No news in days! Come on boys and girls, we up north are dieing here. What's going on?

What about .... the weather is strange.... the last 10 days or so it was as warm as normally in September/October and no wind !!! I heard from one of the dive instructors that the water is 84F, too warm also for this time of year .... warm water means problems for the corals and a risk of a very active hurrican season...

Brigitte, please don't mention that "H" word

Water temps at 84F? Yikes, that is way too warm for May! I'm with Grasshopper on this one, let's not even think about the "H" season yet! Weather here has been quite warm lately, no rain in south Jersey in over 13 or 14 days. Not sure, but things are sure dry and pollen is just blowing around everywhere! Rhodos have started popping here, very pretty shades of purple, just in time too. The rhodos will make a nice background for Prom pictures this Friday when Tiffany gets picked up by her boyfriend.

Debbie,

I'm originally from Marlton, NJ. I'll be up there later this month to visit my mom. The pollen in South Jersey is always terrible in the spring... I remember my car would get covered in a thick film of pine pollen in just one day. Must be especially bad for you out there in Atco with all of the pine trees.

Debbie - hope you have an alternate photo plan. There is a front stalled off the coast that is supposed to back up and give us rain from Thursday-Monday (at least). We've got a lacrosse tournament on Saturday that is rain/shine, not looking forward to that in the rain.

The only bright side is that this rain should drop the pollen levels and wash away the "green slime" that is on everything outside. In North Jersey, the oak trees have been dropping their pollen strings, there are tumbleweed size balls of it every 4-6 feet at the side of the road.

Hi Sue and Jenny,- Yes, pollen is really bad. Yes, there is a back up plan. There is a promenade held inside at the H.S. where professional photos are also taken and she has signed up for those as well. I just like the outdoor ones here at home on their way to promenade. Rain is supposed to be spotty this week-end Sue, so maybe you may get the game in rain free, my son has soccer on Sunday all the way in Pemberton and just think it is "Mother's Day" and they scheduled a soccer game! Oh well, it is the last one anyway.

Jenny, Marlton is only 15 minutes away from my place! Email me if you have time to meet when you are up this way!

OMG The H word, I hate the H word, its good for our business bad for my health and my nerves and its just baaaaaaaaad.

The drain pipe has gone in in front of my house, and ditch filled in (except for in front of my driveway). The drain directly in front of my driveway is still open, hope they close that tomorrow.

Ruth, sounds like they are making some progress, tho! Hope it ends for you, soon.

Nothing else happening on the island???

Michael....nothing to report at all?? Ayo. Carole

From the todays UK Telegraph --- makes one rather afraid seen the present water temperatures around Bonaire
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/16/wcoral16.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/16/ixnews.html

Thanks for sharing this info Brigitte. And yes, it makes one think and worry. Every diver/snorkeler/lover of the earth should be asking "What can we do to help?"

Brigitte, very distressing stuff. Being a Polyanna kind-of person, I think that if the water in the Caribbean gets to hot for coral it will move north/south. Coral off the Carolinas/Virginia could be interesting.

Well, everyone could stop peeing in the water-that'd help keep the temperature down.

I want names here. There is a fine of $2.51 for a peeing violation.
Bonaire needs PEE POLICE to stop this action from raising the temp of the water. But I don't understand what everyone is getting so worked up about, after all the temp on the web-cam has been at 82.5 for how long now? So, relax.

OK YOU GUYS, livin here on the bayou, the h word has a new meaning in louisiana ,, since we're returning in june and like to dive without any additional protection other than some speedos, stop laughing yanna girl,

Jerry
Have to agree that Bon needs Pee Police, or PP for short

PP & SHORT should never be used in the same sentence.

As an Irish guy, I must agree