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msbee wrote:Not much rain here. But
6:00 P.M. .....SPECIAL BULLETIN A SEVERE RAINFALL WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR ST. MAARTEN A severe rainfall watch remains in effect until 8 P.M. for St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius. Showers have diminished over the past hour but still heavy showers leading to local flooding are possible over sections of the island. Forecaster: D. E Barkmeyer
By "Jane Higgins" <jhigginswear at islands.vi>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:22:27 -0500
Good Afternoon,
I'll try to rush this message in before the next deluge comes up and knocks the power out again.
Our airport terminal had a mud slide thru it and we are guessing that the power company turned off our power out
here in the rain forest so they could use more power in town to clean up the airport. We had a few long flight delays
today.
We had loads of thunder boomers all night and rain west to east, around 4 a.m. it started to rain hard enough to wake
me up to do a window check. By 7:30 a.m. the power was out, and the pool was completely topped off. The rain gauge
(wine bucket) looks like about 8 " plus! just from overnight, so we are in line with what Culebra received. Will
go empty the bucket again for what appears to be the repeat backwash of more coming from the south and east.
The courtyard and surrounding hillside to the north had the mini Niagara falls going and we were able to download
allot of water into the cistern from the pool overfill via generator powering the sump pump. The power outage put
a stop to any office work and the phone line is full of static so even with power back up it creates havoc on the
office machines. Yes, I STILL HAVE DIAL UP....are you laughing now? but at least I know it takes electricity to flush
a toilet around here. How many statesiders get the water and power connection? We are currently working on installing
our second set of 6 solar panels . Our original 2 solar panels run the pool pump and it was a struggle for that
system to work today. Within a month the powerless scenario will all change, can't wait!
The seedling tomatoes got a good hammering, hoping they perk up, and I see strips of blue sky between the
puffy grays here. The bird feeders were full at sun up so the little chirpers were thrilled to fly thru the deluge to
get their sweet fix.
Now at last, enough water to pressure wash the mold that has built up with all this rain, it is a constant cycle. If you
know of any good uses for mold, let me know.
Stay safe, dry , and check those batteries.
expat2carib wrote:Here on Dominica lots of rain and lightning at this moment. The rain is so loud on the galvanized roof that my television is on full volume.
Lots of rain
Gustywind wrote:Tkanks expat2carib. Looks like even some portions of the Windwards could have a good brunch of this feature! Any weather alert for a risk of strong showers/tstorms in Dominica like Meteo-France Guadeloupe issued for us?
Be safe and continue as possible to keep us informed my friend.
Gustywind
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