The drought is finally over!!!

[dvrliz1]

Thank goodness! We haven't had ANY rain since October 2009!!! Last night it started raining around 9:00pm and it continued through the night! It is still threating, very overcast, so we expect a little more today!!!!

The flora and fauna is happy, as are the donkeys, goats, and birds...Oh yeah the humans are thrilled as well!

Yipee!!! Now we just wait for everything to start blooming again. I cannot wait for our guava tree here at Golden Reef to start producing fruit again!!! I love guava!!!!

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

Good to hear. My last visit was cut short in Puerto Rico waiting for Felix to pass. There was some rain then too

 

[Mike]

That is a long dry spell!

I read somewhere your water source is underground in Bonaire?

Do they use cisterns on the houses too?

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

That is a long dry spell!

I read somewhere your water source is underground in Bonaire?

Do they use cisterns on the houses too?

The water on Bonaire is purified from the seawater using a reverse osmosis process (the same process used by the astronauts).

 

[Maine Diver]

And it's perfectly fine to drink.

 

[TheWizard]

Cisterns are what they use on Grand Turk...

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

Cisterns on Saba too

 

[DiverVince]

The water on Bonaire is excellent produced from a reverse osmosis process from the seawater. There are 2 problems with it: 1. Very expensive..2. Their delivery system is antiquated. It is in the process now of gradually being replaced.

 

[spectrum]

And it's perfectly fine to drink.

You sound like you miss the stuff.

 

[gypsyjim]

Culebra also depends on cisterns to hold what little rain fall there is. No water filtration plant there like on Bonaire, so water is real precious.

On Bonaire it isn't cheap to produce the drinking water, but unlike my family's experiences in Mexico, it is not only safe to drink it, but also safe to eat salads and such in a restaurant. My little brother spent a lot of his honeymoon on Coz under a doctor's care because he ate a stupid salad at a restaurant!