General pleas for help - Tip: use a descriptive subject linehttp://help.stormcarib.com/list.php?2Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:33:00 -0400 Phorum 5.2.11 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6967,6967#msg-6967 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6967,6967#msg-6967
Has anyone heard how the guys on Necker faired in Earl?]]> J GeneralWed, 01 Sep 2010 08:11:39 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6966,6966#msg-6966 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6966,6966#msg-6966Was there any damage to the Bitter End Resort in Virgin Gorda from Hurricane Earl? ]]> mermaid GeneralTue, 31 Aug 2010 23:23:02 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6952,6952#msg-6952 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6952,6952#msg-6952 LeonM GeneralTue, 31 Aug 2010 22:14:22 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6951,6951#msg-6951 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6951,6951#msg-6951 cafrith GeneralMon, 30 Aug 2010 17:09:07 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6945,6945#msg-6945 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6945,6945#msg-6945Also, how many days are the tropical waves currently taking to travel from the Cape Verdes to Grenada? And from Grenada to St. Croix?
Any help with our decision process will be greatly appreciated.]]> diane GeneralWed, 07 Jul 2010 20:27:10 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6944,6944#msg-6944 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6944,6944#msg-6944 Naz GeneralWed, 23 Jun 2010 19:58:18 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6938,6938#msg-6938 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6938,6938#msg-6938 mike VUKMIR GeneralMon, 23 Nov 2009 12:36:18 -0500 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6937,6937#msg-6937 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6937,6937#msg-6937 mjrichardson GeneralTue, 31 Aug 2010 05:26:08 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6934,6934#msg-6934 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6934,6934#msg-6934 Colin GeneralMon, 07 Sep 2009 18:48:29 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6932,6932#msg-6932 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6932,6932#msg-6932
Let's keep our fingers crossed that we have a quiet year! And thanks for all you do on the site to help us all.
When I get back on island later this year I will sign on as a weather reporter for Salt Cay if you are still needing any. I am currently in the US taking care of my ill father.

Take Care!!!
Donna]]> Donna Shope GeneralTue, 26 May 2009 22:20:36 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6931,6931#msg-6931 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6931,6931#msg-6931 MSCID GeneralMon, 26 Jan 2009 15:27:11 -0500 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6606,6606#msg-6606 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6606,6606#msg-6606
Blessings on you all for the great work you do in keeping the rest of us informed once the TV cameras go away. (If they show up in the first place.)

My posting may be a little unorthodox because I am posting about tropical storms and not a hurricane, but I want you to be aware of what is going on down in Honduras. They are experiencing extremely heavy rains and the flooding is far worse than during Hurricane Mitch. I will share a few excerpts from a friend's emails who is down there. His name is Chet Thomas and he works for a NGO called Project Global Village.

"We are having very serious problems as a very big part of the Honduran north coast is under water and so is the southern Pacific coast of Honduras. This situation has been caused by a continuous stream of tropical depressions storms that have been hitting Honduras for more than a month. The rains have been continuous and the entire country is saturated with water causing flooding in the low lying areas of the country. We are in one of areas seriously affected – the Comayagua department (county) and also in Belen Gualcho (western Honduras -Celaque Highlands) where a mountain slid down on several villages and created a massive dam in a deep hollow that will eventually break and head down the mountain where there are five to eight villages there are being evacuated.

This has been an emergency that has taken place over approx. three weeks and has been building intensity with rain and flooding upon a country that has been completely saturated with water and over 250,000 persons have been affected. Fortunately the number of deaths was avoided by early evacuations and the number of losses greatly reduced but more than 50,000 families have been displaced and are living in shelters on higher land until the flood waters go back down.

Since there was no major “blood and guts” massive loss of life, the news services have not picked this up and this disaster is not known but the damage is much worse than Hurricane Mitch in 1998.

Where I will be needing help is what I feel is the more critical long range effort- that of getting those farmers who have lost all their crops with the flooding, to get back in their fields and plant another crop before the rains are gone for this year. If we can do this within the next two weeks, we can help many of these farmers get out a corn and bean harvest early next year. If we do not do this then all of these families will be facing one year of nothing to eat, with no crops coming out and the cost of that possibility is enormous. To me the best investment that can be made right now is economic reactivation of these farmers to get crops planted in the ground and then afterwards we can work on improving and repairing the water systems, improving and rebuilding the houses, the roads, and other community buildings."

I know that many of you are deeply involved in rebuilding from the numerous hurricanes that hit the Atlantic this year and simply don't have the resources to respond to yet another bout of storm damage but I share this because I know that many of you know what it feels like to be seemingly forgotten by the rest of the world or at least by the media.

If you cannot help financially, all I ask is that you pray for Honduras and keep them in your thoughts as you face your own challenges to rebuild and restore order to your islands.

Here is Chet's email if you wish to contact him about making a donation to help the farmers buy seed to replant while there is still time.

Chester G. Thomas chet@paghonduras.org

Comfort and strength to all of you storm weary citizens of the Caribbean!

thank you and God Bless,
Robin Brumley]]> Robin Brumley GeneralTue, 28 Oct 2008 06:31:55 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6605,6605#msg-6605 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6605,6605#msg-6605
My friends are getting married on October 4th and then the four of us are heading to Cane Garden Bay in Tortola to vacation and celebrate our honeymoons. (My husband and I have been married for 8 years and we're finally taking one!) Anyway, I've looked at the charts and history of storms for the week of Oct. 6 - 13th and it seems our chances are decent for good weather or at the most, a tropical storm. Can your crystal ball tell us anything more? We are taking a day sail aboard the White Squall II on Thursday, the 9th. I've rented the whole boat as a surprise for my husband. Just wondering if I should lower my hopes of actually getting to sail. Thanks for your wisdom!

Jesse]]> jesse51 GeneralFri, 26 Sep 2008 11:02:11 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6604,6604#msg-6604 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6604,6604#msg-6604Judith]]> judith-b GeneralSun, 21 Sep 2008 14:54:15 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6596,6596#msg-6596 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6596,6596#msg-6596SUESVILLA@AOL.COM WE HAVE A CONTACT WITH GREAT CREDENTIALS THAT IS VERY GOOD AT FORCING INS. COMPANIES TO PAY!! HE HAS 20 YRS EXPERIENCE AND HAS WORKED THRU 18 HURRICANES WITH CLAIMS ON PERSONAL HOMES, WAREHOUSES, RESTAURANTS AND MUCH MORE. WE HAVE USED HIS SERVICES PERSONALLY AND HE IS WONDERFUL!! WE HAVE A HOME IN PROVO BUT LIVE PRIMARILY IN THE US. IF THIS WOULD BE OF SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF PROVO AND THERE IS ENOUGH INTEREST HE WILL BE GLAD TO MAKE THE TRIP THERE. EMAIL ME AND I'LL PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE THAT CAN HELP!! MANY TIMES HE IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN PUBLIC ADJUSTERS. IF YOU NEED HELP AFTER TRYING TO SETTLE ON YOUR OWN.....EMAIL ME.]]> SUE GeneralThu, 11 Sep 2008 18:20:15 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6589,6589#msg-6589 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6589,6589#msg-6589 Tammie GeneralWed, 10 Sep 2008 01:10:14 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6565,6565#msg-6565 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6565,6565#msg-6565

If anyone would like to send supplies for the MUCH NEEDED relief effort for Salt Cay, please send them to the following address, also, be sure you mark on it that it is for Salt Cay.
And let me thank all of you who have sent prayers, best wishes, and offers of assistance..everyone from Salt Cay is so very appreciative.
And we will be good as new soon, I am positive of it!!!

Shipping info:

BML Shipping
C/O Jose Diaz
7185 NW 87th
Miami, Forida
33178]]> Donna Shope GeneralFri, 12 Sep 2008 13:32:15 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6563,6563#msg-6563 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6563,6563#msg-6563
Sorry if this is wrong place to post, so please guide me.

Please follow the computer forecast model the NAM here it is:

[www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov]

While the winds would be offshore for Cancun and the resorts, but onshore for Merida, maybe the folks in the Yucatan should be equally concerned about Ike as the USA.

Check the trends, none of the NHC computer models have been on
track the last 24 hrs. Extrapolate a 280 heading from present position.....

Thanx and please let me know where to post this.

All the best to those impacted.

Mark D]]> Mark D GeneralMon, 08 Sep 2008 22:44:11 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6562,6562#msg-6562 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6562,6562#msg-6562
St. John’s, NL, Canada – September 8, 2008

Fortis Turks and Caicos Restoring Electricity Service
to Customers after Hurricane Ike

Fortis Turks and Caicos, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortis Inc. (TSX:FTS), is working to restore service to its customers who were impacted by Hurricane Ike, a category 4 hurricane that struck Turks and Caicos Islands over the weekend.

Fortis Turks and Caicos serves more than 9,000 customers, or 85 per cent of electricity consumers on the Turks and Caicos Islands. It owns and operates an integrated electricity system providing for the generation and distribution of energy on Providenciales, North Caicos, Middle Caicos and South Caicos, with the load on Providenciales normally accounting for 80% of the total.

The assets of Fortis Turks and Caicos are approximately $140 million, representing approximately 1% of the total assets of Fortis.

Management of Fortis Turks and Caicos report that there does not appear to be any substantial damage to its generating facilities. Many of the utility’s major customers on Providenciales remain operational and capable of receiving electricity service, and current demand is approximately 40% of normal. Electricity service has been restored to the hospital, water treatment plant and airport.

Fortis has mobilized its Hurricane Response team to assist Fortis Turks and Caicos in restoring electricity service to its customers as soon as possible. Approximately 30 engineers, technicians and line crew from other Fortis utilities are preparing to leave for Turks and Caicos Islands. A major focus for this group will be to restore electricity service to customers on the islands of North Caicos, Middle Caicos and South Caicos, which were the service areas most impacted by Hurricane Ike. Fortis has extended an offer to the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands to assist with electricity service restoration efforts on islands not served by Fortis Turks and Caicos.

Fortis Turks and Caicos expects to have electricity service restored within three weeks to all of its customers on Providenciales who are capable of receiving service and within six weeks to its customers on other islands.

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For more information, please contact:

Donna Hynes
Manager, Investor & Public Relations
Fortis Inc.
Phone: 709.737.2800
Fax: 709.737.5307]]> Fortis Inc. GeneralMon, 08 Sep 2008 13:19:20 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6561,6561#msg-6561 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6561,6561#msg-6561
I am an aviation meteorologist; certainly you have noted over the last 24 hours none of the computer models the NHC uses has initialized Ike properly. They all indicated a turn starting 12 hours ago. Yet Ike is over open ocean again now.

The only computer model that has Ike pegged is the NAM and here is the link if you wish to use it. Looks like Ike will track thru west Cuba, same area as Gustav.

[www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov]

Best to all,

Mark D]]> Mark D GeneralMon, 08 Sep 2008 13:09:54 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6544,6544#msg-6544 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6544,6544#msg-6544
I going to set up a Donations and Relief effort once I arrive in Canada. I've spoken with local news programs and newspapers to get coverage. Please try in your area. If you can think of other ways we can help them out email me jonpiett@hotmail.com

We need to act fast to help them.

Thanks

Jp]]> Jp GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 23:11:37 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6539,6539#msg-6539 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6539,6539#msg-6539www.mogulus.com]]]> ScubaYou GeneralMon, 08 Sep 2008 01:04:47 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6528,6528#msg-6528 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6528,6528#msg-6528The message read as follows:

OK..all well..massive damage

What a relief to know they are all ok!!!]]> Donna Shope GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 19:30:36 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6513,6513#msg-6513 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6513,6513#msg-6513 marie smith GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:27:04 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6505,6505#msg-6505 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6505,6505#msg-6505
www.tcinetnews.com]]> iain001 GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 14:26:58 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6501,6501#msg-6501 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6501,6501#msg-6501 brookmom66 GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 22:16:24 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6499,6499#msg-6499 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6499,6499#msg-6499let''s me type as if i can enter..i hit send and asks for name..help thanks]]> rose smith GeneralMon, 08 Sep 2008 01:39:12 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6492,6492#msg-6492 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6492,6492#msg-6492 kathym GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:37 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6491,6491#msg-6491 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6491,6491#msg-6491rose]]> rose smith GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 11:43:39 -0400 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6485,6485#msg-6485 http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?2,6485,6485#msg-6485
Thanks
bobosonthego]]> bobosononthego GeneralSun, 07 Sep 2008 10:53:58 -0400