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Stay safe, people!
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Looks like forecast moderated significantly!
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The same forecast yesterday (windguru) had wind speeds and gusts almost 10kts higher and also swells to 3m.
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Anyone know if charter companies are calling boats back to base?
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Current aviation forecast has peak winds at 40 knots Wednesday morning at STT. Boats should be able to get back out on charter Thursday AM.
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Forecast picking up, and BVI Gov announces airports closed for tomorrow.
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According to Stom Carib, the closest point of approach for Tortola is supposed to be just after midnight tonight. So one would think perhaps the airport could reopen tomorrow.
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Looks like it is strengthening faster than expected. 70 kt gust reported at the STT airport.
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Yes, faster than expected.
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Looks like most of the webcams are offline. The storm was a bit stronger than forecast when it went over the BVI. Things should be improving rapidly by noon. The STT airport is currently closed. Update at noon.
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A lot of power is still out.
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Wow, this turned into quite a storm. Hope all is safe down there.
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Cooper is the only webcam that I can pull up. Any others live now?
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Colin is reporting on FB lots of boat damage on Yost.
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I am surprised any boats were left on Jost for the storm.
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The picture he posted only shows a couple of small boats. No cats that I can see. He responded to someone asking if everyone is okay. His response was "Everyone is okay but we lost a lot of boats."
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Soggy's webcam is back online. Great Harbor looks like they lost some boats looking at FB.
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