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Erika #66258 08/26/2015 11:31 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,666 MIA I irina OP Traveler OP irina Traveler I Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,666 MIA What's the weather like on Dutch side now? Is it storming? Worried. irina

Re: Erika irina #66259 08/27/2015 06:21 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 M MotownTim Traveler MotownTim Traveler M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 Not bad at all right now. Rain, some wind, but nothing drastic so far. My AA flight to Miami was cancelled today. I'm rebooked through Philly on Saturday.

Re: Erika MotownTim #66260 08/27/2015 07:56 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Barbara Traveler Barbara Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten good morning.I woke up to sunny skies! there is a little rain now, but Erika still has not passed us. She is sliding south of us it seems so I don't even know if we will get decent rainfall from her http://barcann.livejournal.com/

Re: Erika Barbara #66261 08/27/2015 08:15 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Barbara Traveler Barbara Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten http://www.soualiganewsday.com/local/soualiga-newsday-top-stories/item/4690-at-the-moment,-sint-maarten-partly-cloudy-and-not-windy-erika-still-likely-to-impact-with-near-tropical-storm-conditions.html

Re: Erika Barbara #66262 08/27/2015 08:19 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! According to that story, closest point is not until 4 PM today, so quite a while to go yet! Carol Hill

Re: Erika Barbara #66263 08/27/2015 08:22 AM Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,697 D DonLinda Traveler DonLinda Traveler D Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,697 StormPulse.com picture forecast position for 2pm EDT. Picking up steam a little. SXM links and trip reports

Re: Erika DonLinda #66264 08/27/2015 10:14 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Barbara Traveler Barbara Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten there are reports of terrible flooding and damage in Dominica which is getting the worst of it http://www.scoopnest.com/user/weatherchannel/636873800227909632

Re: Erika Barbara #66265 08/27/2015 10:26 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! What's the weather like in SXM now? The Club Orient webcam doesn't look very bad at all now. The Villas at Great Bay webcam looks to have been taken down, I guess. Carol Hill

Re: Erika Barbara #66266 08/27/2015 10:26 AM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 M MotownTim Traveler MotownTim Traveler M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 Yes, the gal who takes care of the house here has a house she just built on Dominica. She is really worried.

Re: Erika MotownTim #66267 08/27/2015 10:32 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Barbara Traveler Barbara Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Dominica is really geting flooded. there is a video on this link which shows the raging force of water just destroying a building. there are reports on the radio that at least 3 are missing due to landslides. http://www.weather.com/safety/hurricane/...florida-impacts

Re: Erika MotownTim #66268 08/27/2015 10:33 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Barbara Traveler Barbara Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Normal day here, Carol. breezy but no rain....just cloudy skies.. so far a non event

Re: Erika Barbara #66269 08/27/2015 10:47 AM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 720 Tennessee K KayMike Traveler KayMike Traveler K Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 720 Tennessee 8.86 inches of rain in 6 hr was just reported for Dominica!!! SXM Our favorite Carib island destination!

Re: Erika KayMike #66270 08/27/2015 01:17 PM Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 917 B badbenni Traveler badbenni Traveler B Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 917 http://www.simpsonbayresort.com/webcam.asp

Re: Erika badbenni #66271 08/27/2015 01:57 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Can't really tell much on that shot, as it is just a still shot, but doesn't look bad at all. Hopefully the island will at least get some decent rain. The 2 PM advisory shows Erika slightly weaker, BUT as of now, looks to be almost a direct hit as hurricane on the Florida coast on Monday morning!! Carol Hill

Re: Erika Carol_Hill #66272 08/27/2015 01:59 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten Barbara Traveler Barbara Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,752 St. Maarten no rain here...just wind

Re: Erika Carol_Hill #66273 08/27/2015 02:05 PM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,081 Clearwater, FL Biturbo Traveler Biturbo Traveler Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,081 Clearwater, FL On the Club O webcam, there was seaweed on the beach this morning, but none now. The waves look a little higher than normal, but not bad. I'm going where the weather suits my clothes.

Re: Erika Barbara #66274 08/27/2015 02:06 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Hopefully you will still get some rain. Carol Hill

Re: Erika Carol_Hill #66275 08/27/2015 02:56 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 518 Alpharetta, Ga glo Traveler glo Traveler Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 518 Alpharetta, Ga webcam.cluborient.com:81 This is the only web cam is working right now looks like it's rather windy.

Re: Erika glo #66276 08/27/2015 03:01 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 M MotownTim Traveler MotownTim Traveler M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 Yes. Quite windy now.

Re: Erika MotownTim #66277 08/27/2015 03:47 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! Carol_Hill Traveler Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 84,383 Likes: 23 Central Florida! I was watching the Weather Channel a few minutes ago and they said wind gusts to 50 mph on SXM, but the radar looks like the precipitation is south of SXM at the moment. Carol Hill

Re: Erika Carol_Hill #66278 08/27/2015 03:49 PM Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 185 J jamiegarrett761 Traveler jamiegarrett761 Traveler J Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 185 Looks like it is raining now on the harbor view webcam.

Re: Erika Carol_Hill #66279 08/27/2015 03:49 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 M MotownTim Traveler MotownTim Traveler M Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,671 Likes: 1 Yes. Just wind now where I am.

Re: Erika Barbara #66280 08/27/2015 04:08 PM Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,081 Clearwater, FL Biturbo Traveler Biturbo Traveler Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,081 Clearwater, FL Reports of 4 killed in Dominica.

Re: Erika Carol_Hill #66281 08/27/2015 05:35 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,588 British Virgin Islands, Caribb... CaptainRick Sponsor CaptainRick Sponsor Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,588 British Virgin Islands, Caribb... Here is our latest update with video from inside the lagoon over in Cole Bay 'Sophisticated Lady' in Tropical Storm Erika, SXM And our on-deck webcam is still working also at the link below. Link to 'Sophisticated Lady' BoatCam! Cheers, Captain Rick S/V 'Sophisticated Lady' http://www.WindInMySails.com charter@WindInMySails.com

Re: Erika Barbara #66282 08/27/2015 05:39 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 524 S sxmmm1987 Traveler sxmmm1987 Traveler S Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 524 have had various wind speeds all day. Spots of rain here as we look onto the airport runway in Simpson Bay

Re: Erika CaptainRick #66283 08/27/2015 09:55 PM Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,210 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada islandgem Traveler islandgem Traveler Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13,210 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Thanks Rick for letting us join you during the storm. Bringing it live to us makes it very real and we are all thankful that it wasn't as bad as predicted. Hoping for sunny skies and calm winds tomorrow.