Hurricane Ida

Posted on November 5, 2009 in Hurricane, Island Life

Tropical storm Ida has now turned to Hurricane Ida. It does not look like we will get much more than a lot of rain and wind but we are keeping a close watch as we know how fast storms can change.
Heading to town today to get cable turned on and supplies.  Cable company said bring [...]

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Tropical Storm Ida

Posted on November 4, 2009 in Eat - Sleep - Drink, Hurricane

Woke up to see a really nice sunrise out our bedroom window this morning. I decided to go watch on the balcony  – it was so peaceful. I was not quite ready to get to work and my coffee maker was still sleeping so I decided to join him for a bit.
Madame outdid herself again [...]

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Time to prepare

Posted on May 25, 2009 in Cool stuff, Hurricane, Island Life, Useful information

It coming around to hurricane season again so I have started to get all my bits and pieces in order. I made my own first aid kit and used a plastic container that sheets come in to put all the stuff. Although my kit is not  complete it is a decent start – I will [...]

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We got rain

Posted on September 1, 2008 in Guest Contributors, Hurricane, Water Fun

Paul said 95% of New Orleans is evacuated – we have been following their activity on the morning news and hoping everyone is ok.
We had some thunder and rain earlier and it looks like the sun is trying to come out now. Been interesting to watch the effects of Gustave here even though we are [...]

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It was a dark and stormy night

Posted on June 2, 2008 in Hurricane

Could not sleep any longer this morning – got up around 6:30 and figured I would get a blog in before internet inevitably went out on us. Pretty much as soon as I decided that checked that we were online and got my pc booted we lost it. Thankfully we have power and Paul just [...]

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Green Light – Pictures

Posted on September 4, 2007 in Hurricane

Zippy out for lunch with karen
Laundry and Belize Electric boarded up
Boats on dry land
Many places are closed – Perk, Coconet and Mickeys are open
Central park – very quiet
Doubeling
Front street
Perk gang
Coleen – Jason – Lyrical King
Alex
Cindy
Dianne and Tracy – Quicksilver Messenger Service
Great day for crabbing
Amigos Del Mar was busy
Faith
Jock
Hanging out
Gassing up Bob’s cart
Boat parking lot
Dry dock
Boats [...]

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Happy Tuesday

Posted on September 4, 2007 in Hurricane

Chatting Colette on coconut phone over coffee and got word that voluntary evacuation has been called off and the water will not be switched off either. Wunderground 5 day forecast was good to see this morning too http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200706.html.
The coconut phone is active this morning and everyone is feeling relieved. It is nice to see how [...]

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A different kind of Monday – Pictures

Posted on September 3, 2007 in Hurricane, Message boarders

Got our essentials ready
View at the end of our Balcony
View from our balcony
Looking out or front door
Paul helping Elsa’s son with bags
Re-use recycle – Beto’s place
Ready to go to Orange Walk
Busy on middle Street
Water truck
Lourdes Store
Elvi’s sign comes down
Many of us are washing up
Shutters down
Back street near Super Buy
Busy yet quiet
Boards from Castillos
Side of Elvi’s
Houses [...]

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Felix – an unwanted house guest

Posted on September 3, 2007 in Hurricane

I really wanted to sleep in this morning but from 6 am on I was restless and finally got out of bed at 6:50. I am so relieved Felix does not look as bad as it did when we went to bed. Of course I know anything can happen but waking up to better instead [...]

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Here we go

Posted on September 3, 2007 in Hurricane

Here we go again. I had almost finished unpacking from Dean and now Felix is on the way and I am finding myself repacking again. We both feel it is better to get some out of the way tonight then go full force tomorrow.

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Dita and Ed arrive

Posted on September 2, 2007 in Fundraising, Hurricane, Live Music, Message boarders

Second day of the fund raiser at BC’S. Dita and Ed arrive as well. Sadly Shanon goes home this afternoon. In amidst all the fun the buzz is once again turned to storms as Felix is approaching. We have to make a decision by tomorrow morning as to what we need to do (stay or [...]

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Boca Del Rio after Dean

Posted on August 28, 2007 in Holy Cross School, Hurricane

I was able to make it up to the school today and see how San Mateo fared during the storm. The school was fine and most of the lake that was there after the storm has gone away, the ground is still soft though. San Mateo has a lot of standing water and is a [...]

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Thoughts on Dean

Posted on August 28, 2007 in Hurricane

Here are the few thoughts about the hurricane some of it is from my notebook at the time and some added in after the fact.
Jock is here now, we met him at Marina’s and he agreed to bring our last minute provisions to Cindy’s house and her and I booted it back there getting totally [...]

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Birthday Blog x 3

Posted on August 25, 2007 in Cake Party, Hurricane

This one goes out to Colette, Stacy and Cindy who we all celebrated Thursday night. It was officially Cindy’s party but I had to add the other 2 in there as we missed them due to Dean and all the hustle and bustle.
Happy Birthday Girls.
Due to Dean we just missed Colette and Stacy was the [...]

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Lagoon south after Dean

Posted on August 23, 2007 in Hurricane

Back hoe moved a but during storm
Water
Water by the lagoonBoats all safe
Before and after shot of this place almost same except for extra water
Fire truck
In good shape
Chris from Casa Picasso
Water
Saying hi
Tin roof
Not so bad
tree down
Tree branches
Vehicle Parking
Road puddle

Saw Elizabeth and some of Brahma Blue gang

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