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- SOME ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 15:55:03 -0400
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Jane Higgins
thought you would like to see this page from the St. Thomas Source web
site.
Message from Sender:
Some Roads Closed Due to Flooding
Motorists should uses extreme caution and avoid crossing running water, due
to roadway flooding Thursday on St. Thomas and St. John, according to the
V.I.Territorial Emergency Management Agency.
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- Thunder Gods Roared
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 10:05:36 -0400
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The thunder Gods roared and blinked white lightening for hours right
over
our heads last night. When the lights in the house
flashed we knew it was past time
to unplug everything. We can report that all appliances survived.
The little orange boxes help,....... but you never know.
Rain and wine buckets say about 8” fell overnight. The pool is
maxed out. And the lettuce
replanting will probably rot again. A small price to pay for not having a
tree fall on the house.
A new gut opened up a path of water to our downhill neighbors
on the west side. The same storm
seemed to be taking 2 steps west and one step east all night long.
Shocking to see Culebra’s report
that they only received 2 inches. What a few miles can make in weather
changes.
Just yesterday while rolling over the washing machine chop of waves coming
back from Jost Van
Dyke we were saying how lucky we were this storm season. And we were
and are. Last night was
just a recollection of what could have been worse. Now the sun is
creeping up on the north deck and it
is time to switch back to solar power. Happy Holidays.
Jane
Higgins
Soggy
Fortuna, St Thomas
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- Underwater
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 03:40:34 -0400
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It is 3:30 am and checking Storm Carib at this hour has not
occurred since our last hurricane .It has been pouring
off and on , mostly on since 5:30 last night. The run off behind our
house down the hill is so loud
that there is no sleeping now. Waiting for daylight to check our
newly formed rivers. Let us know what
you are experiencing.
Jane
Higgins
in
the RAIN Forest ,
West End,
Fortuna, St Thomas
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- : ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXTENDS PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINE RE; CORAL WORLD DOLPHINARIUM
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:58:44 -0400
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It’s rainy weather like what we are having now that shows us how poor
the drainage is in Water Bay,
St Thomas. The same Water Bay and proposed site of
CORAL WORLD’S DOLPHINARIUM , an over
2 acre steel fenced enclosure supported by 158 posts in the
ocean floor and displacing 14,000 sq ft of
coral, to house captive dolphins. We can ask the Army
Corps of Engineers to stop this project.
PLEASE
BROADCAST THIS AND TAKE ACTION, HELP US SAVE WATER BAY , SAVE THE
DOLPHINS
ACE
EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS TO NOVEMBER 30, 2013
We have been informed that the Army Corps of Engineers has extended
it’s deadline to receive public
comments regarding the proposed CORAL WORLD DOLPHINARIUM
Case # SAJ-l976-89037 to November 30.
Any comments postmarked by November 30 will be received and reviewed by the
ACE. Please mail in your comments regarding
marine habitat,environmental impacts, relocation of corals ,water quality
experiences and water current
and eutrophication issues in regards to Water Bay and
refer to the Coral World case number to ;
Edgar W. Garcia, Project Manager,
District Engineer, Army Corps of Engineers
400 Fernandez Junco Ave
San Juan, PR 00901-3299
Jane Higgins
The Committee to Save Water Bay
St Thomas
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- Army Corp of Engineers Asks for Comments on Coral World Dolphinarium Case # SAJ-1976-89037 (SP-EWG)
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:01:11 -0400
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PLEASE FACEBOOK, INTERNET, WEBMAIL, PASS ALONG AND ACT NOW
OUR LAST CHANCE
LET THE ARMY CORPS KNOW YOU THAT WANT TO SAVE WATER BAY NOW
The Army Corps of Engineers has just posted and announced that they will
receive and review public comments concerning the proposed dolphinarium
by Coral World in Water Bay for the next 20 days. Please refer to
Case # Coral World SAJ-1976-89037 (SP-EWG) when sending your comments
into the ACE. Please send your concerns and evidential
documents concerning the environment of Water Bay , your personal knowledge
of water flow and current studies of Water Bay and your comments in regards
to the two acres of coral and marine habitat that will be disrupted by the
dolphinarium within the next 20 days to :
The Army Corp of Engineers, District Engineer
Antilles Permits Section,
400 Fernandez Juncos Ave,
San Juan , PR 00901.
Using the following link, or the one posted in the Public Notice,
http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/PublicNotices/tabid/6072/Article/19746/saj-1976-89037-sp-ewg.aspx
click on the link for the project, scroll down to the heading "Comments"
;there you will find more information.
"Comments regarding the potential authorization of the work proposed should
be submitted in writing within 20 days of this notice" .
The notice was posted on November 8, 2013.
We are residents, swimmers, divers, sailors, fisherman, veterinarians,
ecologists , environmentalists and keepers of the
Earth for future generations. We do not need to build an ocean park, a
water park or any false places to keep captives.
We live in the water park called the Caribbean. We thank Senator Clarence
Payne once again for standing up to those that
are shortsighted , and for understanding that our future is imbedded in
saving our environment. We must keep Water Bay
intact for our great, great , grandchildren. The Army Corp of Engineers has
listened to us before and we can still save Water Bay
if you are willing to take a stand.
Jane Higgins and Jay Lammering,
St Thomas
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- Wet Wings and Billy's Orchid
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 09:59:38 -0400
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We
are cleaning up little wings left behind and wet is an understatement.
We’ve had many inches of rain over night
and
more showers today. Seems to be going North and then dropping back South
and repeating. The water man can
To all of you orchid lovers out there, this one is called “Billy’s orchid”,
after our friend Billy. He gave us a large clump
of these for a housewarming gift almost 13 years ago, and said
then that the plant was at least 20 years old.We divided
up the clump 2 years ago and the anxious wait for re-blooming
has been on. Over the years the bloom date is always the week
of
Halloween. This last week has been overcast and rainy, and the bloom
appeared yesterday. Billy passed away
years ago and we are reminded of him with this gift of
gorgeous.
We are having too much rain, and as you can see the pressure washing of
mold build up will be next, as usual;
the cycle of the tropics carries on. The driveway and hills behind us
are pushing out a rapid gush of river.
The pineapple is growing before our eyes and begging for harvest.
Stay safe and dry . Let us know how your island life is going. Jane
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- Lightening Sandwich
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:44:40 -0400
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Good Morning
Islanders,
We were in a lightening sandwich last night
between the north and south skies. Reminders of what we
called
“heat or sheet lightening” during childhood
in Nebraska. We are hot, humid and morning hazy. We’ll
take it , better than storm anxiety any
day.
Please send a DONATION to STORMCARIB
today. What would we do without our round robin weather
observations with our island
neighbors? The service provided by this site is invaluable.
Many thanks to
Gert for keeping us informed.
Today, I’ll be “no horizon higgins”, it is
that hazy.
And from the courtyard, the latest ;
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- Greetings From Rain-Deluged St. Thomas!
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- From: Jimmy and Linda Magner <frenchtownfishing at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 01:36:53 -0300
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It's been so long since my last post. Honestly, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth or the boat yet! This is my update from our little corner of the island.
It's been a hell of a night over here in Frenchtown. The other half just got back from the bay after bailing a boat. His report is that all roads in Frenchtown are flooded ankle deep or more. The four-lane Veterans Drive is down to the two south lanes, now being used as a two-way road. The gut behind McDonalds is a raging river. The entrance to Frenchtown from Davis has water over the sidewalk.
Our understanding, from numerous clients at our favorite bar (Betsy's) who are now stranded there, is that Crown Mountain Road and Scott Free are impassible at this time due to the falling boulders etc. Adding insult to injury is the fact that the majority of island taxis are currently not running.
Now, I'm often teased about my fancy rain gauge but honestly, when it's raining straight down, it does work! It's a fancy orange Home Depot bucket, put in the middle of the yard, that seems to do the job! This morning we had accumulated 3.4 inches and that was from Wednesday noon until about 11:00 this morning (Thurs.). I just went out and took another measurement (12:15 a.m. Fri.) and I am up to 10.3 inches. So that gives you an idea of the amount of water that has come down in the last 36 hours or so!
So Dave thinks he's the only one with a "towel brigade"? We'll have to get together over a cold one and compare notes one of these days! Take care everyone...
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- Gabrielle
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- From: Ronnie Lockhart <ronusvi at aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 23:18:01 -0400 (EDT)
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Seems like we have given birth to yet another storm. Thanks for the rain Gabby. Hope PR and the DR fare well.
Ronnie Lockhart
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- Anguilla?
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 20:40:26 -0400
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What is up Anguilla? the map looks amazing! give us some reports
please.....
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- September View
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2013 09:08:58 -0400
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Good Morning Islanders,
Today is Labor Day Holiday for some of us and assuming hot and humid for
all of us.
The maps are busy with areas of interest. As we continue yard
cleanup,
deck clearing and fruit harvest. The Thai chili peppers are not
taking a break;
while the tomatoes are fading with the the 86 degree wake up.
Here is September’s orchid in her pink and green “retro” glow . The 9
inch Norfolk
potted pine from 2 years ago finally got re-potted as the 8 foot soon
to be holiday
tree. We’ll have to trim the evergreen down by December
to fit inside the house for
decorating. Thinking ahead to the holidays helps getting thru
the September-
October storm checking syndrome.
We are paying attention to Nature’s and StormCarib’s signals
now.
on the West End , Fortuna, St. Thomas
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- Damp Days of Summer
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:55:11 -0400
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Good Morning,
Assuming it could only be more humid if it rains. Looks
like Barbados and Grenada and
the rest of the island chain will be getting plenty now. The
closer to September the
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- Hermit Crabs Have a Party in St John
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 08:47:43 -0400
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Is the hermit crab march in St John weather related?
click on “Hermit Crabs on the March”
We are hazy, hot, humid, and SUPER GREEN.
Jane Higgins
thought you would like to see this page from the St. Thomas Source web
site.
Message from Sender:
never a dull moment in st john
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- Fruitful Forecasting? And Coconut Bombs
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:57:06 -0400
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Good Muggy Morning,
We are as green as any emerald and have taken on at least 10
inches of rain in the last 10 days
here in Fortuna. If fruit harvesting is a sign of what is
to come, get ready. You’ve heard
the warning tales of so many mangoes, star fruit and
genips before storm season.
We’ll take those warnings and fill
our pantries with the jams, jellies, and pickling jars full.
Here are mangoes from my friend Vivian’s huge tree mid
island in St Thomas that just keeps
giving. We can’t keep up with the star fruit. Ginger
snaps become the crusts for a pie, and we
grill large slices when we think too. The aviator
in the house made sun pickles last week with
cucumber bounty from the Bordeaux market,
and one of the jars has the hot skinny Thai peppers
in too. The gigantic genip tree
lodged on the incline is loaded with out of
reach branches
near breaking; lucky for the
parakeets.
The coconut guy finally came and realized he was late for
jellies. He filled his truck with
coconuts and young trees from the nuts for the market.
Better to have the coconut
bombs in his truck then thru our roof.
Cutting back the bush from the wires and fencing is a
full day’s job . Realizing that we have
not
had enough Sahara dust to stop the African
trans-Atlantic party; being
ready trumps all.
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- Erin
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- From: Ronnie Lockhart <ronusvi at aol.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 09:22:33 -0400 (EDT)
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Was looking at info for TD 5 and pop, it's now TS Erin!! Heading our way again. This one looks south. Hope so. Will keep an eye on it.
Ronnie Lockhart
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- Horizon and Rain Thanks
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:59:58 -0400
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On Monday the cistern was low and thoughts of calling the water
truck popped up. Procrastination won
that argument and about 6 inches of rain over the last few days
solved the issue. THANK YOU Mother Nature.
The horizon line is crisp, and the Sahara dust is gone for
now. We see more dust on the map coming our way but
certainly not as dense as it usually is this time of
year. The moisture train is crossing the Atlantic. Are you ready?
The heirloom giant tomatoes are loving the moisture, and the
netting is keeping the bad birds away. Luck
is in the BLT sandwiches for sure. The limes are the best
and biggest we’ve had in years. The star fruit
is keeping the parakeets happy. The passion fruit are finally
ripening again.
We need to be ready for anything coming from the East in the
next few weeks, it is that inevitable time of year.
Take care. From the calm, hot, and emerald green Northwest Side
of St Thomas
Jane Higgins
Fortuna, St Thomas
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- From: Ronnie Lockhart <ronusvi at aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:37:06 -0400 (EDT)
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TS Dorian. Now this one looks like he will pass north of use. Hopefully he will move further north as he plods along! Two storms coming in about the same area. Don't like it.
Ronnie Lockhart
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- A good dry run
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- From: mantaray357 at yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:01:31 +0000
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I tend to agree that this TS Chantal is a mess...here on the East end
(Vessup/Muller Bay) it's been quite choppy since before lunch. My wind
instruments are unreliable, but the 'lazy jacks' haven't given an audible smack
yet - and that's roughly 25KTS. It doesn't appear that the new management for
AYH has given the 'git out' warning, but the mooring field seems to be well
prepared.
As in the title - a good dry run for what's been said will be a vigorous storm
season. Ever try to take a shower on a bouncy boat? Sometimes a large head
compartment can be a liability!
I can still see stars, the wind is an effective hair dryer...and after quite
the day of activity, it's time for rest.
Kim
S/V Slo Dancin
Red Hook
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- Chantal Wake Up
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 08:55:26 -0400
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Good Morning Islanders,
Chantal is waking us up to the reality of what we should be
prepared for.
I haven’t seen the aviator in our
house go into full move the planes mode
so assuming Chantal will go south of
us. We do have some evidence of her
in the vicinity; no horizon ,some
chop to the sea, and the
treetops
stretching just enough to remind us of
the powers we can’t control.
Other
stations in St Thomas this morning are
reporting some gusts up to
23 mph,
and down to 10 within a few seconds;
that swirly go round is upon us.
TODAY IS THE DAY to send a DONATION to STORMCARIB. Thanks
again to
Gert for keeping us informed. Can you imagine storm
season without
STORMCARIB?
Let us know how you are doing and
let’s appreciate Chantal’s speedy exit from
the Caribbean.
Meanwhile, the thresher birds are really enjoying the
hot Thai peppers;
the rest of the netting is going up and the dog is trained to
“get the bird”.
The star fruit is all in and tomorrow may be the day to bake
something out
of it. The lime trees are loaded up and showing
off; after many years of rest.
Limes must love drought, rain, wind, sun, and then some more.
Stay dry and safe.
Jane Higgins on the Northwest Side of
Fortuna,
St Thomas US Virgin Islands
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- Hello Chantal!!
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- From: Ronnie Lockhart <ronusvi at aol.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 00:23:59 -0400 (EDT)
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Been so busy and have been neglecting my reports. Chantal looks like she will pass south of us. Here comes some rain!! Hope that's it!!
Ronnie
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- A Cool Morning Rings in Freedom Celebrations
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 08:31:42 -0400
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Good Morning,
A cool 76 degrees started this day with humidity at 89%.
We’ll have some passing showers ;
and can see cotton clouds and light blue background.
The horizon is softening with Sahara dust and
we expect to get up to 84 degrees.
Compared to many of our stateside friends we seem
to be having the cooler summer.
Today is Emancipation Day. See the article below from our
local news website The St Thomas
Source. An amazing story of bravery and solidarity.
Tomorrow we celebrate the 4th of July
to reflect the U.S. part of our island’s history.
Let’s hope the weather holds for the final lap of St John’s
Festival; closing with fireworks
on the evening of the 4th.
Jane
Higgins on the cool NORTHWEST side of St Thomas, overlooking the
tiny
Jane Higgins
thought you would like to see this page from the St. Thomas Source web
site.
Message from Sender:
Celebrating Freedom in the Virgin Islands
Events on St. Croix and St. Thomas will commemorate the day in 1848 when the
territory's enslaved Africans rose up and demanded their freedom.
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- The Thunder Shirt Worked
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 09:08:14 -0400
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Good Morning Islanders,
The wake up call before 6 am was a sudden downpour with plenty of thunder
and lightening that
brought about 3” in the hour. By 7am visibility returned. We
are still looking at metallic skies
and more moisture is coming. The pool is topped off and we are
downloading auxiliary
cisterns into the main cistern. The white clothes put on the line yesterday
are asking for a re-wash.
Any roof leaks would have been detected this morning, the deluge was
extreme.
We are now under a flash flood advisory for the day.
We were lucky enough to have our new THUNDER SHIRT ready for our hyper
anxious younger
shepherd. This is a wrap around knit jacket that closes with Velcro
and hugs your dog into a snug
package of calm. Works really great for fear of thunder, over
barking, and excitability.
We bought this at Crown Bay Marina in St Thomas at Style A Dog. For
the first time in years
we had a much quieter calmer experience with a passing storm. Only
wish we could give Thunder
Shirts to the neighbor dogs tied to trees during the storm.
Great day to assess where the water flows. Take care and stay
dry.
Jane
Higgins on the Northwest Side of St Thomas
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- Thunder,Tomato Worms, What's your address?
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:27:30 -0400
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Good Morning,
We woke up very early to rapid fire thunder and lightening;
enough to get the
young dog bark-panting and the old folks up. We’re
having grey skies,and the
solar intake numbers are low on the inverter today; we’ll see
how long the
power holds out. We have frothy
white caps on steel seas on the Northside
and the town side shows rolling
white clusters coming in from the East.
A power wash is passing thru now.
Just for fun and grins, see article below from our local
on-line St Thomas Source.
Click on “Street Addressing to Begin Monday on St
Thomas”.
Looks like after all these years we may be on our way to
getting street names
and addresses. Do you have “real” addresses on your
island? Sounds like it
would work out great for
calling in an emergency. Now it goes like this:
“Help, my house is on fire! I fell down and can’t get up! Go up
the west end
road past the nursing home, and past that big purple house with
the blue roof
and turn next to the mango tree by the green fence and see the
orange house
and go a little further, I’ll be lying down next to my
gate waiting for you!”
Seriously, for true. We do look forward to our well
addressed future.
Let us know how you call in an emergency on your island? This
could be
enlightening.
The same color as the tomato plant big wormy caterpillars are
doing some
damage. So far this week we’ve pulled at least 8 of them
off the plants.
The hot little Thai chili peppers don’t seem to bother them a
bit. Any tips
on keeping these bad guys off my veggies?
Meanwhile, days like today give us another shove to keep
getting ready for
sure, for sure.
Jane Higgins on the Steely Cool Northwest Side , Fortuna,
Jane Higgins
thought you would like to see this page from the St. Thomas Source web
site.
Message from Sender:
Do you have street addresses on your island?
Field crews from the Street Addressing Initiative will begin implementing
addresses in the Charlotte Amalie pilot area on Monday. The addressing area
encompasses the historic district and surrounding areas.
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- Sahara Dust Air Pollution Alert in the USVI from St. Thomas Source
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:23:49 -0400
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Good Afternoon Islanders,
We are hazy hot gray and this air pollution alert is posted our on web
news. See the
link for more information. The tomatoes love the heat, turning red
faster now, and
the netting up is in defense of our threshies; bad birds , bad birds.
Jane Higgins
thought you would like to see this page from the St. Thomas Source web
site.
Message from Sender:
from The St Thomas Source
The territory is under an air pollution alert for ongoing high levels of
wind-blown dust from the Sahara Desert in Africa. The dust causes hazy skies,
which reduces visibility and decreases air quality.
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- No Horizon
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:06:07 -0400
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Good Monday Morning,
After a stellar weekend, with plenty of azure skies for all the
weddings we hosted
in St Thomas; now we see grey haze and no horizon. Must
be moisture
on the way. Good to see that the Sahara dust is holding
off for another day, as more
deposits into the cisterns will be well
received.
Finally after a few years of no limes on the trees, they are
back in bundles. In a few more
weeks the local lime sales will be peaking. The genip
trees are full and the mangoes are
hanging low all over the island. We are ready for summer
fruits.
How do your gardens grow? We are on round three of
tomatoes ripening and the tiny
hot Thai peppers are ready to turn red. They may just
have to be pickled.
We worked on cleaning up loose items around the back of the
house and hauling away
more. The sooner we get our perimeters cleared up the
better for our peace of mind.
The pantry shelves are starting to fill up with storm food
too. Just in case, right?
From the hazy, breezy Northwest side of St Thomas.
Jane
Higgins
St Thomas, Virgin Islands
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- Thunder Barking and Coral in Danger
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 16:31:48 -0400
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Good Afternoon,
Here on the Northwest side of St Thomas we have been barking at
thunder since the crack of dawn with over an
inch in rain in the last few hours. The tomatoes and
peppers are now hydroponic in their container garden on the
deck and of course I watered yesterday.
We are fighting to save Water Bay on the East End of St
Thomas and still want to believe that
the Army Corp of Engineers will stop the environmental
damage that the proposed dolphinarium will cause.
Our local CZM did approve the permit for the dolphinarium
even after receiving 2 to 1 comments and letters
opposing the project from the local community. We
are counting on the Army Corp of Engineers to
halt this project. We need your help.
Here is a portion of the Coral World Dolphinarium permit application
that discusses the Water Bay coral environment
and what they plan do to it. They plan on “re-locating”
250 corals.”We are staging our group to include collecting
petition
letters and sending all we have to ACE now during the review process.
Please write a letter or editorial to our local Daily News to
wake up our community that may soon lose Water Bay to
The Army Corp of Engineers case # will be ;
SAJ-1976-89037 CORAL WORLD , public comments, petitions
and any other information can be mailed to ;
Edgar W. Garcia, Project Manager
Army Corp of Engineers /Antilles Regulatory Section
400 Fernanadez Junco Ave
San Juan, PR 00901-3299
phone # 787-729-6905 and 787-729-6906
The subject of the dolphins being captive will not matter to ACE , we
can only supply ACE with all the we
have on the water flow, sediment issues, coral cuttings, building fences in
the sea and all the other harm that will come
to Water Bay if this project moves forward. We need to WAKE UP and
protect Water Bay for our great great grandchildren.
Our environment is their inheritance. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT.
others note --------------
, there are 2 protected coral
species in Water Bay now, and potentially more if the new species
get approval to be classified
protected.
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- June Soon Come
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- From: "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 09:38:06 -0400
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Good Morning Islanders,
June soon come. Time to visualize all we need to get thru to the end
of November.
The sooner we prepare the easier it will be. It is windy right
now. The Atlantic
view from our deck at 650 ft on the Northwest side of St Thomas is steely
chop.
We are cooler and greener now with much needed rain bestowed upon us.
Take care and prepare.
Jane Higgins
Fortuna, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
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