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| Oct 15, 2008 @ 4:55 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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SunBabe
Posts: 12,279
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Nope, not Omar the Tentmaker or his buds -- a different big bag of wind.
I've been talking with friends in the Virgin Islands (St. Croix) and they're all hunkering down planning on being slammed tonight by 100 mph winds from Hurricane Omar, who's sneaking up from the wrong side -- from the West, not the (normal) East.
Roads are already flooded and they're expecting up to 20" of rain (  ). It's a compact hurricane, so far, (only 15 miles across in the worst part), but the islands aren't that wide so they'll get the full impact no matter where it hits.
Joe and Dianne are taking as much stuff as possible off their liveaboard boat in Christiansted Harbor, as are the rest of the sailors who live there...but many are seasonal residents, so those people are home -- stateside -- unable to do much more than pray and keep their fingers crossed (like my friend, Cap'nLarry with his 42' Beneteau which is secure by mega ground tackle, but his neighbors boats might not be ~gulp~).
Tina cleaned off her balcony and is planning on sleeping through it (as she always does) -- she says there's no point in arguing with Mother Nature. 
Even though this is only supposed to be a Cat 2, when there's so much rain and then it comes from a reverse direction, it's hard to plan for predictive results.
 St. Croix was just renistated as a cruise ship port of call this season after much "political" squabble and abandonment and years of struggling tourism trade and the resulting depression in the economy. And now this!  ...then again, St. Thomas Harbor (the "competition") won't be out of danger either. 
This one may affect people in the south and east coast of the United States in a way they'd never thought about: HOVENSA, the second largest oil refinery in the Western hemisphere (located on the south shore of St. Croix), shut their operations down already...Hess stations and a lot of independents may be facing a temporary shortage and some heating oil suppliers may be affected.
But the one positive thing is that people's water cisterns will be filled to the brim. At 25-30 cents per flush with delivered water, island residents can you-know-what to their hearts content for a bit. And when spending hurricane-time -- at night time -- on an island, there's sure to be a lot of you-know-whating going on. 
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| Oct 15, 2008 @ 6:03 PM |
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wiccked
Posts: 12,300
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what??????  
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| Oct 15, 2008 @ 6:06 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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SunBabe
Posts: 12,279
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Well since it's "traditional" -- and ecologically and financially sound -- not to flush for "tinkle" on a cistern-dependent island, there's only one other thing that'd be going into that loo...and it ends with "2". 
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| Oct 15, 2008 @ 6:09 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar... |
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wiccked
Posts: 12,300
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gotcha!!!!!! 
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| Oct 16, 2008 @ 11:42 AM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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Gallows_Humor
Posts: 13,646
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interesting..as I did not "get it"..
I tried to think about how I would spend my possibly last night on the planet... and on a toilet all alone was not "it"
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| Oct 22, 2008 @ 1:27 AM |
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SunBabe
Posts: 12,279
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LOL, from what a few of my friends said, they ran to the loo a few times while their houses echoed with the shudders and racket Omar caused. When you're in a boarded up house, you have no idea what's going on outside. I've been on the phone with friends during one hurricane and even I got a bellyache from the background noise and tension...from thousands of miles away -- nothing can quite describe the constant flinching for hours on end (maybe sort of like being under combat seige).
Anyway, most of my friends are just doing cleanup this week...the ground was saturated from a "good season" of rain (very welcome because they'd had a summertime drought), then 20" or so of rani fell along with Omar's hurricane: little trees and big ones splatted all over St. Croix. They say it truly looks like a war zone (and the chainsaw guys are gonna make a royal fortune -- par for the course  )
My friend's Benneteau made it through just fine (as far as he knows -- no one's been aboard), but poor Bob from Stixx boat (his pampered baby "Love Inn" that he's had for years and years  ) didn't fare so well along with another 30-50 boats that were sink. (Many of which were people's homes!)
I'm reall sick about the boat I ALMOST bought a few years back...this is the "before":
And this is "Helios" now, smushed alongside "Love Inn":
~groan~ That breaks my heart.
...and other boats sunk or smashed, including most of the bluewater charter fishing fleet as well as the excursion boats, both piwer and a sailing cat:
Now THESE guys were REALLY lucky...but will be facing an interesting logistics problem trying to get them back in deep water again:
What's not seen is that the channel is so littered with sunken boats and debris that it's completely closed for now...and this is only a tiny glompse at the damage to the boating community in St. Croix ~sigh~ (Half he boats moored at the yacht club were apparently wiped out).
Surprisingly, there was very little structual damage on island, but since most of the island had to rebuild after Hurricane Hugo in '89 and Marilyn in '95, most people's houses and businesses are somewhat "hurricane resistant" now...and people there have learned to really prepare (except for some of the boaters who didn't consider a "backwards" hurricane hit, apparently )
But as a friend of a friend said in a forwarded email, "And within days the gorgeous sea calms and the sun comes out and the birds sing and we are again living in paradise."
~grin~ It takes a special spirit to survive on a tropical Caribbean island for any length of time...lol, I love that attitude and I still haven't given up hope that I can rejoin those folks once again...someday soon.
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| Oct 22, 2008 @ 11:17 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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grumblebear
Posts: 10,559
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I haven't been on any tropical Islands since the early 80's, but it always was a fun place...
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| Oct 23 @ 7:16 AM |
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carpediem48
Posts: 3,312
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This time last year,,,,,
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| Oct 23 @ 12:38 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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redhairNfreckles
Posts: 4,664
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Since we haven't heard from SunBabe for so long, I wonder if she got her wish and is enjoying "The Good Life" again....
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| Oct 23 @ 12:42 PM |
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gunn12fan
Posts: 2,291
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She might be
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| Oct 23 @ 1:33 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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Fender
Posts: 8,474
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I hope so...I miss her.
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| Oct 23 @ 1:50 PM |
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knotkeeno
Posts: 387
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i talked to a friend last night that said, "sunny is doing well, watching tomatoes ripen"
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| Oct 23 @ 3:45 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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kattsmeow
Posts: 22,624
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Ya and she has cats,,and kittens! LOL, she is now dubbed the name "Cat woman".
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| Oct 23 @ 3:47 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
Posts: 18,602
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OMG!! Next thing you know she'll have a dog!!
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| Oct 23 @ 3:49 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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gunn12fan
Posts: 2,291
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Woof!
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| Oct 23 @ 4:05 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar... |
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redhairNfreckles
Posts: 4,664
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Thanks for the update.......glad all's well with her......
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| Oct 23 @ 5:42 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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beckyiv42000
Posts: 14,576
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I still want her to come back n play tho I miss her lots
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| Oct 24 @ 6:21 PM |
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Fender
Posts: 8,474
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Thanks for letting me know...I miss her too...Especially when she would come on the blogs...It was rare and I treasured it
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| Oct 24 @ 9:11 PM |
Augh, that sneaky Omar...
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JenRNinOhio
Posts: 4,103
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I had a very brief moment of hope
that she might make an appearance
at the upcoming Vegas Get-Together
But, alas....hopes have been dashed!
This is no longer the *Omar* thread.
It is now OFICIALLY the SunBabe thread!!!!!
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| Oct 24 @ 9:18 PM |
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gunn12fan
Posts: 2,291
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ok
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