Tag Archive 'hurricane'

Aug 31 2010

Hurricane Earl Scrapes Caribbean and Heads for East Coast of USA

Published by sailtimeci under Sailing

The East Coast of California, also known as The BVI (British Virgin Islands) got a rough hurricane season wake-up call, yesterday and last night. Hurricane Earl quickly powered up from a Category 2 hurricane as it passed East of Antigua, to a Category 4 hurricane as it came perilously close to Anegada. With very little [...]

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Oct 15 2008

Hurricane Omar to Track Over Virgin Islands

Published by sailtimeci under Random Thawt

As of mid day Wednesday, the forecast track for Hurricane Omar brings the eye over St Croix and just North of Tortola. The big worry beyond the possibility of a Category 3 is rain. The quadrant to the South and East of the storm will contain the most rain with predictions as high as 20 [...]

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Oct 14 2008

Omar Threatens the Virgin Islands

Published by sailtimeci under Random Thawt

Tropical Storm Omar wants to imitate Hurricane Lenny of 1999 and very well could. The difference this time is that Omar is still only a tropical storm while Lenny had become a hurricane moving West when it decided to turn around and head East. This caught many people off guard as they thought the storm [...]

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