Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Emily

As of 11am this morning we were placed on hurricane watch:

WTNT35 KNHC 121743
TCPAT5
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM EMILY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 7A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
2 PM AST TUE JUL 12 2005

...EMILY CONTINUES RAPIDLY WESTWARD...

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BARBADOS...GRENADA...THE
GRENADINES...ST. VINCENT...AND ST. LUCIA. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS
THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN
36 HOURS. A HURRICANE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR ALL OR
PART OF THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLAND OF TOBAGO.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF EMILY.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EMILY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 51.9 WEST OR ABOUT
530 MILES... 850 KM... EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS.

EMILY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH ...32 KM/HR. A TURN TO
THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF EMILY WILL BE REACHING THE WINDWARD
ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY.

More info at The National Hurricane Center.

I cannot explain the slow, creeping fingers of under-lying fear that is beginning to permeate my office. One of our admin assistants is literally shaking while the poor thing tries to type letters.

One of the workers here mentioned to me that his mother refuses to believe the warnings. She thinks it is totally impossible for "Ivan" to happen again. She literally has her fingers in her ears, humming "La La La La La" loudly to block out any weather talk.

Will be back in touch soon; storm-blogging all the way!

Posted by YingYang at 2:47 PM  

1 Comments

  1. Abeni posted at 8:09 AM  
    it must be traumatic for any Grenadian to contemplate facing another hurricane so soon.I already shuddering at the sight of my phone bill because I was on the phone non stop with my friend in Grenada.

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