computer models do indicate a high probability of 
clouds with plenty of moisture on the 15th, 16th, 17th, and the 18th of 
Septicemic 2011

My friend RoRo over here in Brievengat just received (right on time) 
comfortable, strong and rugged 100% PVC vinyl clothing to keep you dry in all 
types of rain conditions. 25 florin for a set. These are great if you need to 
endure standing in the rain just like me for long periods of time and stay dry 
from head to ankles.

by the way that invest I was referring to last night...it has disappeared from 
my long range computer models at the moment. Sure hope it is not a computer 
glitch. :p
 

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 11 Sep 2011 01:35:13 -0000

On September 10th 2011 Dave wrote: "What next?"

This is next:

There is a 60 percent chance that a wave of thunderstorms will become an invest 
a month from my birthday on September 17th. at 9N 28W and heading W.



ps: a reminder to all who are in close vicinity of wild animals. If it got a 
sharp mouth with super strong jaw muscles, watch out where your fingers 
are...especially if the animals has quicker reflexes than humans.



Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 10 Sep 2011 12:39:14 -0000

Maria,

in the long range forecast there is a 40% chance of rain similar to Tomas in 
the tail of Maria on Friday to Saturday next week. So I wish to suggest to 
start sandbagging the doors at all low level locations where flooding has been 
a problem since Tomas due to clogged pipes and other problems. At Albert S. we 
can do this after 1pm on Thursday while Theodora and I figure out a longterm 
solution :)

Hey, I hear thunder... so I'm logging off so that I can get the raincover for 
our team so that we can continue the turtle egg laying footage recording taking 
place right now at East Point...

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 10 Sep 2011 12:14:17 -0000

Good morning folks,

during the past 2 days and currently Curacao's wildlife and flora is enjoying 
the sky water that is coming down on isolated areas which means that some parts 
are receiving a few millimeters of rain and some parts remain dust dry. In 
Curacao you can be standing in across Anna Bay in Otrobanda in dry weather and 
right across from the bay about 20 meters away you witness a curtain of rain 
that is coming down hard and fast and stays in one place. These isolated 
showers have been taking place for the 3rd day in a row which makes it quite 
difficult in forecasting rain showers in an area of 60 kilometers length and 
max 10 kilometers width. 

Last Thursday for example the street in front of Albert S. College, just below 
Prime Minister Schotte's house, was a river and in Brievengat at the house of 
Andrew Jones' parents it was dust dry. And on Friday the same fate was feared 
for Albert S. College and the rain showers missed the school by just 40 
meters... see attached picture below.

Isolated showers with a heavy downpour will remain in our area on Saturday and 
Sunday but I can't tell you exactly where it will occur as explained in the 
aforementioned text :)

Last week on Saturday evening and during the day on Sunday Curacao experienced 
high surf along the eastern and Northeastern shoreline. These waves were 
brought by Hurricane Katia and moved from ENE towards us. Tonight we will 
experience the same again and this time the waves come straight from the North 
and are also produced by Katia. Last week the wave periode was 17 and this time 
it is 13 tonight and a wave period of 10 to 11 on Sunday. All in all great 
surfing conditions at Pistol and Canoa so come over even if you don't surf and 
watch the local surfer boys and gals in action. (ps at pistol there is a 5 
guilder fee to pass through the gate)

All in all it has turned out to be a busy September...and we have 3 weeks left 
to go in the month.

Godspeed to all living beings under the overcast sky.




TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 3 Sep 2011 02:25:36 -0000

WARNING 

70 percent chance of huge waves in shallow areas between North and North-East 
Curacao and Klein Curacao around approximately 2pm on Saturday 3 September. 
Waves can possibly arrive earlier. 


In Curacao we normally have waves with a wave period of 5 to 6 seconds. This 
saturday they will be 
arriving with a wave period of 17 seconds.

These waves are caused by Hurricane Katia and in the open sea you will hardly 
notice anything, but in shallow areas of coastal areas there is a great chance 
of waves of several meters height.

Fortunately, these waves arrive at the north and the northeast coastal areas of 
Curacao which is mostly uninhabited and has steep high cliffs, so there is no 
repeat of waves causing widespread destructions such as was sent by Hurricanes 
Omar and Lenny 

But Klein Curacao, a mile long island just a few miles due East of Curacao, 
that is often visited by boaters and tourists has no protection against the 
high waves. In playa Canoa and the other bays on the north coast of the bigger 
island Curacao, this is also potentially very dangerous. For example, while 
visiting the partially submerged cave of Boca Tabla please be extra vigilant 
for these waves which can possible drag a person through the underwater cave of 
Boca Tabla out to open sea.


According to the enclosed map these huge waves could possible arrive around 2 
pm on Saturday, it is possible that they arrive earlier ... 

All in all it is gonna be a busy September...

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky




TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 3 Sep 2011 01:56:12 -0000

WAARSCHUWING

70 PROCENT KANS op hoge golven in het ondiepe tussen Noord- en Noord-Oost 
kustgebieden Curacao en Klein Curacao omstreeks plusminus 2pm op zaterdag 3 
september. Golven kunnen mogelijk eerder arriveren.


normaliter arriveren er op Curacao golven met een wave period (golf lengte) van 
5 a 6 secondes.

aanstaande zaterdag arriveren er golven met een wave period van 17 secondes

deze golven zijn ontstaan door weerinvloed van Orkaan Katia op golfslag in 
Caribisch gebied

in open zee merkt men hier nauwelijks iets van, maar in ondiepe gedeeltes van 
kustgebieden is er een groot kans op golven van enkele meters hoogte

gelukkig arriveren deze golven tussen de noordkust en de noordoostelijke 
kustgebieden van Curacao, zodat er op Curacao geen herhaling is van golven die 
gestuurd waren door Orkanen Omar en Lenny


Maar op Klein Curacao is er geen bescherming tegen deze hoge golven. Bij playa 
canoa en de monding van overige baaien aan de noordkust kan dit OOK erg 
gevaarlijk zijn. Bij Boca Tabla dus extra oppassen voor deze hoge golven die 
mogelijk mensen mee naar zee kan slepen via de onderzeese grot van Boca Tabla

Volgens de bijgesloten kaart arriveren deze enorme golven omstreeks 2 pm op 
zaterdag, het is mogelijk dat ze eerder arriveren...




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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 1 Sep 2011 23:48:41 -0000

The current heading of Katia in the Western direction was expected, otherwise 
it would not be able to curve into the Outer Banks. Pretty soon it will move in 
the NW direction again according to the computer models.

In the Long Range computer forecast it appears that two more invests will pop 
up soon on the radar in the wake of Katia.

All in all it is gonna be a busy September...

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 1 Sep 2011 04:28:14 -0000

Right now is a good times for my friends in Kill Devil Hills, Morehead City, 
Nags Head, and the Outer Banks to set up a BOL and get packing. Fo' sure Ziggy 
is gonna continue to sit on his porch with his coon dog by his side and spit 
chewing tobacco at Katia as she comes knocking just like he did when Irene 
passed by. Well, let's not test fate by taunting Katia to inherit the legacy of 
her predecessor six years ago. Unlike Irene, Katia has only open sea and will 
only continue to strengthen with nothing to weaken her on her path straight 
towards the Carolinas.

Its best to be safe and prepared. Go get your BOL set up before TSHTF!!

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 30 Aug 2011 05:42:27 -0000

23N 62W could be the location of the Cat. 3 hurricane on Tuesday Sept 6th as it 
possibly heads towards Outer Banks, NC, and right on its heels there is yet 
another one forming at 12N 27W right off the African coast...

September and October is when things get hairy for Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, so 
let's keep focused on what the Atlantic sends our way henceforth.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 30 Aug 2011 05:32:52 -0000

This new storm that seems to be a threat to the Northern Caribbean is currently 
heading on a western track. Even though in the various computer models that I 
ran it appears to miss us and head straight towards the Outer Banks of North 
Carolina as a Category 3 hurricane, let's still get our BOL set up just in case.


BOL = bug out location

ps: I've been a little under the weather in case y'all were wondering why I've 
not been posting.

• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:41:32 -0700 (PDT)

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• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 06:37:21 -0700 (PDT)

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 28 Aug 2011 01:41:33 -0000

Sunday Aug 27th, 21:40 hrs (UTC = 0140 hrs Aug 28th)
Location: somewhere on the northern shoreline of Curacao.

Error in previous email: the time was 1 to 3 am when lightning storm passed by. 
We ought to consume carrots instead of caffeine tonight for better eyes instead 
of better alertness :)

ps: Lady Loggerhead has just now been spotted near the sea surface inside the 
Boca and should arrive onshore any minute now. 

Cool !!! This is her 8-th year in a row in the same spot on exactly a year 
later...how do they do that, huh???

See attached image for the bad weather which isd over Bonaire at the monet and 
is heading towards Curacao as well. We now also spot one sea surface to air 
strike so far... 


For More info about the loggerhead sea turtle please view: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_sea_turtle 


Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 28 Aug 2011 01:16:48 -0000

Early this sunday morning we were busy monitoring a leatherback sea turtle 
(Dermochelys coriacea) that came ashore to lay its eggs when all of the sudden 
lightning crackled very close to us and made contact with the surface of the 
sea. Looking towards the shore we it appeared that 3 more earth to sky strikes 
took place in Brievengat, Sunset Heights and Santa Catharina or in their 
immediate vincinity. The newspapers were silence about this, so hopefully no 
human and no animal sustained any material nor bodily harm. The lightning and 
subsequent rain came heavily down between 1 and 3 pm. We came prepared so we 
were dry throughout the entire thunderstorm.

For more info about leatherback see: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherback_sea_turtle

We currently are spotting a large thundercloud cell racing towards us, with 
allot of intra cloud lightning. We haven't spotted any turtles yet, but we hope 
that the female loggerhead that has been burying her eggs on the same date for 
the past 7 years will make it back again this year.

On the long range forecast models we see that there is a 0 to 40 percent chance 
of rain around 6 to 9 am on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday mornings. 

ps: if you want to volunteer during the turtle egg monitoring project of 
TeamCARE for the next 3 months, contact us via our Facebook page please.


Godspeed to all living beings under the soon to arrive pouring rain :)

Marcus DeMaaijer
TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
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• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:10:45 -0700 (PDT)

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 25 Aug 2011 23:40:48 -0000

As Irene continuous the move along the Easter coast of USA towards Greenland, 
we may see something popping up on 10N 40W and on 14N 28W. Both appear to be 
heading W. So let's keep a watchful eye out for the next 7 days.

Godspeed to all living beings under the cloak of the night sky


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 25 Aug 2011 22:52:36 -0000

Just as predicted, cooling rain has just now arrived in Curacao after a 
blistering day of heat soaring up to 38 Celsius.

Curacao escaped the forecasted funnel clouds on the 23rd and the 24th, but 
Aruba was less lucky. The fast rising wind during hot temperatures caused 
entire roof sections from a church to be blown off in Aruba.

Godspeed to all living beings under the pouring rain :)

Marcus DeMaaijer
TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 25 Aug 2011 04:52:23 -0000

OMG.... at first it appeared that IRene was going to make landfall in North 
Carolina, and now there is a 40 to 60% probability that Irene will skid along 
the coastlines of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and 
Virginia and race towards the Big Apple...this is an interesting, dangerous 
hurricane to monitor, but please not at the coastlines, move inland if you 
can....


Down here in Curacao...

Wind forecast
Tomorrow there is a high chance of the wind blowing from southeast towards 
northwest all day long. This can cause all kinds of marine animals that float 
in the surface to head towards shore. So watch out for that if you are diving 
and snorkeling in the shallows. If you spot Portuguese man of war, please avoid 
its tentacles and try to capture it with a bucket and take it offshore. This 
animal is a valuable asset because it hunts, kills and eats lionfish eggs and 
juveniles. 

Temp forecast
For the fourth day in a row the heat index predicts a high chance of the 
mercury 
rising to 37 degrees Celsius. Drink plenty of water and try to stay in cool 
places



Rain forecast.
There is a 0 to 20% chance of rain arriving in the morning hours and also after 
sunset at approx 7pm onwards


Migrating mammals
Boaters please be aware of 20 ft whales that will be migrating to Curacao in 
the next 2 1/2 weeks. They will be in the shallows to forage squid between 
Caracasbaai all the way to Groot Santa Martha. If you spot marine animals that 
need assistance please call TeamCARE at 6683500 and/or the police at 911.


Godspeed to all living beings under the sun or in this case the moon... :)


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 23 Aug 2011 05:25:06 -0000

Surf forecast

Even though the sea height is less than 4 feet, waves with a peak wave period 
of 10 seconds will arrive at Boca Pistol and Playa Canoa till Tuesday morning 
hours on Aug 23nd 2011. These waves were generated by Irene when it still was a 
minor TS. Have fun and be safe. 

Wind forecast
At the south side of the island the sea will be quite flat as there is zero to 
very light wind all day on Tuesday Aug 23nd 2011 from East to West all over the 
island. This is one of the few times a year you will notice that there are no 
Makuakus in the air, and that they will be perched on high places such as a 
mast of a flagpole or a sailboat. If you can take a picture of this unique 
situation for these avians, please email me one.

Temp forecast
For the third day in a row the heat index predicts a high chance of the mercury 
rising to 38 degrees Celsius. In this hot temperature please keep hydrated and 
try to stay in a cool place most of the time. To find out if you are gulping 
down enough fluids, check the color of your urine. If it is clear, and 
colorless, then you are okay. If it is dark yellow, then you are dehydrated, so 
drink at least 500 cc right away. A light yellow coloration is fine too, but 
once it starts to darken, increase your fluid intake right away. Try to shy 
away from coffee, energy drinks, and anything else that contains caffeine. 
Caffeine and some teas will dehydrate you. So stick to bottled water, 
especially if you live West of Tera Cora. A dive medic told me that a banana 
contains a chemical that aids in keeping your body hydrated. So eat one banana 
next to drinking plenty of water. For extra electrolytes, munch down on just 
one single "pruimchines" from Moo on Caracasbaaiweg.


Warwaru warning
Tuesday's hot temperature and almost zero wind is perfect weather for a 
"warwaru", so if you see a pillar of dust, go find a solid structure to stand 
under because whatever goes up, eventually will come down. This weather 
phenomenon is poorly recorded because it occurs fast and is usually 
short-lived. If you are able to capture on on photo or video while being at a 
safe distance or inside a safe structure, please let me know via email.




Rain forecast.
On Monday night between 7 and 9pm a heavy downpour soaked Curacao from Souax 
towards the eastern part whereas the remainder part stayed dust dry. The rains 
lasted one and off for about an hour with 6 confirmed cloud to earth (actually 
from earth to cloud) lightning strikes and then moved off shore towards 
Bonaire. The chance for rain today on Tuesday is about 30% to zero. The clouds 
with allot of rain vapor could pass over between 4 and 10 am, or miss us 
completely and rain into the sea offshore. If it does rain onshore during the 
morning hours it will cause the temperature to rise faster and hotter. I stood 
4 and 1/5 hours in the blistering heat on Monday, so I know what a "poporeshi" 
experiences inside an oven. I was standing in a puddle of water and it didn't 
rain :)


Fishermen please watch out for the following:
From Sunday Aug 21 till Thursday Aug 25th the wind will be almost gone and the 
temperatures will soar. Hot water has a very low oxygen level. The oxygen is 
therefore quickly depleted by a large group of air breathing animals below the 
sea surface when they are confined to a small area in shallow water. In deep 
water the water is cooler and contains a much higher oxygen level. 


Migrating mammals
Boaters please be aware of 20 ft whales that will be migrating to Curacao in 
the next 3 weeks. They will be in the shallows to forage squid between 
Caracasbaai all the way to Groot Santa Martha. Captain Goodlife has some nice 
pics of them. I have some too. Email me if you want some if you live in Curacao 
and often use the boat as your means of transportation to avoid inland traffic. 
(smart choice) My friend at Ultimo korant has a set too. Pitopolo said he has a 
few too. They can do a lot of damage to your sea-vessel's hull if you 
accidentally strike them while heading home or to the harbour at full throttle. 
They will shows up in the shallows when the air is cool between sunset and 
sunrise. There will also be small, medium and large sea turtles close to shore 
at dusk which will be seeking a place to lay their eggs. If you spot a turtle 
coming ashore, you can help the animal to find its way back to see by throwing 
a dark piece of clothing or towel over any lighting on the beac
 h, or ask the beach manager to turn the lights off. Believe me, it takes at 
least 20 strong men to guide a leatherback back to sea. So let them do it on 
their own. If you still need help call TeamCARE at 6683500 and/or the police at 
911.


Godspeed to all living beings under the sun or in this case the moon... :)


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:56:25 -0700 (PDT)

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:50:37 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 22 Aug 2011 04:50:41 -0000

Surf forecast

Even though the sea height is less than 4 feet, waves with a peak wave period 
of 11 seconds will arrive at Boca Pistol and Playa Canoa approx 2 pm today on 
Monday Aug 22nd 2011. These waves were generated by TS Irene. A "galinja di 
awa" told me that Alex will be out there, and possibly Martijn too. So you can 
check with them as they will be on the scene before you head out. Have fun and 
be safe. 

Wind forecast
At the south side of the island the sea will be quite flat as there is no wind. 
There is a high chance that the wind will be gone for the next few days. So get 
your large beach parasols, they provide a cool shade and the wind won't blow em 
away.

Temp forecast
With high humidity the heat index can hit the mid thirties. See ya at the beach 
after work? Try to shy away from coffee, energy drinks, and anything else that 
contains caffeine. A dive medic told me that eating a banana can aid in keeping 
your body hydrated next to drinking cool water and fresh squeezed/mixed batido 
juice drinks that are available all along the roads of Seroeloraweg, dr. 
Maalweg, Caracasbaaiweg, Martin Luther King Blvd, "Curacao Sea Aquarium Blvd" 
and so on... For extra electrolytes, munch down on just one single 
"pruimchines".

Rain forecast.
On Sunday afternoon a heavy downpour soaked the southern part of Curacao 
whereas the norther part stayed dust dry. The rains lasted for about 20 minutes 
and then moved off shore towards Aruba. The chance for rain on Monday is about 
10% to zero.


Fishermen please watch out for the following:
From Sunday Aug 21 till Thursday Aug 25th the wind will be almost gone and the 
temperatures will soar. Hot water has a very low oxygen level. The oxygen is 
therefore quickly depleted by a large group of air breathing animals below the 
sea surface when they are confined to a small area in shallow water. In deep 
water the water is cooler and contains a much higher oxygen level. 


Migrating mammals
Boaters please be aware of 20 ft whales that will be migrating to Curacao in 
the next 3 weeks. They will be in the shallows to forage squid between 
Caracasbaai all the way to Groot Santa Martha. Captain Goodlife has some nice 
pics of them. I have some too. Email me if you want some. My friend at Ultimo 
korant has a set too. They can do a lot of damage to your sea-vessel's hull if 
you accidentally strike them while heading home or to the harbour at full 
throttle. There will also be small, medium and large sea turtles close to shore 
at dusk that seek a place to lay their eggs.


Godspeed to all living beings under the sun or in this case the moon... :)


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

• By Herald Martis <martis at gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:57:39 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 21 Aug 2011 04:33:17 -0000

OMG. !!!

The forecast predicts a high chance that Haiti will face a weak Category 1 
hurricane, but still it has the potential to wreck havoc in Haiti which has not 
yet recovered from the devastating earthquake. The pouring rain can cause allot 
of health problems, flash flodds and mudslides.

Godspeed to the people of Haiti. I will pray for you before I go catch some 
zzzzz's tonight.

If I didn't have to work tomorrow I'd be up all night to monitor the outer 
bands of TS Irene as they move closer towards us.

Godspeed to all living beings under the sun or in this case the moon...


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
Like us and interact with us at http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 21 Aug 2011 04:16:14 -0000

Oh no...

 Just like TS Tomas that surprised us while everyone was asleep, here comes an 
outer band of Tropical Storm Irene that is heading towards us.

See satellite image that is attached below.

Godspeed to all living beings under the sun or in this case the moon...


TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 21 Aug 2011 03:59:29 -0000

Time             Lat   Lon   Wind(km/h)  Pressure  Storm type
------------------------------------------------------------------------
23 GMT 08/20/11  14.9N 58.5W     80       1006     Tropical Storm
03 GMT 08/21/11  15.3N 59.9W     80       1006     Tropical Storm

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 20 Aug 2011 19:35:42 -0000

The latest update was at 3pm today Saturday August 20th 2011 

Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(km/h)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
12 GMT 08/18/11  13.5N  37.9W     40        1009       Invest
18 GMT 08/18/11  13.6N  39.4W     40        1008       Invest
00 GMT 08/19/11  13.6N  41.4W     40        1008       Invest
06 GMT 08/19/11  13.5N  44.2W     40        1007       Invest
12 GMT 08/19/11  13.5N  47.3W     40        1006       Invest
18 GMT 08/19/11  13.6N  49.3W     40        1007       Invest
00 GMT 08/20/11  13.9N  51.8W     40        1007       Invest
06 GMT 08/20/11  14.3N  53.0W     48        1007       Invest
12 GMT 08/20/11  14.3N  54.9W     48        1007       Invest
18 GMT 08/20/11  14.5N  56.5W     48        1006       Invest




Invest:
Unorganized mass of thunderstorms, with none to hardly any organized wind 
circulation. Sustained winds from 0-19 knots (0 - 36 km/h). 
The designation of a system as an invest does not necessarily correspond to any 
particular likelihood of development of the system into a tropical cyclone. 
Invests are numbered from 90 to 99, followed by L in the Atlantic, E and C in 
the East and Central Pacific respectively, or W in the West Pacific.

Tropical depression:
Some wind circulation around a center with sustained winds from 20-34 knots 
(37-63 km/h). 

Tropical storm:
Maximum sustained winds are from 35-64 knots (64.8 -118.5 km/h). The storm 
receives a name. 

Hurricane:
Maximum sustained winds exceed 64 knots (137 km/h).(to be continued when one 
comes near us) 


Have a wonderful day today!! 

Godspeed to all living beings under the sun.
TeamCARE
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.curacaowildlife.com
http://www.facebook.com/curacao.animal.rescue  

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 20 Aug 2011 17:59:36 -0000

Good morning folks,

Current weather on Saturday Aug 20th, 2011 at 1300 hrs (1 pm) UTC -4

Temp.            31 °C (rising)
Heat Index      37.6 °C (rising)
Humidity        70% (rising)
Pressure        1011 hPa (dropping)
Visibility         10.0 km
Wind Dir         E 
Wind Speed    20.4 km/h / 5.7 m/s

This morning at approx 9 - 11 am intra cloud thunder was heard the areas of 
Playa Canoa, Brievengat, Sun Valley, Sunset Heights, and Schelpwijk. 

Below is a map showing bad weather:
- in the Eastern Caribbean with Ghost93 now having been named Invest97 which is 
currently heading towards Haiti (see image attached below)
- in SW over the South American continent in Eastern Colombia and 
Western Venezuela that is currently heading West
- in Western Venezuela that is heading NNE

Except for some grey clouds here and there it is overall sunny skies in Curacao 
at this moment.

On Tuesday we're going to wax up our surfboards and head to either playa canoa 
(beginners -- advanced surfers) or boca pistol (only experienced big wave 
riders please)  Even though the sea height will be max 4 feet you can still get 
a big wave at the shallows because big waves will arrive with a wave period of 
8 -9 secs. With almost no significant wind this is perfect weather for novice 
surfers. Since there will be lots of egg-laying turtles in the area this time 
of the year, please don't park your vehicles on the beach, especially if you 
spot tracks of a turtles having laid their eggs. Keep in mind that a turtle 
with lotsa eggs on board attracts large predators. So keep an eye out for large 
grey shadows under your boards. If you spot these shadows any time of the day 
and/or turtles coming onshore at dawn or sunset please send an SMS to (500-0) 
6683500 and/or post a message at http://www.facebook.com/Curacao.Animal.Rescue 
so that TeamCARE can videograph these wonderful creatu
 res under/above water.

Fishermen please watch out for the following:
From Sunday Aug 21 till Thursday Aug 25th the wind will be almost gone and the 
temperatures will soar. In science class back in a day at the HAVO Frater 
Geerlings taught me that oxygen bubbles will rise out of hot water causing hot 
water to have a low oxygen level and that cold water is oxygen rich because it 
absorbs oxygen. So please watch out if you have a net full of fish in the 
shallows in hot seawater with no wind.

Godspeed to all living beings under the sun.

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 19 Aug 2011 11:19:32 -0000

Good morning folks,

Current weather on Friday Aug 19th, 2011 at 0718 am UTC -4

Temp.   28.3 °C (rising)
Heat Index      32.8 °C (rising)
Humidity        84% (stable)
Pressure        1010 hPa (rising)
Visibility      10.0 km
Wind Dir         ESE (sea wind is blowing towards southern coastline
Wind Speed 16.7 km/h / 4.6 m/s

This morning at approx 5-6am a light rainfall came down in the areas of Playa 
Canoa, Brievengat, and Schelpwijk. Below is a map showing bad weather with 
heavy rain towards SW over the South American continent in Eastern Colombia and 
Western Venezuela that is heading NNE.

Except for some grey clouds here and there it is overall sunny skies in Curacao 
at this moment.
                                                

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• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:13:40 +0000

Invest 97L. Its official. Models: northern caribbean end of this weekend. 
Florida end of next week. Keep watchin.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 18 Aug 2011 04:33:51 -0000

In the past 28 hours the NE tradewind has been absent in Curacao. Instead the 
wind has been blowing 73.7 % of the time from the ESE direction. This wind 
direction change can cause marine organisms that are normally found navigating 
the open sea surface between Curacao and Venezuela to be blown towards the 
southern coast of Curacao. Some may beach themselves but most will float along 
the coast and then find their way back to open sea.

You may think that this is bad news, especially if you are in the water along 
the southern coastline. Actually it is good news because these marine organisms 
hunt and eat eggs of Lionfish.

So what do these lionfish egg hunters look like? Please see attachment below.

The first 2 images are of the Porpita porpita. It is also known as the blue 
button. It is not a jellyfish, it is actually a marine organism consisting of a 
colony of hydroids that work together for one purpose: harvest food. 

The blue button lives on the surface of the sea and consists of two main parts: 
the float and the hydroid colony. The float is round, almost flat, is most 
times white or brown colored. The hydroid colony is blue colored and resembles 
tentacles like those of the jellyfish. Each strand has numerous branchlets, 
each of which ends in knobs of stinging cells called nematocysts. The blue 
button sting is not dangerous for a human. Most people however will feel a 
slight sting and others have no reaction at all. I've picked them up a few 
times and did not feel a thing. Some people have thin sensitive skin, and some 
just the contrary. So I guess I am blessed to be able to touch these amazing 
sea organisms. Most people will not even know they are nearby since they are 
flat, float on the surface and are quite small and measure no bigger than 6 cm 
and most times are just 2 or 3 cm.

The second lion-fish egg hunter is the Portuguese man-of-war. Unlike the blue 
button this animal is easy to spot due to the fact it has a big air filled 
float at the surface that can be bright pink colored to purple and sometimes 
blue. This animal you ought to avoid at all cost. Just like the blue-button it 
is not a jellyfish, but a group of together working organisms. It hunts, 
paralyzes and eats small lionfish, eggs of lionfish and other small sea 
organisms with its tentacles that can grow up to 10 ft and eats them. If you 
accidentally get in contact with this passive animal that floats on the surface 
or washes up on the beach you ought to immerse the area that got  stung with 
non-scalding hot water of about 40 - 45 Celsius for at least 30 minutes. The 
heat neutralizes the venom, removes the pain, and then your body breaks it down 
naturally. Vinager only works on the exterior of your skin and will not 
neutralize the venom underneath the skin.

To figure out if the wind is blowing from the sea is to watch the flags of 
(dive) boats. You can also do the finger test. Moisten your clean finger in 
your mouth and stick it up in the air, if the side that is turning cold is 
facing the sea, the wind is blowing towards shore. A third way which I 
recommend is to watch posts on this weather blog :)

Until August 21 there is a high chance of sea organisms arriving due to no 
Tradewind blowing from NE and that the wind is blowing from the direction of E, 
SE and ESE towards shore

Have a wonderful day tomorrow.

Godspeed.

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 18 Aug 2011 03:07:38 -0000

Those who read my previous post and have question marks floating above their 
heads ought to check out what is being done with similar software on a much 
larger scale and with a few billion Euro budgets at 
http://www.ioc-goos.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12&Itemid=26&lang=en

By the way, Ghost93 is being swallowed up by a new weather system and once 
integrated it has a high probability of heading straight for Sint Maarten, 
Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, and the Turks and Caicos within the next four days. 

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 17 Aug 2011 05:51:00 -0000

A few days ago there was a weather system called invest 93 which dissipated and 
was off the radar and off the list of storms. Then some squally thunderstorms 
popped up on the radar and this was named Invest 93. 

Folks, it is not the same weather system.

Believe it or not, the old invest 93 is actually still in the Atlantic Ocean 
and nowhere near the Caribbean and it has no name. In order to have a reference 
let's call it Ghost 93 :)

There is a good reason why developing storms are named invest. Personally I 
believe once you downgraded Invest 93, you should retire the name for the 
remainder of the season and not give another weather system the same name. The 
reason is that people who don't track the weather nor run computer forecast 
models will get confused when they pick up the paper or check an interactive 
satellite map online. 

Currently Ghost93 is still in the Atlantic, it is very weak and disorganized 
and it is now heading ENE towards the African continent. 

Believe it or not but Ghost93 will curve NE, then ESE, then E, then S en then 
SW and then head West towards the Caribbean again.

There are allot of seavessels and oil/gas drilling platforms near or in the 
Caribbean, and far away from landmasses in open sea in the Atlantic that take 
measurements of the weather in their location and broadcast this. By plugging 
their measured weather data in the online software engine that is being 
developed through an open source collaboration by individuals in South America 
and the Caribbean, you can generate different weather forecast models via a 
computer. One of these models predicts what Ghost 93 is doing and where it is 
heading.

The weather forecast computer model predicts that Ghost 93's center of 
circulation will be in an area somewhere between 61.4W 11.7N and 58.4W 12.5 N 
next week on Monday Aug 22 and heading W or WSW. 

Computer generated weather forecast models are the product/interpretation of 
hundreds of weather data measurements, and may contain a few errors, but they 
still serve as a valuable too by being great "heads up" warning tools. No more 
and no less.

 One famous prediction was in 2008 when it was predicted that Omar would head 
NW and then go N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W and then continute heading NW. This route 
deviation brought big waves. At that time others said that Omar would not 
deviate from its NW track at that time in history. As a result a small group of 
people knew what was coming and made preparations ahead of time. And history 
proved that the open source computer model was right.


Tim, it may seem as a weird weather season this year. Whatever happens now has 
actually happened before. Something else that occurred 6 times in the past 11 
years is extreme hot weather all over the world.

Did you know that two weeks ago on August 3, 2011 the temperatures soared to 
53.3°C (127.9°F) at Mitrabah, Kuwait and to 53.0°C (127.4°F) at Tallil, Iraq. 
And right here in Curacao the heat index on that sa me date was 34 degrees 
Celsius. Do you remember what else happened on that date in Curacao? If not, 
ask Marvin Leito of AVB. Back in a day while attending the HAVO I learned in 
science class that when you boil water, the oxygen bubbles out of it. Cold 
water on the other hand is rich with oxygen. By continuously adding cold water 
to hot water you replenish the oxygen supply. But if the hot water stays in one 
place and the cold water can't get to it because there is no current and no 
wind to cool the hot water. The oxygen is depleted really quick by the 
organisms in it.


Around the 22nd of August this event could repeat and take place again because 
the wind will die and the temperatures will soar to the mid thirties.


Here below is second scenario where sea organisms and weather will interact:

This whole coming week the NE Tradewind (Passaat) will not blow faithfully from 
the NE, but will shift and blow from SE. This means that a seawind will blow 
from the South East towards land and bring all kinds of sea organisms that are 
normally found in open water between the coastlines of Curacao and Venezuelan. 
So please be on the alert of what is floating near you if you are in the water 
on the south side of Curacao. If you see something pinkish or purplish in color 
floating at the surface, get out of the water until it floats away away from 
you. If you get stung, in most cases the best thing to do is just to immerse 
the stung area in nonscalding hot water for at least a half hour and the 
stinging sensation will cease. If it doesn't then go see your house doctor. In 
most cases the 40 - 45 Celsius water will suffice.


Godspeed to all this coming week !!

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:23:21 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 15 Aug 2011 02:45:20 -0000

Whatever remains of invest 93 has a compact area with high amount of water 
vapor...

see image below.

Let's see if another 24 hours will produce another surprise.. :)

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 15 Aug 2011 02:28:57 -0000

In the latest satellite image attached below you can see whatever remains of 
invest 93...which is not much...

Hopefully within ten years from now we will have 3D weather images instead of 
from "space to earth" satellite views.

Tim, let's keep an eye on this weird turn of events...

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 15 Aug 2011 01:51:54 -0000

I'm waiting to receive the satellite image updates via email so that I can 
upload an image of the area 

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 15 Aug 2011 01:35:02 -0000

Time                        Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
18 GMT 08/10/11   9.7N  15.7W     20        1010       Invest
06 GMT 08/11/11  10.2N  21.0W     20        1011       Invest
12 GMT 08/11/11  10.3N  21.5W     25        1011       Invest
18 GMT 08/11/11  10.8N  24.0W     25        1011       Invest
00 GMT 08/12/11  11.0N  25.6W     25        1011       Invest
06 GMT 08/12/11  11.2N  28.4W     25        1011       Invest
12 GMT 08/12/11  11.3N  30.3W     25        1011       Invest
18 GMT 08/12/11  11.3N  31.5W     25        1010       Invest
00 GMT 08/13/11  11.6N  32.6W     25        1011       Invest
06 GMT 08/13/11  11.7N  33.9W     25        1011       Invest
12 GMT 08/14/11  11.5N  38.6W     0 - 14    1012          ---
18 GMT 08/14/11  11.0N  43.1W     0 - 14    1012          ---

it still shows up on the computer model as a weak area of disturbance in the 
Atlantic Ocean with a very small chance of regaining its strength and its 
current position is 11.0 N 43.1 W

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 15 Aug 2011 01:15:59 -0000

NHC, NOAA, and others have downgraded Invest 93 so that it is off the list.

Houston..., do I really have a code glitch???

Because it still shows up in my extended forecast computer model. And there 
is/was nothing in the path of Invest 93 that could have caused its demise.

I can't believe it!!

Just to be sure I am starting software debugging process now,... smurf it.

• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:27:05 +0000

Invest 93 gone? I think its a case of saharan dust ingestion. 
So much for computer models. As I said, it's a strange hurricane season. I was 
quietly hoping I93 would come close enoug to Curacao to give us some rain.
But. 
NHC still puts I93 in their map as 10% possible cyclone in next 48 hours. So 
don't let your guard down.

Greets

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 13 Aug 2011 23:22:14 -0000

Time                        Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
18 GMT 08/10/11   9.7N  15.7W     20        1010       Invest
06 GMT 08/11/11  10.2N  21.0W     20        1011       Invest
12 GMT 08/11/11  10.3N  21.5W     25        1011       Invest
18 GMT 08/11/11  10.8N  24.0W     25        1011       Invest
00 GMT 08/12/11  11.0N  25.6W     25        1011       Invest
06 GMT 08/12/11  11.2N  28.4W     25        1011       Invest
12 GMT 08/12/11  11.3N  30.3W     25        1011       Invest
18 GMT 08/12/11  11.3N  31.5W     25        1010       Invest
00 GMT 08/13/11  11.6N  32.6W     25        1011       Invest
06 GMT 08/13/11  11.7N  33.9W     25        1011       Invest

Curacao is located at Lat/Lon: 12.2° N 69.0° W. Right now the storm is heading 
straight for Curacao. However the storm's track is expected to curve more 
northwards. How far away the eye and it's outer bands that can bring heavy 
rains, will be from Curacao is difficult to determine at this moment. So let's 
keep tracking its progress.


This is something new for you storm enthusiasts: you can track Storm Franklin 
via Google Maps at http://stormadvisory.org/map/atlantic/ 

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 13 Aug 2011 04:34:20 -0000

On 11 August I wasn't sure but now on August 13th I see in my extended forecast 
that next week we will possibly get some heavy rain as the eye of the storm 
passes far north of Curacao. One of its outer bands has the potential the 
produce heavy rains. At this time it is too early to figure out if the rain 
will be over land or only over sea. In any case the rain will be heavy and last 
for hours.

It looks like the rain will be the heaviest on Thursday the 18th and Friday the 
19th, so this is a heads up for Ryzal, Vesta, and Michiel, and other 
parents....dust off your umbrellas and raincoats and be prepared ahead of time 
as you plan to go after work to the parent and teacher conferences next week. 
Everyone else on the roads, please slow down as we haven't had rain in a while 
and the roads will be slick and slippery.

In any case let's keep a watchful eye out for this storm during the next 7 days 
and keep monitoring the outer bands with the potential of heavy rain. 

Last year Tomas took as by surprise. 

This time we won't get caught by surprise anymore.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 13 Aug 2011 04:18:07 -0000

This morning between 6:45 am and 7:00 am a brief local rainshower came down on 
the neighborhoods Chobolobo, Zeelandia, Salinja, Mari Pampoen, Kustbatterij, 
Seri Domi, Punda and Otrobanda.

The towering rainclouds were spectacular and you can one of many photographs 
that I took in attachment.

Currently next to the storm I have been tracking called Invest 93... three more 
have popped up, which are:

Tropical Depression Six
Wind: Movement: ENE

Tracking Info For Tropical Depression Six  
 Time             Lat   Lon   Wind(mph)  Pressure  Storm type
------------------------------------------------------------------------
21 GMT 08/12/11  36.0N 63.9W     35       1011     Tropical Depression
03 GMT 08/13/11  36.6N 61.3W     35       1010     Tropical Depression


        
Invest 92 Movement: WNW

 Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
12 GMT 08/12/11  16.8N  43.7W     25        1011       Invest
12 GMT 08/12/11  17.8N  45.3W     25        1011       Invest
18 GMT 08/12/11  18.6N  46.9W     30        1011       Invest
00 GMT 08/13/11  19.1N  48.7W     25        1013       Invest


Invest 94 Movement: WNW

 Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
06 GMT 08/12/11  25.0N  53.6W     25        1013       Invest
12 GMT 08/12/11  24.7N  54.7W     25        1013       Invest
18 GMT 08/12/11  24.6N  55.5W     25        1013       Invest
00 GMT 08/13/11  25.7N  57.1W     25        1013       Invest

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• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:08:15 -0400

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 12 Aug 2011 04:16:19 -0000

At this moment the extended forecast of the storm in the Atlantic that is 
heading into our direction indicates that the storm is possibly no threat for 
Curacao as the eye will be too far North of Curacao. At this time it is 
uncertain of we will get rain. So let's keep watching it day by day from now on.

below are 3 attachments:

1. Forecast of where the storm could be next week: forecast_20110817.jpg.
2. Current satellite map: current-position_20110812.jpg
3. The Forecast of Aug 11 that was predicted on Aug 4: forecast_20110811.jpg

sunny greetings

Marcus DeMaaijer
marcus - at - dushikorsou.net
http://www.dushikorsou.net/
Curacao Sunchild Foundation

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 10 Aug 2011 05:28:00 -0000

The weather system that I forecasted on August 3 ( scroll down on this page) is 
now visible on the satellite maps and here are the coordinates:

 Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
00 GMT 08/10/11  12.1N  28.5W     25        1010       Invest
00 GMT 08/10/11  12.1N  28.5W     25        1010       Invest
00 GMT 08/10/11  12.1N  28.5W     25        1010       Invest
00 GMT 08/10/11  12.2N  28.5W     25        1010       Invest

• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:12:01 +0000

Hi,

we had a nice, brief but heavy downpour here last night, at around 1:00. 
Another Venezuelan bomb crossed over and visited us from the south, giving us 
much needed rain. Nice rumbling also.
They seem to come out of nowhere, these single cells. Most of the time they are 
very active thunderstorms. I like!

It has been a strange year in terms of cyclonic activity. A lot of potential; 
really hot seas, a lot of active waves leaving the African mainland. Nothing 
really scary..... yet. 

I hope nothing changes.

Well I wish you all a great new week: "bon siman" from Curacao.

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 07:07:11 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 4 Aug 2011 01:53:06 -0000

Hello folks,

the low pressure that rolled off the coast of Venezuela which lies due south of 
us, is heading NNE and is currently over Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire. It is 
producing light rain here and there in different areas of short duration. The 
intra cloud lightning is awesome when viewing from a safe location. I've packed 
my photo gear and I'm heading towards Fort Nassau. Cya there? Bring a tripod, a 
(folding) stool, and set your camera to Bulb with Aperture of F. 5.6 to F11 and 
at 400 - 800 ISO

ps: the road up and down Fort Nassau is wet, steap and slippery, so  lease make 
sure your tires have a good thread before going in either direction up or 
downhill.

In attachment:
 an "My Satellite - GOES-13 / METEOSAT-8" image
 a webcam image from the top of the plaza hotel 
 a forecast for the next possible system on the heels of Emily which could 
develop a week from today and is forecasted by two seperate computermodels to 
go W or WNW. In either case it does not look like it is heading towards Curacao 
(knocks on wood 3 times)

sunny greetings

Marcus DeMaaijer
marcus - at - dushikorsou.net
http://www.dushikorsou.net/
Curacao Sunchild Foundation

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• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 4 Aug 2011 01:52:39 -0000

Hello folks,

the low pressure that rolled off the coast of Venezuela which lies due south of 
us, is heading NNE and is currently over Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire. It is 
producing light rain here and there in different areas of short duration. The 
intra cloud lightning is awesome when viewing from a safe location. I've packed 
my photo gear and I'm heading towards Fort Nassau. Cya there? Bring a tripod, a 
(folding) stool, and set your camera to Bulb with Aperture of F. 5.6 to F11 and 
at 400 - 800 ISO

ps: the road up and down Fort Nassau is wet, steap and slippery, so  lease make 
sure your tires have a good thread before going in either direction up or 
downhill.

In attachment:
 an "My Satellite - GOES-13 / METEOSAT-8" image
 a webcam image from the top of the plaza hotel 
 a forecast for the next possible system on the heels of Emily which could 
develop a week from today and is forecasted by two seperate computermodels to 
go W or WNW. In either case it does not look like it is heading towards Curacao 
(knocks on wood 3 times)

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• By Robert Candelaria <robertcandelaria at rocketmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 18:15:04 -0700 (PDT)

• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 00:26:52 +0000

A huge blob (see attached satellite image) came over from Venezuela to attack 
us. Almost no rain (see attached radar image) but constant cloud-cloud 
lightning. Nice show!

Still prayin for the people of Haiti. God have mercy on them. May Emily be kind 
for the people of the Dominican Republic too. 

Greetz.

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• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:11:35 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 2 Aug 2011 05:13:53 -0000

Invest 91 turned into TS Emily and is no threat for Curacao as it is curving 
towards the North and heading in the opposite direction away from Curacao. 

ps: all you guys reporting rain...show some pics please cuz it has been dry and 
sunny in my experience in Curacao for two weeks straight.

sunny greetings

Marcus DeMaaijer
marcus - at - dushikorsou.net
http://www.dushikorsou.net/
Curacao Sunchild Foundation

• By Herald Martis <martis at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:09:41 -0400

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 07:41:32 -0400

• By Herald Martis <martis at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 01:05:30 -0400

• By Herald Martis <martis at gmail.com>
• Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:45:31 -0400

• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:56:02 +0000

And another nasty wave just leaving the african continent.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 31 Jul 2011 05:30:11 -0000

This is just to let you know that I am not asleep. As always I am silent when 
there is nothing significant going on in the region of Curacao. 
I am just vigilant and waiting to report anything significant heading our 
direction.

So here is Invest 91 which at this time is no threat for Curacao

 Time             Lat   Lon    Wind(mph)    Pressure      Storm type
-------------------------------------------------------------
00 GMT 07/29/11   8.3N  39.5W     20        1009       Invest
06 GMT 07/29/11   8.5N  41.0W     25        1008       Invest
12 GMT 07/29/11   9.2N  40.6W     25        1008       Invest
12 GMT 07/29/11   9.2N  40.6W     25        1008       Invest
12 GMT 07/29/11   9.2N  40.6W     25        1008       Invest
18 GMT 07/29/11   9.5N  41.6W     25        1007       Invest
00 GMT 07/30/11  10.0N  43.1W     25        1007       Invest
06 GMT 07/30/11  11.0N  46.0W     30        1007       Invest
12 GMT 07/30/11  12.0N  48.9W     30        1007       Invest
18 GMT 07/30/11  12.8N  47.8W     30        1008       Invest

While something noteworthy develops. Check out this link below to view how 
Curacao fared in the past hurricane seasons: 

http://stormcarib.com/climatology/TNCC_dec_isl.htm




sunny greetings

Marcus DeMaaijer
marcus - at - dushikorsou.net
http://www.dushikorsou.net/
Curacao Sunchild Foundation

• By tim.reijnaert at gmail.com
• Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:24:28 +0000

Woke up at six to the sound of rain. Finally. Now the sun is shining and there 
is no wind. The Spanish Water looks like a mirror. Really beautiful.

But we are all watching the developments to our east. I hope she will behave!

Greets from Curacao.

• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:54:09 -0400

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• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:35:23 -0400

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• By tim reijnaert <tim.reijnaert at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:57:39 -0400

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 13 Jun 2011 14:51:59 -0000

Bon dia bon siman (= good day and good week in native language Papiamentu),

The forecast calls for the wind to die done a wee bit more on Tuesday and Wednesday and on Thursday the wind is forecasted to pick up again. On Friday and Saturday the waves are forecasted to peak to 11 feet and then go down to 5 - 6 ft on Sunday.

The word is that the best surfing conditions are at Megapier, yes even better than at Playa Canoa.

*Maribomba = wasp in native Papiamentu Language.

The lionfish can be made scarce, as long as a set of actions are initiated and continued without faltering. It will take time, it will take determination, it will require a commitment by all organzations and people along shores in the Caribbean Sea. It can be done, and we will succeed.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 12 Jun 2011 18:12:21 -0000

Right now 8 to 10 ft waves pushed by 40-51 km/h winds along the shores of 
Curacao with wave periods of 7 seconds. This weather will continue on Monday.

Furthermore the forecast predicts 6 to 7 ft waves on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

On Thursday and Friday the forecast predicts stronger waves and wind from 10 to 
11 ft waves with wave periods of 7 to 8 seconds and winds up to 52 Km/h.

And not one single drop of rain...


Owners of small children, and seavessels beware!!!

Also stay on the alert for large petchi portuges (potuguese man of war). Please 
don't kill these creatures because they eat Lionfish!! If you get stung, you 
can immerse the stung area as soon as possible after being stung with hot water 
(just like you do when you get stung by Lionfish), but not water that will burn 
your skin. And keep submerged in the hot water for at least 30 minutes 
straight. This will neutralize the venom of the petchi portuges. Some people 
may get allergic to the proteine base venom and suffer a Histamine attack which 
can cause irregular heartbeat, fainting, and difficulty breathing. Please 
consult a medic asap for an antihistamine injection or a 10 mg micronized 
loratadine, an antihistamine, to be administered orally (just like you would do 
with Lionfish sting if allergy prevails.)

sunny greetings,

Marcus DeMaaijer
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.facebook.com/Curacao.Animal.Rescue
http:www.dushicuracao.net


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Curacao Animal Rescue and Education (TeamCARE) is a non-profit, non-government, 
volunteer, organisation in the Caribbean island Curacao. We rescue, 
rehabilitate, & release wild, indigenous animals back into natural habitats and 
remove invasive species. If possible the non-indigenous wild animals will be 
returned alive to habitat of origin.  TeamCARE is implementing a Lionfish 
Elimination Strategy (LES) to reduce the approx 1.2 million Lionfish in an 
underwater area of 2700 hectares to a foodchain sustainable level. Please email 
Marcus for a copy to implement in your area. Alone as one maribomba we are 
weak, united together as a swarm of maribombas we become one massive fist to 
smash Lionfish.

*Maribomba = wasp in native Papiamentu Language.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 12 Jun 2011 16:13:08 -0000

The strong continuous wind and the huge waves look like a gift from God for the 
participants of the sailing competition currently taking place in Curacao. The 
huge waves up to 10 feet are great for kite surfing in Sint  Joris Bay and for 
the surfers at Playa Canoa. A note of caution for the land-sharks at 
Canoa...park your car topside and not below at the beach, otherwise your car 
will go surfing as well :)


sunny greetings,

Marcus DeMaaijer
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.facebook.com/Curacao.Animal.Rescue
http:www.dushicuracao.net


==============
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education (TeamCARE) is a non-profit, non-government, 
volunteer, organisation in the Caribbean island Curacao. We rescue, 
rehabilitate, & release wild, indigenous animals back into natural habitats and 
remove invasive species. If possible the non-indigenous wild animals will be 
returned alive to habitat of origin.  TeamCARE is implementing a Lionfish 
Elimination Strategy (LES) to reduce the approx 1.2 million Lionfish in an 
underwater area of 2700 hectares to a foodchain sustainable level. Please email 
Marcus for a copy to implement in your area. Alone as one maribomba we are 
weak, united together as a swarm of maribombas we become one massive fist to 
smash Lionfish.

*Maribomba = wasp in native Papiamentu Language.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 11 Jun 2011 00:49:32 -0000

Hello folks,

if you are going to the beach, going diving, snorkeling and lionfish hunting, 
please take caution because there will be strong winds with gusts up to 50 Km/h 
and huge waves that will arrive tonight and stay active for a whole week and 
some...

At this time rain is not in the forecast for the coming week.


sunny greetings,

Curacao Animal Rescue and Education
http://www.facebook.com/Curacao.Animal.Rescue
http:www.dushicuracao.net


==============
Curacao Animal Rescue and Education (TeamCARE) is a non-profit, volunteer, 
organisation in the Caribbean island Curacao. We rescue, rehabilitate, & 
release wild, indigenous animals back into natural habitats and remove invasive 
species. If possible the non-indigenous wild animals will be returned to 
habitat of origin.  TeamCARE has developed a Lionfish Elimination Strategy 
(LES) to reduce the 700.000 to 1.100.000 Lionfish in an underwater area of 2700 
hectares to a foodchain sustainable level. Please email Marcus for a copy to 
implement in your area. Alone as one maribomba we are weak, united together as 
a swarm of maribombas we become one massive fist to smash Lionfish.

• By Devin Balentina <blue13x at hotmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:00:46 +0100

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 2 Jun 2011 20:09:47 -0000

Hello folks,

other than a big blob on the radar right above us, we experienced nothing other 
than a few clouds in the morning and now it is sunny and cool as the whole 
island enjoy Ascencion holiday at the beaches.



Team CARE
Mobile Phone: +(599-9) 6683500
http://www.facebook.com/Curacao.Animal.Rescue
http://www.curacaowildlife.com

Curacao Animal Rescue and Education (Team CARE) is a non-profit, charitable, 
volunteer, organisation based in the Dutch Caribbean island Curacao. We rescue, 
rehabilitate, and release wild, indigenous animals back into natural habitats 
and/or return non-indigenous wild animals to habitat of origin. Recently we 
were asked to join the effort to remove invasive lionfish in the sea 
surrounding of Curacao. Please click here to read our Lionfish Elimination 
Strategy (LES) which you may copy and redistribute in the effort to combat the 
lionfish in the entire Caribbean.

• By marcus at dushicuracao.net
• Date: 24 May 2011 02:58:22 -0000

Tracking Info For Invest 92
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• By Devin Balentina <blue13x at hotmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 19:20:31 -0400

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• By Natalie U <stormreporter at yahoo.com>
• Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 04:03:41 -0700 (PDT)