By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #154) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:06 pm: |
Yes it is raining terribly on Bonaire, at the moment, The radio said about 108mm's (>4 inches)only this morning, raining several days already, many streets are blocked, and huge amounts of mud/soil going into the sea. I think the corals will not be happy with that too.
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #155) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:15 pm: |
Part 2.
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #12633) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:23 pm: |
Harry, WOW....this is more water than what Ivan brought in! Yikes! Look forward to more!
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #156) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:24 pm: |
Part 3.
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #157) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:26 pm: |
Part 3.
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By Linda Stoltzfus (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #391) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:33 pm: |
Wow..Hattie, Thanks for posting these photos.
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1256) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 3:39 pm: |
Harrie,
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #159) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 4:05 pm: |
Darlene,
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #12634) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 4:22 pm: |
oh, landslides Harrie, yikes!
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By Debbie Babcock (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #425) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 4:51 pm: |
Harrie,
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By Margarita Murphy (BonaireTalker - Post #78) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 5:52 pm: |
Harrie, thanks so much for posting these pictures. I think no one outside of Bonaire could have possibly imagined that the situation was that bad. Let's hope the worst is over.
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By Bob Smits (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #206) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 5:58 pm: |
Harry, thank you for posting the pictures.
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By Linda Stoltzfus (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #392) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 6:23 pm: |
Maybe a good time to consider a major spray.....please, before I get there in March.
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By Roger Burnham (BonaireTalker - Post #34) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:04 pm: |
Bon Nochi,
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #80) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:19 pm: |
Pasa Bon got an unexpected night off as Joe wades through the dining room
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #81) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:24 pm: |
and the road in front of Harbor Village
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #12645) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:27 pm: |
Susan, my mouth is agape!
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #82) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:28 pm: |
and around the corner from Cultimara
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #83) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:36 pm: |
last, the stadium next to the post office
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #12646) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:38 pm: |
Susan, just unbelievable!
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #84) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:48 pm: |
Clearing the storm drains on the water road in front of Blue Moon
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #85) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 9:52 pm: |
Wind is finally coming in the right direction. Maybe tomorrow we will all start to dry out....
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By The Ginocchio's @ Golden Reef Inn (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #408) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:03 pm: |
OMG!!! Roger, your video is unbelievable! Harrie, your pictures are incredible. How is Hato? Could you take a drive around our Inn? It is back on Kaya Utrecht. Could you possibly take a couple of pictures? I'm going in for brain surgery soon and I want to see what I am up against before I go in. Oh my goodness. Thanks so much. I really didn't need another thing to worry about, but God won't give us what we can't handle, right?
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By The Ginocchio's @ Golden Reef Inn (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #409) on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:06 pm: |
Oops, Susan, your pictures too! I'm so afraid about our Inn, I hope everything is ok!
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By Carole Baker (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4334) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:01 am: |
Roger, that is frightening! I hope there is not too much damage and destruction to the reef and the waters surrounding Bonaire, in general.
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By Debbie Babcock (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #431) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:02 am: |
OMG! I had no idea it was this bad. I was only kidding when I posted in an earlier thread that my hubby might have to snorkel to the airport tommorrow! He really might! Thank you, Susan,
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By Barbara Leary (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6881) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:11 am: |
Harrie, Roger and Susan..thanks for posting....what a surprise to see those familiar spots under water...looks like Bonaire could be in danger of being a rain forest soon! Hope you all dry out soon!
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By Niki Harris (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1268) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:38 am: |
OMG! Harrie, Roger and Susan, WOW -- pictures ARE worth a thousand words... Good job getting those images and sharing them here. I really feel for everyone having to cope and make repairs.
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1921) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:26 am: |
If you want to see what is causing all the rain, go to http://www.weather.com/maps/geography/oceans/caribbeansatellite_large.html and click on the 'Show Map in Motion' link on the bottom left of the image. This is a good page for Bonaire weather always.
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By Eileen Kimmett (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6899) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:12 am: |
Wow! Thank-you for posting! I hope everyone is OK on Bonaire. I wish for the rain to go away!
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By J.J zambrano mazzei (BonaireTalker - Post #88) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:12 am: |
Harrie. great photos .....more rain for today and for the next 3 0r 4 days.check the weather report. any damage on the Washington National park ?
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #86) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:13 am: |
also www.meteo.an double click on radar image in upper left hand corner for a 4 hour loop
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #87) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:16 am: |
We just feel a bit saturated
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By J.J zambrano mazzei (BonaireTalker - Post #89) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:22 am: |
Roger !Amazing video.....Looks like a severe tropical storm....!
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By Roger Burnham (BonaireTalker - Post #35) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:09 am: |
Here's a pic showing the silty water around the
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By Roger Burnham (BonaireTalker - Post #36) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:15 am: |
Liz,
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By Roger Burnham (BonaireTalker - Post #37) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:18 am: |
Oops, meant to attach this:
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By Susanf (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1068) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:39 am: |
Has anyone been able to get in the water and see how the fish and coral are doing?
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By Susanf (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1069) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:42 am: |
Another thought: What about the salt mountains down south - are they there still, or have they returned to the sea?
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By Kelly (Lott) Baum (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2033) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 10:49 am: |
Roger, where was the "silty water" picture taken? That's just amazing !!
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By Roger Burnham (BonaireTalker - Post #38) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:08 am: |
Kelly, pic taken from our porch looking towards the Sabadeco Pier.
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By Bob Smits (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #210) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:22 am: |
Roger, that you very much for the video. Gives a very good impression on whats happening on Bonaire.
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By The Ginocchio's @ Golden Reef Inn (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #412) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:26 am: |
Roger,
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By Angela de Weger (BonaireTalker - Post #16) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:58 pm: |
I will never complain again about the rain here in Holland! Hope everybody on Bonaire is fine.
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #164) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 1:39 pm: |
Liz, situation in Hato is quite good, I saw you got your pics of the Inn, so I will not take some,
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By Andrea & Dave Bartlett (BonaireTalker - Post #54) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 4:03 pm: |
How are the salt pans, salt deposits and the salt pier area and the slave huts doing. Being so low I imagine it is flooded. Also what about the Belnam area, haven't seen any pictures from down south. Thanks for any info. Andy
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By Cynde (BonaireTalk Deity - Post #12648) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 4:30 pm: |
Roger...just looked at your video...my mouth was agape the entire time...one thought...I wonder how Marina and the Donkey's are fairing...as well as all of the marine life, with all of the sediment washing into the ocean, and it's fresh water, it will certainly change salinity and ph levels for a period, bring in bacteria, etc. I'm no marine biologist, but I hope this doesn't do a lot of harm to our underwater friends... sigh...I am just sick...sick sick sick...
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By Kelly Baum (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2035) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 5:02 pm: |
Cynde, I bet Marina is rained in. Remember how bad the road was that day we tried to go see her? And that was only a short time of raining... I bet she can't get out. Anyone have any information about this?
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1922) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 5:25 pm: |
How about the runway at Flamingo?? Flooding is not good for fast moving a/c; they tend to aquaplane. And fast moving water undermines hard surfaces like runways. Unsupported runway sections are not good. Fingers crossed!!
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By Jake Richter (Moderator - Post #5271) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 5:32 pm: |
Here in Belnem, at least around our house, we're fine. We haven't ventured far from home either, though.
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By Debbie Babcock (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #439) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 6:01 pm: |
Hi Glen,
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By Susan Porter (BonaireTalker - Post #89) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 6:35 pm: |
Hubby will be late getting home as incoming Air Jamaica flight didn't come in. AJ rerouted their flight from Curacao to pick up Bonaire passengers and take them to Montego Bay. This still hadn't happened when I left the airport at 4:40 (after going to pick up family on incoming AJ66). Flight to Bonaire is supposed to be here tomorrow at 3:30. Yes, they are siphoning water off the catch basins around the runways as it was getting a little to close for comfort. Pumps are working to empty those basins into the Plaza side lagoon. According to www.meteo.an rains are supposed to let up by tomorrow afternoon. Here's hoping.
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By Stan Eker (BonaireTalker - Post #94) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 7:59 pm: |
Wow, looks like I barely made it out! Not that an extra few days in Bonaire would be a bad thing, but I sure wouldn't have gotten any diving in with the vis measured in millimeters. I saw some of the brown ocean as we lifted off, and knew it was gonna be ugly down there for quite a while.
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By Stan Eker (BonaireTalker - Post #95) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:02 pm: |
Rrrrrr.
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By Glen Reem (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1923) on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:28 pm: |
The good news is that this is a '50 year' storm. They have happened before and we have the Bonaire we love, so the world will not end here!!! Just a bit different.
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By J.J zambrano mazzei (BonaireTalker - Post #91) on Friday, November 19, 2004 - 11:04 am: |
Does anybody knows how´s the Washington National Park after the flood ? road conditions......
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By Jack Burns (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #2) on Friday, November 19, 2004 - 4:18 pm: |
Roger, Harrie and Susan,
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By Harrie Cox (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #165) on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 3:12 am: |
On thursday we were on the airport, the road in front of the airport was blocked, because they were pumping water from the runway into the sea, probably to get the runway free of water.
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By Mare (Mary Wills) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #415) on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 11:19 am: |
Thanks for all of your informative postings Harrie, we do appreciate them.
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By Carole Baker (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4353) on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 2:06 am: |
Thank you, Harrie. I was wondering the same thing, myself, about the possibility of the water runoff affecting the marine life. I hope it will not destroy anything or cause harm. Carol
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By DARLENE ELLIS (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1265) on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 9:59 am: |
Thanks for the inside scoop, Harrie!
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