Caribbean - Central America Weather

[KBBOCA]

There are pictures of some pretty bad flooding in Trinidad & Tobago at Storm Carib:
http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/trinidad.shtml

Just goes to show you that it's not always where the center hits. Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique which seemed to be in Isaac's "bullseye" seem to have gotten off quite lightly, while some of the southern islands got hit with extreme rains and flooding from the heavy southern feeder bands.

A very good lesson and reminder that a storm is not a "point" or a line, and that the exact track and cone is not always what matters in assessing impact. Storm size and the precipitation distribution in the various quadrants of the storm are really important too.

[artist]

There are pictures of some pretty bad flooding in Trinidad & Tobago at Storm Carib:
http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/trinidad.shtml

Just goes to show you that it's not always where the center hits. Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique which seemed to be in Isaac's "bullseye" seem to have gotten off quite lightly, while some of the southern islands got hit with extreme rains and flooding from the heavy southern feeder bands.

A very good lesson and reminder that a storm is not a "point" or a line, and that the exact track and cone is not always what matters in assessing impact. Storm size and the precipitation distribution in the various quadrants of the storm are really important too.

thanks for letting us know KBBOCA. DO you have family in Trinidad? I think you said you lived there?

[Macrocane]

Glad to read those good news Gusty! What about the other Antilles, any news?

[KBBOCA]

There are pictures of some pretty bad flooding in Trinidad & Tobago at Storm Carib:
http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/trinidad.shtml

thanks for letting us know KBBOCA. DO you have family in Trinidad? I think you said you lived there?

No I have a good friend from Trinidad, and I love the islands, so I enjoy checking out the reports from various islands at Storm Carib, but I'm not there. I work with a relief & development organization in Mauritania in West Africa (we get the northern edges of the African monsoon storms that become the Cape Verde hurricanes!) I also had a home in Florida for 10 years and still have very close friends there, so even though no longer at risk from hurricanes personally, I'm a hurricane geek for life, I'm afraid! Smile.

[Gustywind]

Glad to read those good news Gusty! What about the other Antilles, any news?

Thanks . No more infos for the moment.

[artist]

There are pictures of some pretty bad flooding in Trinidad & Tobago at Storm Carib:
http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/trinidad.shtml

thanks for letting us know KBBOCA. DO you have family in Trinidad? I think you said you lived there?

No I have a good friend from Trinidad, and I love the islands, so I enjoy checking out the reports from various islands at Storm Carib, but I'm not there. I work with a relief & development organization in Mauritania in West Africa (we get the northern edges of the African monsoon storms that become the Cape Verde hurricanes!) I also had a home in Florida for 10 years and still have very close friends there, so even though no longer at risk from hurricanes personally, I'm a hurricane geek for life, I'm afraid! Smile.

hope you friend didn't get flooded.
Yeah, I know how following these things becomes a habit - good or bad! lol

[chrisjslucia]

There are pictures of some pretty bad flooding in Trinidad & Tobago at Storm Carib:
http://stormcarib.com/reports/current/trinidad.shtml

Just goes to show you that it's not always where the center hits. Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique which seemed to be in Isaac's "bullseye" seem to have gotten off quite lightly, while some of the southern islands got hit with extreme rains and flooding from the heavy southern feeder bands.

A very good lesson and reminder that a storm is not a "point" or a line, and that the exact track and cone is not always what matters in assessing impact. Storm size and the precipitation distribution in the various quadrants of the storm are really important too.

So true. I read somewhere today the diameter of Isaac is 1000 miles.
Having hard rain from Tuesday night until Wednesday afternoon, with strong winds from the west, last night was pretty dry. Today the wind is from the South East and is gusting quite strongly. Meteo France radar is showing the final bands of Isaac approaching from the South East.
Maybe if the run remains as forecast, we can pray that Haiti and DR see most of the rain pass to the south of them.

[Steagle]

Good Afternoon
Bands are now sweeping thru about every 30 mins...after a quiet morning from 4AM until Noon
Even when the sun is trying to peak thru at times...the lightning never seems to quit or sub side.
Power has been off since 8 AM...but that could be just a planned daily outage....it might return at 4PM today.

All the best my friends...hang in there

[cycloneye]

Here is a photo that I got of the Trinidad flooding caused by the bands of Issac.

[Gustywind]

Here is a photo that I got of the Trinidad flooding caused by the bands of Issac.

That's terrific Cyloneye! That reminds me the nasty floodings of Guadeloupe in May! That's a nightmare for our friends!

[artist]

oh wow!
My continued thoughts and prayers out to all affected by Isaac.

[KBBOCA]

And Trinidad was some 400 miles from the storm's center. It just boggles the mind!

[Steagle]

Power has been restored ...batteries recharging for the inverter

Very strange ...since 1PM there have been no rains or any significant winds.
About 5 hours of calm conditions with clearing skies.

[KBBOCA]

I'll post this in the Hurricane Preps forum too, but I just saw while following Twitter re: Hurricane Isaac that the Red Cross has some special apps to help with Hurricanes:

American Red Cross ‏@RedCross
Our hurricane app also features info on #RedCross shelters, a toolkit w flashlight, strobe light, alarm http://rdcrss.org/Py9tHU #Isaac

American Red Cross ‏@RedCross
In our Hurricane App, there's a one-touch “I’m Safe” button to let family, friends know u are okay. #Isaac http://rdcrss.org/Py9tHU

very cool to see technology put to such good use!

[artist]

KBBOCA - great links there. Thanks for posting here and there.

Has everyone checked in? If you haven't and can please do.

[sweetpea]

I just spoke to my dad who lives outside of Salinas, PR (Aguirre). He said he is doing ok, lot of wind and rain, some trees down. No damage to his house, but he can't tell if his neighbors have any damage. He said the street in front of his house looks like a river. But he still has power! I am glad he is doing ok, he is 76 lives by himself and I am in Florida, sooooo I am worried. But he has awesome neighbors, they all take care of each other.

[artist]

I just spoke to my dad who lives outside of Salinas, PR (Aguirre). He said he is doing ok, lot of wind and rain, some trees down. No damage to his house, but he can't tell if his neighbors have any damage. He said the street in front of his house looks like a river. But he still has power! I am glad he is doing ok, he is 76 lives by himself and I am in Florida, sooooo I am worried. But he has awesome neighbors, they all take care of each other.

good to hear, sweetpea. I can imagine your angst not being there, though.

I haven't seen cycloneye around for awhile, nor msbee. I know there are others as well. Check in if you can!

[sweetpea]

I just spoke to my dad who lives outside of Salinas, PR (Aguirre). He said he is doing ok, lot of wind and rain, some trees down. No damage to his house, but he can't tell if his neighbors have any damage. He said the street in front of his house looks like a river. But he still has power! I am glad he is doing ok, he is 76 lives by himself and I am in Florida, sooooo I am worried. But he has awesome neighbors, they all take care of each other.

good to hear, sweetpea. I can imagine your angst not being there, though.

I haven't seen cycloneye around for awhile, nor msbee. I know there are others as well. Check in if you can!

Thanks!! He is too funny, worried about me and the storm maybe coming here. I was like really????

Anyway, hopefully we will hear from the others soon and hear everyone is ok. I know cycloneye is on the other side of the island. My dad is on the south east side about 4 or 5 blocks from the beach. So hopefully that means that cycloneye is ok. And we will hear form everyone else soon!

[KBBOCA]

I'm enjoying discovering some new resources via browsing Twitter tonight.

The NHC has an experimental Twitter account where they report on Storm Surge.

https://twitter.com/NHC_Surge

what I found there:
1) A public service announcement explaining Storm Surge and its danger:


2) Reports on Storm Surge for Isaac from around the Caribbean:
http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/quickl ... ISAAC.html

I imagine this could be an awesomely helpful resource should Isaac threaten storm-surge prone areas (Tampa, Big Bend, MissGulf Coast etc.) in the Gulf!

[sweetpea]

I am a newbie to twitter, don't know how to get around it yet. Will try these links you put up KBBOCA