It's storm season

Holy COW ... we're having some really, really big thunder and lightning and rain and wind! Watching the weather channel, they've actually acknowledged St. Croix ... as if someone told them it IS an inhabited island, and that we're being effected by TS Hanna. It's sometimes so annoying to watch the weather channel and they talk about the weather systems not hitting land for days ... meaning it won't reach America for days ... but we're here between the storms and America and it's right around the corner from us. I digress.

We do have a hazardous storm advisory, projected through 11:30 tonight .... gonna be a longggggggggggggg night, here's what we've been advised:

Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
845 PM AST WED SEP 3 2008

VIZ001-002-040330-
ST THOMAS...ST JOHN...AND ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
845 PM AST WED SEP 3 2008

.NOW...
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
AFFECTING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...ESPECIALLY ST CROIX AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 1130 PM. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY
RAIN...BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
AND SOME FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS AS THEY
PASS BY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS UNTIL 1000 PM TONIGHT.

So far, they've been right on the money. 

We're watching Hurricane Ike, he's now a category 3, and Josephine 

behind him. Most paths point to North of us, but so did Hanna, and 

she took a HUGE detour south. 

Soooooooo .... plenty to watch on TV here ... might be experiencing 

my first hurricane ... we'll see. 

For updates from the islands, check out the Storm Carib weathersite: http://stormcarib.com/

they have reports from locals on all the islands ... providing a true look at what's really

happening. 

~Jill~