Hello Peter: glad to hear that you are well and that no one has been badly injured.; I had not realised that the VI had suffered a direct hit. I hope that the damage is not too severe. Our thoughts are with you all. Ernest On 03/09/10 12:25 AM, Spring wrote: > Thanks, Laura > I understand that the USVI suffered a bit more than the BVI, overall.. > Nobody was seriously hurt here, but the eye of the storm traversed > the BVI just north of Anegada, which was quite badly hit, and all our > islands suffered from roads blocked by rocks, fallen trees and downed > power lines. > I felt stifled by hours of waiting in our hot, dark, shuttered rooms, > but when I ventured outside I had to stop the door being wrenched out > of my hands before being forced back inside by the wind and rain. Our > area was without electricity (& the Internet) early Sunday to early > Wednesday and even some parts of Tortola are still without power and > piped water (our home has a huge rain-water cistern). > Earl shook the BVI out of a complacency that had developed after > several, lucky seasons. Although our DDM (Govt Dept of Disaster > Management) put us all on high alert, we were not personally fully > prepared for the force of a category 4 hurricane so close to us. > Weaker Fiona, following a slightly more northerly path, is now > forecast to bring little more than heavy rain to our shores before the > weekend. However, Gaston may pose a much greater threat to the > Leewards and Virgin Islands, next week. > Having said all that, we enjoyed a very pleasant Thursday, with clear > sunny skies and gentle breezes! > We shall be waiting anxiously for news of your experiences, Laura. You > will be in our thoughts and prayers. > Peter > > LAlderson@nc.rr.com wrote 2 Sep 2010: >> ... As for all our friends in the Caribbean, how's about a roll call >> of who's where and how they're weathering things. Cheers, Laura

Not maying people are saying anything . Not sure if this is a good sign or a bad sign !! Glad to hear that all is well with you Peter . Antigua had alot of rain from Earl and luckily not too much wind . Fiona did not even give us any rain . Gaston seems to have fizzled out . Hopefully we will be lucky and have no more storms this year !!!! All the best to everyone . Phillip Antigua ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Wiltshire" <murcot@synapse.net> To: <caribbean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Carib] Hurricane Earl > Hello Peter: glad to hear that you are well and that no one has been > badly injured.; I had not realised that the VI had suffered a direct > hit. I hope that the damage is not too severe. Our thoughts are with you > all. > Ernest > > On 03/09/10 12:25 AM, Spring wrote: >> Thanks, Laura >> I understand that the USVI suffered a bit more than the BVI, overall.. >> Nobody was seriously hurt here, but the eye of the storm traversed >> the BVI just north of Anegada, which was quite badly hit, and all our >> islands suffered from roads blocked by rocks, fallen trees and downed >> power lines. >> I felt stifled by hours of waiting in our hot, dark, shuttered rooms, >> but when I ventured outside I had to stop the door being wrenched out >> of my hands before being forced back inside by the wind and rain. Our >> area was without electricity (& the Internet) early Sunday to early >> Wednesday and even some parts of Tortola are still without power and >> piped water (our home has a huge rain-water cistern). >> Earl shook the BVI out of a complacency that had developed after >> several, lucky seasons. Although our DDM (Govt Dept of Disaster >> Management) put us all on high alert, we were not personally fully >> prepared for the force of a category 4 hurricane so close to us. >> Weaker Fiona, following a slightly more northerly path, is now >> forecast to bring little more than heavy rain to our shores before the >> weekend. However, Gaston may pose a much greater threat to the >> Leewards and Virgin Islands, next week. >> Having said all that, we enjoyed a very pleasant Thursday, with clear >> sunny skies and gentle breezes! >> We shall be waiting anxiously for news of your experiences, Laura. You >> will be in our thoughts and prayers. >> Peter >> >> LAlderson@nc.rr.com wrote 2 Sep 2010: >>> ... As for all our friends in the Caribbean, how's about a roll call >>> of who's where and how they're weathering things. Cheers, Laura > > *************************** > 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