Hi List I am located on the south shore of Long Island NY and have been through all the noteworthy storms to reach here since the seventies. It is pretty clear Hatteras has taken the most tangible hit thusfar, we will have only a glancing blow of the tropical force winds out towards Montauk. I would imagine Block Island will have a very dirty night as it is small and utterly exposed. Customarily with the storm 200 something miles out (south and east) we would already be having a pretty substantial build up of water into the creeks and bays but there is little of that this go round. I expect we will have a dramatic high tide with flooding etc tonight and whatever wind we are going to get will be around 9 pm. Montauk is already getting big fat swells at Ditch Plains and along the terminal point. That;s about it...Glad Antigua is still there and Peter too! Good luck with the little monsters coming our way.... Cod

I am Glad to hear Peter made it though and that Cod seems to be fine. I am waiting for tomorrow when Earl comes to visit the Maritime Coast of Canada. At about 9 Am tomorrow morning it will be hitting Yarmouth NS I am only 100 miles away from Yarmouth in the Bay of Fundy as Cod mentions the storms are not as bad as the high tide potential and when you live next door to the highest tides in the world already it makes it interesting. But at the same time we seem to be calmly ready. I will keep you all posted Lue -----Original Message----- From: caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:caribbean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of CM Codrington Sent: September 3, 2010 4:46 PM To: caribbean@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Carib] mainland hurricane conditions etc Hi List I am located on the south shore of Long Island NY and have been through all the noteworthy storms to reach here since the seventies. It is pretty clear Hatteras has taken the most tangible hit thusfar, we will have only a glancing blow of the tropical force winds out towards Montauk. I would imagine Block Island will have a very dirty night as it is small and utterly exposed. Customarily with the storm 200 something miles out (south and east) we would already be having a pretty substantial build up of water into the creeks and bays but there is little of that this go round. I expect we will have a dramatic high tide with flooding etc tonight and whatever wind we are going to get will be around 9 pm. Montauk is already getting big fat swells at Ditch Plains and along the terminal point. That;s about it...Glad Antigua is still there and Peter too! Good luck with the little monsters coming our way.... Cod *************************** The Caribbean List now has a Resources Page at Historic Antigua and Barbuda http://www.rootsweb.com/~atgwgw/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message