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Good evening everyone,

it took me a while to research what really has happened around Barbados by watching videos about the coast lines and beaches of Barbados. So here comes just an explanation of the consequences as far as I can estimated them and a few before and after photos.

The first Major Hurricane of this season, which has passed Barbados just so. No hurricane-force winds in Barbados or maybe a few cat1 gusts here and there. The winds were not a cause for damages at the coast lines. The storm surf has caused a lot of damage to Barbados! The fishing industry is disabled for a long time. Not only that, this incredible storm surf has caused a lot of beach erosion around the island. In some cases also structural damage to seaside properties. And yes, some inland houses were damaged by winds. Barbados can deal with the latter. But what happens, once the word goes around that "beautiful Barbados" has no beaches left? Then the tourism industry will almost die as well! How to fix that? There is no way that Barbados can fix that. Only nature can bring these beaches back, but how many years would take that?

I guess everyone can rethink that for him- or herself.

You may watch these videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@bajanwarrior Look at the section "Past live streams". Please, note the right arrow on the right hand side of this section list and click through it. That will show all available videos about damages to our beaches. The Author is "Barbados - The Journey 246" aka at bajanwarrior.

Hello everyone,

this is not a report.

A bit about me first: I am not a man who can be impressed easily and neither I am getting emotional of many things just so. However, there was one thing that really caught me! Hurricane Beryl! What actually caught me, was the visual satellite photo provided by Brian McNoldy and Gert has kindly posted it on the front page of this great website. The light green overlay of the Windward Islands chain and little Island Carriacou right in the centre of the eye. This tiny Island could have fit 3 times into the eye of Beryl! When I have seen this image my first thought was "Ooooh, my! That couldn't end well!" And so it came! There is hardly anything left of this little paradise, as you can see in the section "Carriacou after Hurricane Beryl". But one thing made me happy, no fatalities, as far as I know for now!

This, whole tragedy has driven me to write this tribute. It also made me aware how fragile our islands are and how lucky Barbados has been, even though we have had tremendous material damage, mostly at the coast lines. Also, almost the entire fishing industry is out of job for a long time. Barbados has only a stock of frozen fish for about two weeks left. Also, as I have learned today, A lot of beaches on the South and West Coasts have been washed away. A big hit to our no. 1 money maker, the tourism industry!

Back to my main subject: This Tribute is not meant to be sensational, it is just meant to be informal and to remind all off us in this region how quickly lives can change!

"It only needs one!"

TRIBUTE TO CARRIACOU and all other small islands hit by Hurricane BERYL, Cat 4 in 2024-07-01 11:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41L5Nq2Lk64 Drone footage, few villages in Carriacou. (11:44 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ce0TUdiGc Hurricane Beryl Landfall Carriacou raw power 4k - Eye wall of category 4 (8:23 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSY8Vz1Mvuk Hurricane Beryl's Aftermath: Carriacou Residents' Survival Stories (9:10 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3jx7DNu6yo Brave Barbados P.M Publicly Expose America and Europe's Hypocrisy. (11:06 min.)

Good evening to everyone,

this is going to be a bit of an unusual report, but when I saw that impressive satellite image, as a visual satellite photo on the stormcarib.com front page, provided by Brian McNoldy, Univ. of Miami, it really hit me!

I am not generally a person that can be overwhelmed by photos or emotions or being impressed by even new things that are going around in the news or where ever. At this time the world are living to face a new nature defence.

However, when I saw this little island of Carriacou, it really caught me deeply! Having seen this satellite image where this small island of Carriacou could have easily fit 3-times into the eye of H4 BARYL! Just imagine that! It really has touched me! My emotions have come back to life! I don't know if that is bad or good.

However, this is the reason for this report.

And therefore I am going send a list of links of videos which I have found on the internet lately until today. I took me a lot of time to find them. But my emotions made it worth while!

This list is to come up tomorrow. I am tired now.

Wait for it.

Good night to everyone

This report I have just found. It is about Oistins a town in the south of Barbados. Oistins fish market and the adjacent "Oistins Bay Garden", well known for his Friday's fish fry and Karaoke, was just renovated and improved for about 5 Million BBD. It was also hit hard by water and tons of sand washed into the stalls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjmPFCN6_8Q Oistins Recovery

Have a good day.

Good morning everyone,

BERYL has brought havoc to Barbados! Here is a long list of reports.

https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/pleasure-craft-fishing-vessels-lost-to-hurricane-beryl/ Pleasure craft, fishing vessels lost to Hurricane Beryl
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/fisherfolk-devastated/ Fisherfolk devastated
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/help-for-fisherfolk/ Help for fisherfolk
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/efforts-on-to-make-port-operational/ Efforts on to make Port operational
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/two-party-boats-and-several-fishing-vessels-sunk/ Two party boats and several fishing vessels sunk
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/barbados-spared-but-houses-still-damaged/ Barbados spared but houses still damaged
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/princess-alice-highway-closed-for-cleaning/ Princess Alice Highway closed for cleaning
2024-06-01 14:00 https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/the-all-clear-has-been-given/ The all-clear has been given
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/no-recovery-efforts-today-at-bridgetown-fisheries/ No recovery efforts today at Bridgetown Fisheries
https://nationnews.com/2024/07/01/ministry-of-education-no-classes-tuesday/ Ministry of Education: No classes Tuesday
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c10lnnz1yj0o 'Potentially catastrophic' Hurricane Beryl moves towards Jamaica
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c3g9n9mywkwo High winds and heavy rain as Caribbean hit by hurricane
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/hurrikan-beryl-106.html Hurrikan "Beryl" wütet in der Karibik (German Audio)
https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/six-mens-st-peter-shermans-temporarily-closed-cleaning Six Mens, St Peter to Shermans temporarily closed for cleaning
https://barbados.loopnews.com/content/princess-alice-highway-temporarily-closed Princess Alice Highway temporarily closed
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/rescue-and-salvage-continues-at-btown-fisheries-complex/ Rescue and salvage continues at B’town Fisheries Complex
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/south-coast-businesses-begin-clean-up-efforts/ South coast businesses begin clean up efforts
https://www.cbc.bb/news/local-news/hurricane-beryl-leaves-trails-of-damage-in-north/ Hurricane Beryl leaves trails of damage in north

Last night a Tropical Wave, the successor of BERYL (INVEST 96L) passed over Barbados with heavy rains as a start until thy became less intensive. The Wave left Barbados at 10:15 this morning.

Good night everyone,

I am sorry not be able to post news from Barbados as I have promised. But news were just overwhelming me plenty. Local news as well as international news.

As a little effort to keep my promise I will post a link here from a German news provider. Well, the audio is obviously German language, but the pictures are saying more than the audio.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amerika/hurrikan-beryl-106.html I am no sending this because I am a German but it is the most comprehensive report I have ever seen from a foreign news agency. The video is speaking for itself.

I will post a report of all of what I have found tomorrow, be aware of a long list to come.

Good night.

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Good evening everyone,

there have been heavy damages in Barbados. Mainly to the fishery complex in Bridgetown! Storm surge was the major culprit. 20 boats sunk and many others damaged, including 2 pleasure crafts. The market itself was was flooded with lots of muddy waters. It is a total mess down there.

25% of power customers were out of power spread over the island with local limited outages, but reparations have begun after the "all clear" was announced at 14:00 hrs today.

Water is still out! Not a drop coming from the taps. At 14:00 hrs they could have started to resume the water supply! But not!

The Airport tried to reopen service by 21:00 hrs today. I have not checked that as yet.

I will write more once I have some sure information.

Good night for today.

I forgot to mention the shut downs for Barbados,

I will just put some links in here so that you can read the original source of information.

Airport: https://nationnews.com/2024/06/30/grantley-adams-international-airport-closure-notice/

Barbados Water Authority: https://nationnews.com/2024/06/30/bwa-taking-preventative-action-as-weather-systems-approach/  No time of day given for the shut down!

Businesses: https://nationnews.com/2024/06/30/early-closure-notice-for-local-businesses/

So, don't try to book a flight to Barbados until further notice.

Good evening everyone,

the first harbingers of the "Bad Girl", as Dave has called her so rightly, are here. I hope Dave will not charge for using this nickname. 😉

Winds: The airport weather station noted close to storm force gusts

Rain: The BMS weather radar recorded rain clouds from a feeder band

Be assured, we got that rain and the gusts.

May you all have a good night and a weekend with not too much stress, depending on where you live!

Good morning all,

the latest news from ZOOM.earth are frightening! Watch the red rectangular label in the centre of the graphic!

May everyone get well through this mess!

Good afternoon again,

CAP small craft and high surf warning (10:00 hrs today)

CAP Hurricane Watch in effect for Barbados  (14:00 hrs today)

That is it for now.

Good afternoon all,

all of a sudden we have to deal with a Cat2 or Cat3 hurricane!!! Meanwhile the BMS and NHC are still forecasting a Cat3 Hurricane for the Windward Islands

H2 BERYL forecast to pass Barbados (note: this can still change!)

H3 BERYL forecast to cross the Windwards (however, this is not carved in stone!)

I suggest to rethink your preparations for securing lose stuff around your properties.

This not a joke!

I will send the latest CAP Statements in a few minutes.

Good evening all,

the NHC as well as the BMS are predicting that Tropical Depression TWO is about to pay a visit to the Windward Islands as a Tropical Storm. Well, ZOOM.earth sees it a bit different. See graphic below:

This graphic clearly shows that TD TWO will be become a hurricane on Jun 30eh at 14:00 hrs., way before it will reach Barbados! And also look at the the orange line close to St. Vincent and the Grenadines and may be even Grenada, it is forecast to become a cat2 hurricane!

Good night to all.

Good evening all,

the latest CAP statement of the BMS (second image) is getting close to forecast a possible TS passing shortly South of Barbados over the weekend ahead. Since the size of that system is not yet defined, due to current disorganisation it is hard to predict which other islands might be in the path of this system. Therefore, I don't want to speculate which of our neighbours might also be in the cross hairs. However, for now the track seems to be generally West. So, everyone in the path may want to watch reliable news outlets and go figure.

The latest BMS Wind Bulletin

The BMS CAP Weather Statement

I repeat: Listen to your most reliable news outlets!

Alternative: You can also watch https://www.cbc.bb/live/ the local Barbados TV online stream. Weather will usually be presented Mon.-Fri. around 19:40 and Sat.-Sun. around 19:25. I recommend to tune in a few minutes earlier.

Now, let's see what the weekend will bring us... Cross all your fingers!

Good night to all!

Good evening to all,

the Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS) has published a wind warning statement for Barbados. As it looks like for now it will only affect the Windward Islands.

You may find more detailed information here: https://www.barbadosweather.org/ However that link will be only valid for tonight! because it is an online up-to-date service.

Good night to all,

there were and still are so many long term season forecasts published, but as Frank from Nevis has pointed out, there wasn't even an "early bird" before June. We had that for several years before, but not every year. We also head like a dozen (not counted) number of tropical waves coming through this season already, but none have developed into something concerning storms, but may be rain. Not saying I am complaining about it as long as they are bringing some rain in a decent amount. I am not waiting for a storm!

But what does that mean? Where are the long term forecasters when it will really happen? Are we going to get all these predicted storms form a "natural machine gun" within a period of one, two or three months, or what?

What does NOAA/NHS have to say? There screens are close to blank.

Dave, do you have an explanation?

Good night to all,

the Barbados Meteorological Service (BMS) has just stated in the local evening TV news, that there are 3 Tropical Waves (TW) are heading to the Eastern Caribbean. The first one (TW1 in my Graphic below) is heading to the Leeward Islands. Hence, you people up there should take an eye on that one.

The second one (TW2) is supposed to come in lower and may impact the lower eastern Caribbean islands.

The third TW (TW3) is still too far out to the Eastern Atlantic to make any reliable predictions.

Watch out for all of them according to where you live!

The ZOOM.EARTH is a NOAA product. But the NHS still has none of these TWs on their screens.

May be the BMS has become to be too conservative with their forecasts. But better being conservative rather than missing a disaster!

Good evening to all.

not exactly new information, but worth to be published again.

https://www.cbc.bb/news/regional-news/regional-forecasters-predict-hyperactive-hurricane-season/