Wilma... wonderful, just wonderful
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parrotheaddiver
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Leaving for Roatan on Sat I hope that Wilma is outta there
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Uh, yeah, I think St.Croix is outside of the map above.
Looks like she blows by there Thursday. Maybe the viz will be good by Sunday. Have a good trip.
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mongoose
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This is the third dive trip I have had to cancel because of hurricanes. Two trips to the flower gardens, and I was all set to go to Coz this weekend...and now this.
Crap.
Crap.
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Flower Gardens is always iffy. The storm should be outta Coz by Saturday, if she's not hit hard.mongoose:
DennisS
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For those of us who consider hurricane watching a summer sport, this guy is a great sportscaster.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
then there is always the old favorite
http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
then there is always the old favorite
http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html
mongoose
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DandyDon:
Heh.. Thing is, I was set to fly out Friday morning. Yeah, that's gonna happen...
Yikes! Jeff Masters is comparing Wilma to 1974's Fifi that hit Roatan so hard. He says....
"Wilma is currently at latitude 15.9, and looks like it will also be a Category 2 hurricane as it passes along the north shore of Honduras. Heavy rains will begin in northeastern Honduras tonight, and may well continue for three days. Hopefully, Wilma will pull north as forecast and not subject the entire coast of Honduras to flooding rains as Fifi did. I do expect severe flooding in northeast Honduras that will cause heavy loss of life. Better disaster prevention measures were implemented in Honduras after the devastation Hurricane Mitch wrought in 1998, so hopefully the government will be able to get the people in flood-prone areas to safe shelter and reduce the death toll."
Let's hope he's wrong. Ann, should be an interesting flight down on Sat! Too late to get trip insurance???
"Wilma is currently at latitude 15.9, and looks like it will also be a Category 2 hurricane as it passes along the north shore of Honduras. Heavy rains will begin in northeastern Honduras tonight, and may well continue for three days. Hopefully, Wilma will pull north as forecast and not subject the entire coast of Honduras to flooding rains as Fifi did. I do expect severe flooding in northeast Honduras that will cause heavy loss of life. Better disaster prevention measures were implemented in Honduras after the devastation Hurricane Mitch wrought in 1998, so hopefully the government will be able to get the people in flood-prone areas to safe shelter and reduce the death toll."
Let's hope he's wrong. Ann, should be an interesting flight down on Sat! Too late to get trip insurance???
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Have you called your airline about changing? Surely only evacuation flights will maybe land there Saturday.
I cannot imagine leaving the US without trip or travel insurance.
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