Abundance of fruits meaning a sign of an approaching cane?

[Gustywind]

don't know if this means anything, but this trees that I don't even know what they grow have started growing leaves since being dead for 3 years. Also, my grapefruit tree has produced LARGE grapefruits. Truely strange.

Humm interresting it's something to watch who knows, that's nice grapefuit i like it

[Gustywind]

Hi everbody, i check on stormcarib this morning an interresting correspondant's reply and... curiously once again in Dominica , i' ve noticied another fruit in abundance, this time with guavas. Dominica seems this year to have plenty of fruits (in excess surely!) ....remembering Lisette Stevens ( avocados, mangos in abundance that's a bit amazing through my search on especially this weather site in the Carib, so it's limited but it's a nice source of infos for my part. I do believe that i learnt a lot in this short time! I do my best to collect some infos when i can, whereas hope it could give you an idea about this wide topic this year in some carib regions...
Here is the text:

- Lazy Days.
From: "Tom Fullbrook" <fullbrookt at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:55:17 -0400

Good Morning Everyone,
The last 2 days have been brilliant sunshine, bright blue skies, calm, flat seas,
much to the boys delight, slightly humid evenings with very little breeze.
Last 2 days are have been lazy days. I like lazy days, get a chance to
recharge the batteries. A trip into Roseau market first thing Saturday morning for
fresh fruit and veggies. A cup of coffee at one of the little cafes, back to the house,
siesta. Sunday is usually our laziest day. We go nowhere and try to do as little as
possible. Yesterday was extremely hot, not a soul about, no noise, Ahhh lovely.
Had a sprinkling of rain last night, but not enough to water the garden well.
This morning is just a little dull, but the sky and sea are still that lovely shade of blue. Not much breeze. I'm off to have another coffee before the gang arrives, enjoy the peace and the view.

Think I will take the boys guava picking, my neighbour keeps asking me to go round with the boys and help ourselves. She as an abundance of guavaand cannot reach them all, so the boys being natural tree climbers, they should be able to reach the high ones. Which I'm sure she is hoping for.
Well off for that coffee and if anything happens will let you all know.
Tommiegirl.
Guavas are" testifying" how fruits are first in abundance in Dominica, and second plenty of fruits are doting the Carib this year! , let's wait and see if something would happpen ...

[Gustywind]

Waouw, i'm glad to find another correspondant speaking about the Moon and the weather, we have a nice observation of the interactions existing between the moon and the weather.
It's definitely interresting, whereas we can't assume that it is always something credible, maybe other signs could be taken, but which?lol( not easy, but we should continue to observe its persistence?!).
Concerning the moon , i have something on it...Curiously i remember before Lenny 3/5 days in 1999 that one of my friend was talking about this suspect ring too and thus the fact with his trained eyes,(he observes frequently the sky, the moon...) that the moon was on the wrong side meaning that we should see something serious in terms of flooding , water and this was confirmed 4/ 5 days unhopefully with the awesome Cane Mister Lenny!!! Do not forget to post any comments, i will be glad to learn it! See you soon!
Nice Regards from Guadeloupe, Gustywind the kindiest Gust of the world.lol.

Here is the nice text of Isabel Cerni:


- The Moon and the Weather
From: "Isabel Cerni" <hicerni at viaccess.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:35:40 -0400

My sincere and heartfelt condolences go out to all those who suffered the loss of loved ones and or property. It is always sad to hear about fatalities as a result of weather systems which are so common at this time of year.

Some years back I saw a ring around the moon. I thought it something unusual so I called my husband outside to see it. The next day I asked a wise, elderly person what it could mean, and I was told, "Weather!". It meant that "bad weather" was coming. Sure enough, a couple days later, it rained and it poured! Now, last night, I looked up at the full moon without my glasses and there was a rainbow ring, though small, around it. My husband did not seem to notice what I saw. Then I put my glasses on and there was just the usual glow around the moon. So, it seems that the new lens in my left eye made me see a rainbow. Whatever that means! NOAA Weather Radio is telling us that a Wave is entering the region Monday evening through Tuesday. Maybe that's it! I checked the satellite imagery and noticed that there is, indeed, some "weather" coming up towards us. Well, we can sure use some more rain. Otherwise, it looks as if a quiet spell is settling in, at least for the next week.
A blessed Sunday to all.

Isabel

Isabel

[FireBird]

Hi Gustywind,

As I have been speaking to my family and friends, they have also reminded me that this is a leap year. They tell me that it is a well known "fact" (?!) that in a leap year the trees produce an abundance of crops. They tell me too that many women become pregnant!
ANYWAY, just thought I'd pass the info along. I would prefer to have the abundance because of a leap year as opposed to an approaching cane.
That said, I am too storm crazy not to want to experience one. My friends tell me I steal the thunder from the storms. So if there's any S2K member out there who doesn't mind to host a fellow storm chaser [and maybe my husband if he agrees to my crazy plan] - I'd be happy to come bunk out with you to experience nature's raw power.

[Gustywind]

Hi Gustywind,

As I have been speaking to my family and friends, they have also reminded me that this is a leap year. They tell me that it is a well known "fact" (?!) that in a leap year the trees produce an abundance of crops. They tell me too that many women become pregnant!
ANYWAY, just thought I'd pass the info along. I would prefer to have the abundance because of a leap year as opposed to an approaching cane.
That said, I am too storm crazy not to want to experience one. My friends tell me I steal the thunder from the storms. So if there's any S2K member out there who doesn't mind to host a fellow storm chaser [and maybe my husband if he agrees to my crazy plan] - I'd be happy to come bunk out with you to experience nature's raw power.

Hi FireBird definitely a fascinating reply i learnt something, i forget that we were in a leap year, who knows; interresting argument why not. In my entourage many wowans h have been curiously pregnant this year ( friends, members of family ). Good post firebird see you soon on the board!

[Gustywind]

Hi everbody i'm happy and proud to see you on the board, i have to admit that there's a few coorespondants from the islands of stormcarib giving interresting infos this year especially about my topic "Abundance of fruits meaning a sign of an approaching cane". I check today, once again an info from Isabel Cerni, remember she was talking about the moon, but this time curiously about the abundance of fruits (and mango fairly, i don't count how much mangos lol, and how many times correspondants in the islands have been spoken about mangos in the islands!) , here is the the text: - - St.Croix (USVI) - -
|http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/stcroix.shtml
- Tropical Storm Gustav on the Move.....
From: "Isabel Cerni" <hicerni at viaccess.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:24:25 -0400

Hello everyone! GUSTAV did not waste time in showing his might. It took less than two hours to go from a Depression to a Tropical Storm. That is worrisome because it won't be much longer before he becomes a hurricane. That word has already surfaced. I'm especially concerned for the people who are so water-logged and now have to deal with something bigger..Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti usually suffer many casualties. Those of you in the danger zone, reading this, who are in a position to help others, especially those unable to help themselves, should do everything possible to alert and assist. It cannot be said enough that hurricane preparedness is a major part of our lives in the tropics where we know that from year to year we have to deal with these systems. I am concerned for Florida, storms just seem to like crisscrossing it. GUSTAV so close behind the heels of FAY is an extreme challenge.

So far, we have not had to deal with anything but some rain, more from FAY than from GUSTAV. All drought stricken areas are happy to get the rain provided by these systems. Our garden is looking very healthy again. Everything is blooming brightly and the weeds are having a field day. The Ginger Thomas which is the USVI territorial flower is at its best. Fruit is in abundance, mostly through local farmers; we have a way to go before our fruit is ready. Mangos produce in stages depending on the particular type. So, I'd like to share with you a recipe for Mango Salsa. My two grandchildren like it very much--and they can be fussy! However, due to the lateness of the hour I will delay this until another day, I promise, before the mango season is over.

Let's hang in there and pray, smile, pray some more. God bless us all!

Isabel

Waouw impressive Mango's Year with all my searchs here and on stormcarib weather site, and season of mango is not over for her... it's truly amazing , seems fairly that mango is in abundance, let's hope that there's no correlation with a sign of an approaching cane.? whereas i stay optimistic. . Time will tell. .
Don't forget to post any infos on this topic islanders or not , as usual i will be glad to discuss it with you and to discover something new.
Nice regard from Guadeloupe, Gustywind. ...

[FireBird]

So Gustywind,

I thought about this question quite a bit over the weekend as 94L gave Trinidad a good whipping!
Massive flooding along the east-west corridor of the country, at 4ft and 5ft levels. An unofficial estimate of millions of dollars in losses (less that US$1M) - livestock, crops, household items. A clip from one of the daily newspapers indicated that the Fire Service responded to flooded homes, fallen trees, persons trapped in buildings and cars, and cases where persons lost roofs. The assessment of damage is ongoing even today.
All of this for a relatively simple area of low pressure [94L] that is now Gustav!
While I think it will be fairly unlikely to have anything more than a TS pass over T&T, I wonder what awaits us the rest of the season? After all, the trees are still bearing in abundance! Limes, avocados, and mangos, mangos, everywhere...................

[storms in NC]

If this is so then we are in for it. Our peach tree this year was so full the limbs were braking and now the Apples trees are so full doing the same thing. It is the first year in many years we have had a good crop of both. Maybe a hard winter and not Storms

[Gustywind]

So Gustywind,

I thought about this question quite a bit over the weekend as 94L gave Trinidad a good whipping!
Massive flooding along the east-west corridor of the country, at 4ft and 5ft levels. An unofficial estimate of millions of dollars in losses (less that US$1M) - livestock, crops, household items. A clip from one of the daily newspapers indicated that the Fire Service responded to flooded homes, fallen trees, persons trapped in buildings and cars, and cases where persons lost roofs. The assessment of damage is ongoing even today.
All of this for a relatively simple area of low pressure [94L] that is now Gustav!
While I think it will be fairly unlikely to have anything more than a TS pass over T&T, I wonder what awaits us the rest of the season? After all, the trees are still bearing in abundance! Limes, avocados, and mangos, mangos, everywhere...................

Hi MANGO PARTY this year waouw A-M-A-Z-I--N-G is just an EUPHEMISMA . Moreover with 94 L i'm sad when i was reading your reply and" only a simple INVEST" can bring serious damages waouw, hope your're safe and the island has began to pulse with power and . Things are very suspicious and waves especially, so right now, i advice you to watch all of them like me, ...

[Gustywind]

If this is so then we are in for it. Our peach tree this year was so full the limbs were braking and now the Apples trees are so full doing the same thing. It is the first year in many years we have had a good crop of both. Maybe a hard winter and not Storms

Pretty interresting observation tkanks for that, time will tell i tkink, if you would deal with hard winter meaning not storms, but i appreciate your post my friend from the US .

[MSRobi911]

My Dad had always told me about the bumper pecan crop and I noticed that with Camille, Georges, Frederick, Elena and most of all with Katrina. Since we lost our house in Katrina now we live a little north of where it was and this house has Orange, Naval Orange, Meyer Lemon and a Tangelo tree. All the trees except for the Lemon have so many fruit on them the branches are sagging to the ground. The oranges look like bundles of grapes there are so many. Last year the biggest tree had no fruit, this year it is covered. The naval had about 8 oranges and it is covered this year. My lemon tree did have lemons last year about 12 or so but it is still small. When it was blooming and had the little pistellets we had a really hard rain storm and it knocked all the lemons off, but the oranges were bigger so they held on. I only had one tangelo last year and have plenty this year. There is an old wives tale about moss growing on some side of the tree, but honestly I don't remember which side of the tree the moss is supposed to grow on! ROFL. My brain ain't what it used to be.

I will say something I have observed many times personally over my life time of 52 years is that when a storm is coming, the squirrels disappear as do the birds. We always have squirrels running around the yard both in Pascagoula and now in Moss Point, but just this past weekend when Fay was headed our way there was not a sign of a squirrel or the chirp of a bird for about two days before then. Saturday afternoon when the storm went more inland the squirrles started to come out. Animals are an excellent indicator of when a storm is coming. So pay attention to what is happening around you.

From the forecast today it looks like another ruined birthday for me, but hey no big deal, once your past 21 its downhill all the way!!! ROFL We had Elena for my birthday and for Katrina we got POWER!!!! That was the best Birthday present ever.

Ya'll take care and watch this storm closely!

Mary

[HurricaneRobert]

What the frak is that?

[Gustywind]

What the frak is that?

Can you provide us a link please , and explain your reasoning please, tkanks my friend .

[HurricaneRobert]

Can you provide us a link please , and explain your reasoning please, tkanks my friend .

It's one of yesterday's GFS runs, but that thing is gone now. It was headed due west in the animation.
ETA: Here's the link to the animation.

It is apparently that wave currently in orange alert.

[Gustywind]

Can you provide us a link please , and explain your reasoning please, tkanks my friend .

It's one of yesterday's GFS runs, but that thing is gone now. It was headed due west in the animation.
ETA: Here's the link to the animation.


It is apparently that wave currently in orange alert.

Ok tkanks that's clear right now, and...i appreciate .

[Gustywind]

My Dad had always told me about the bumper pecan crop and I noticed that with Camille, Georges, Frederick, Elena and most of all with Katrina. Since we lost our house in Katrina now we live a little north of where it was and this house has Orange, Naval Orange, Meyer Lemon and a Tangelo tree. All the trees except for the Lemon have so many fruit on them the branches are sagging to the ground. The oranges look like bundles of grapes there are so many. Last year the biggest tree had no fruit, this year it is covered. The naval had about 8 oranges and it is covered this year. My lemon tree did have lemons last year about 12 or so but it is still small. When it was blooming and had the little pistellets we had a really hard rain storm and it knocked all the lemons off, but the oranges were bigger so they held on. I only had one tangelo last year and have plenty this year. There is an old wives tale about moss growing on some side of the tree, but honestly I don't remember which side of the tree the moss is supposed to grow on! ROFL. My brain ain't what it used to be.

I will say something I have observed many times personally over my life time of 52 years is that when a storm is coming, the squirrels disappear as do the birds. We always have squirrels running around the yard both in Pascagoula and now in Moss Point, but just this past weekend when Fay was headed our way there was not a sign of a squirrel or the chirp of a bird for about two days before then. Saturday afternoon when the storm went more inland the squirrles started to come out. Animals are an excellent indicator of when a storm is coming. So pay attention to what is happening around you.

From the forecast today it looks like another ruined birthday for me, but hey no big deal, once your past 21 its downhill all the way!!! ROFL We had Elena for my birthday and for Katrina we got POWER!!!! That was the best Birthday present ever.

Ya'll take care and watch this storm closely!

Mary

Ok tkanks that's a nice post, i appreciate these infos...

[Gustywind]

There's one year ago 2008 i have made this interresting thread "Abundance of fruits meaning a sign of an approaching cane???"
So i want to continue my search...for 2009, and posts are welcomed as usual
Here is a flash back remembering my topic:

I don't know if this topic seems only for those who live in the Carib ( hope no ) .
But in our culture in Guadeloupe and i tkink the others carib islands, we have often attribute that the abundance of fruits always means "a cane for us" in many seasons during the past.
The ancients often were looking at the trees the flowers and others signs ( dogs, cows...) and the abundance of fruits has often be a remarquable critera in some seasons, but as usual we should be prudent in this assertion, that's pretty subjective and inked in our way of life , our roots...our folks too lol !

But for me... it's a way to introduce my subject, and today i was surfing on the net on stormcarib.com , and i thought about this thing...because someone has cleary talked about that, without speaking any future or thread , but i have suddenly the ....so i wonder if this is an interresting sign to get for you in the others islands ( Windwards Leewards Northern Leewards PR etc....) and for you my others friends from .

If you have infos during the past seasons, canes hitting your island, country, all the signs before i would be proud to learn it and happy to read it.
Here is the reply:
Today from stormcarib :http://www.stormcarib.com/reports/current/dominica.shtml
Abundance of Fruits
From: "Lisette Stevens" <jaco.lass at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 07:22:36 -0500

"The August Bank Holiday weather here has been fantastic, lots of sunshine with a great breeze. We have been bathing in the river as it is definitely cooler than the sea.

On holidays people go to the rivers and yesterday was no exception. The part of the river we live very close to is where the swing bridge was swept away in hurricane David. The river here is wide and deep, there is a great rock for diving or jumping off into the cool waters. The Wacky rollers who take tourists down the river in tubes and canoes use this spot to start their tour. In the winter months with the cruise ships utilizing this facility it can become a bit congested. Tubing is a great way of seeing the river from a different perspective, we have not had this adventure yet, but are putting it on our to do list!

We can't get over the fact that fruit is in such abundance in this country. Most mornings we have a bowl of fruit which consists of papaya, bananas, pineapple, sugar apple and yogurt. Sugar apple is just wonderful it tastes like a fruit version of custard, it is creamy and rich and smooth; we are growing it in the garden. The avocados are in abundance and starting to fall ripe off the trees. We really could be totally self sufficient if we wanted to be vegetarian which we of course we don't. The dogs are amazing because they are forever turning up with bunches of bananas, papaya and coconuts full of rich milk. We literally have food dropped at our door. It truly is amazing. We thank our blessings.
Once again we had a lot of rain in the night, which was fortuitous as we planted a load of lettuce in the garden yesterday. It seems to rain every night and be sunny all day the conditions could not be better for growing. We feel we live in a paradise, literally the garden of Eden".

In my opinion, i remembered in 1998 and 1999 when we have Georges 1998 and Lenny 1999...an amazing abundance of fruits were evident , i personnaly see that, and the most evident was the leetches especially near St Claude. HUC one of our niciest correspondant from the carib island of Basse Terre ( Basse Terre is just near St Claude) surely knows that much more than me: St CLaude is near our Volcano La Soufrière, so it's moist and bit fresh here, "the perfect conditions " in this area to see in some years letchees developing that depends...in abundance.
Whereas i love this fruit ( hummm ). It's very special to have leetchees in Guadeloupe, often rarely, but but but...frequently ...the years with leetchees have sometimes indicated a trend to " see something for us" given the ancients . I have not researchs on this, maybe HUC from Basse Terre have for sure more infos on that, he has pretty interresting docs in store concerning our weather here, and hope that you others islanders and friends from can " help me", on this "type of occurence"( can we speak about that too, should it verifies too that's my aim goal too ).

Moreover, in 1998, 1999 we have had in profusion mangos too, and avocados and muche more fruits, i forgot the others....everbody was speaking in the island of Guadeloupe about that.

But, curiously in these two years ( 1998, 1999) there was not any dots for the ancients: "something should hit Guadeloupe". I don't have any infos from them this year, but i should in cas of and for my personnal curiosity.
Whereas sometimes, there is many signs testifying that something is going to hit an island or a country....Whereas, do not forget that i stay in our folk, myth, because it's typical from the islands with maybe some differencies, and afterwards it's a way to a get our roots inked in our skin and ... a little way to secure us against mother nature for some (religion aspect).

If you have any info on this i will be glad, i always want to anticipate a real thread and be the more informative as possible
Note that i don't want to say that this year given my thread and the reply from this report of Lisette Stevens that we would have to deal with something,( but i have a flash) to classify and analyse all the signs before a cane for example....
As usual thougts are welcomed on...i hope...this wide subject.

Nice regards from Guadeloupe, Gustywind.

[jasons2k]

I'm enjoying this thread

[Gustywind]

I'm enjoying this thread

Tkanks a lot glad to see that Jasons but why do you appreciate it?

[jasons2k]

I'm enjoying this thread

Tkanks a lot glad to see that Jasons but why do you appreciate it?

Thanks for asking

I was born in Tampa, Florida and lived there until I was 10 years old. It's not 100% tropical, but it was tropical enough for me to enjoy the fresh fruit from the many roadside fruit stands. This included citrus, mangos, papayas, strawberries (especially in February at stawberry festival time), bananas, etc. Coconuts came from a bit further south or were just imported. Too bad many of them have closed over the years, but the fruit from the roadside was the best.

Anyway, I moved to Texas with my mother and my Father stayed in Florida. I went back to visit every summer and loved the beach and the daily afternoon thunderstorms. For those few months, I felt like I was in a tropical paradise. I didn't really appreciate it until I was gone. I missed the sand, the water, the sea breeze, Roy Leep (weatherman), and Q105 (radio station).

My Dad moved to Big Pine Key in about 1997 (a couple of years in Key West) and when I go down to visit, I don't want to leave. So, since then, I've had a love for tropical places, especially the Caribbean islands. I've been to Jamaica & Grand Cayman and hope to see many more...I'm also a bit of a palm tree buff and I participate on a palm forum online. I have a backyard full of zone 10 plants but I'm in zone 8/9.

So, I am enjoying this thread because it mentions those things, and it gives me a glimpse of life in the tropics. It's just been overall, very enjoyable for me to read about your perspective down there in paradise.