Godspeed and Qi to all

After the weather system at that time named "9" passed Curacao, it turned back towards Curacao, then moved back in the NW direction. The waves that 9 sent to us arrived yesterday at Westpoint and were mild compared to the waves that Hurricane Omar sent to us in Curacao in 2008. Hurricane Omar too had passed Curacao, then moved in the SE direction towards Curacao for 18 hours, then moved back to the N direction. Several days later the compounded waves hit Curacao and nearly swept Queen Beatrix into Annabay when she was at an event in Punda, and literally destroyed all the fishermen's boats that were onshore or moored at the Southern coastline, and damaged properties on southern coastline areas that had not taken precautionary measures. I and another person at that time did know those waves were heading our way and we issued warnings that helped many. Number 9 now is called Ian and we were lucky that it sent waves in our direction only for the duration of 2 hours. I use NOAA buoy data, which I analyse on spreadsheets and create statistical data tables. I often do not copy and paste sat images/data from other third party sources. Yes, I am an amateur meteorologist and oceanographer. I live on a tiny island in the Caribbean and also knew that climate change will put Curacao smack in the hurricane belt. The thought that we are not in the hurricane belt thus is no longer a fact. Hurricanes are now going places they have never gone before. Even Nova Scotia, Canada found this out when it was hit by ocean waves that pounded the town of Channel-Port Aux Basques on the southern coast of Newfoundland, where entire structures were washed into the sea. Mayor Brian Button said Saturday over social media that people were being evacuated to high ground as winds knocked down power lines, never before in the history of Canada it was hit by a hurricane that came from the Caribbean. The season ends at the end of November. Godspeed and Qi to all. Start preparing if you have not prepared yet. Nobody in or near the Atlantic is safe until mid December.

I am actually looking forward to this storm season to be a bust, contradicting the forecast of being above average.

Worst rain accumulation is in the area of Soto with 59mm and Jongbloed, where some houses have been inundated in the latter area. Aside from that Curacao was spared storm winds that passed by due North. No info yet what damage the waves have done on the southern and northern coastline, if any.

The government of Curacao warns that thunderstorms and more rain can follow in the tail of Tropical Storm Two, which can add more rain and flooding such as we experienced during Tomas in 2010,