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Island Woman MJ
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 11:04 am |
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"An area of scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms across the Caribbean coastal
waters...associated with a divergence pattern aloft moved to the west overnight and early in the morning affecting Vieques... Culebra..."
This is the tech talk for what came through about 12:30 a.m. as one of those slashy, very wind driven rains that shakes the walls. Knowing Bertha was far away, I enjoy that sort of storm, even while wondering about the roof of my not quite sturdy dwelling. It probably lasted less than ten minutes and there wasn't much rain, according to the dinghy, but the rain gutter re-filled my garden watering bucket, so I got entertainment with a bit of a thrill, and garden treats along with it! Along with a cooling off, which made going back to sleep easier.
Bertha is still to the east of us, expected to pass over 600 or more miles to the north this afternoon; there is mention of some bands slightly affecting us. The swells will be in the 7 foot area and I'm glad I'm not going to need to be on the ferry today.
The sky is now much different than it was as shown at dawn, washed out blue with a lot of puffy clouds. There is a little breeze that I hope continues. Happy Wednesday!Attachment: PassingBy.jpg (Downloaded 26 times)
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Doug
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 01:35 pm |
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Here, in sweltering (101 heat index) flyover country, I had finished smoking some ribs and brought them in to gnaw while watching the ballgame, when the sky opened up with a slashing rain of its own along with plenty of thunder. Shroom the cat skedaddled under the bed, and I lamented at overflowing rain gutters nagging me to borrow an extension ladder and clean out the maple squirts and other spring debris. It pointed my daydreaming mind to Culebra, and evidently we experienced a bit of of synchronous deluge.
When I follow the summer blog, here, it brings to mind the story of Paul Bunyan, who roped a cyclone and chopped it up into a summer's worth of cooling breezes. It does work that way, right?
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Island Woman MJ
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 06:15 pm |
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It does if you have Paul around...but frankly, I'd count on Blue first 
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