All tropical waves form in the easterly flow along the southern side of the subtropical ridge or belt of high pressure which lies north and south of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Tropical waves are generally carried westward by the prevailing easterly winds along the tropics and ...
Re: Ernesto - Discussions of Business, Government, Road, etc Closures [Re: KC] #72507 - Tue Aug 29 2006 03:03 PM Another Collier County update OPEN SHELTERS / COMFORT STATIONS - Hurricane shelters open at Immokalee High School, Palmetto Ridge High School, Village Oak Elementary and Immo...
up where the new utility poles are being screwed into the blue bitch rock called "soil" here. These crews set poles in the Sierra Nevada and Blue Ridge mountains. They are the right crew for our island mountains. Thank you Uncle Sam. Glad we paid our taxes. - Rain Guilt By Jane Higgi...
The government had a tsunami practice drill a couple of weeks ago, and all government offices in road town were "evacuated" after the sirens were initiated. Funny thing is that no one on the east or west side of the island heard any sirens at all. From my " office " here on Tortola ...
sweeping all the way across the road. To give you an idea of what we were looking at (and still are)at one point a wave came in that chased us up the ridge to Connie Edwards' house, with the water coming up about two thirds of the way up the driveway. What happened ...