I hear ya ... but I still have to work Eric! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />

"Island" Jim Kelley is housesitting CRC for us, but our ground floor studio is open for anyone needing shelter from the storm..just pay expenses..

looks like the winds have weakened to 75mph. per recon plane.

Hearing downgraded to Cat1, so hope all you get is a nice slow rainfall to make everything green and grow!

Perhaps the first time people are hoping the tropical storm will hit BVI. Rain, baby, rain!

I hope there is some rain left whe it gets to the BVI. It still has a lot of dry air to get through

Still no pain. Really quite remarkable as this has never happened before.

I am of two minds, we desperately (really desperately) need that rain ... but I am quite happy not having the pain.

I hope by the time it gets here it is just a really good tropical storm that will fill the cisterns and give all the plants and trees a much needed watering. All my plants are seriously stressed due to lack of water. Lots have died or are in the process of dying.

So bring on the rain ... but not too much too quickly. Don't need the mudslides or flooding.

Here's hoping there is some serious rain out of this system, and nothing else...

I have heard from a few on Facebook that the bananakeets and other small birds have vanished so they must be better than your knee at forecasting. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />

Will probably be only a Tropical Depression by the time it gets here Monday. Hopefully will have some rain and more rain to follow.
From a Cat3 back down to this we can thank the sahara dust and wind shear for protecting the islands.

Given that it is such a small storm, there probably won't be much rain. We're at the Puerto del Rey Marina in Fajardo, P.R. We took a lot of precautions that probably weren't necessary. However, there is Invest 98L coming up, but that will probably steer north of the islands.

Tropical Storm DANNY Public Advisory

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DANNY ADVISORY NUMBER 21
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042015
1100 AM AST SUN AUG 23 2015

...DANNY CONTINUES TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...


SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...15.8N 57.3W
ABOUT 275 MI...440 KM E OF GUADELOUPE
ABOUT 310 MI...500 KM ESE OF ANTIGUA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

A tropical storm watch has been issued for Puerto Rico, Vieques,
Culebra, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The government of France has discontinued the Tropical Storm Watch
for Guadeloupe, St. Barthelemy, and St. Martin.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Saba and St. Eustatius
* St. Maarten
* Puerto Rico
* Vieques
* Culebra
* U.S. Virgin Islands

A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are
expected, in this case within the next 24 hours.

For storm information specific to your area in the United States,
including possible inland watches and warnings, please monitor
products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast


...I don't see the BVI listed there at all, so I guess there never was a tropical storm watch issued for the BVI??

Praying some much-needed rain is on the way!

My hip is beginning to give me a little grief ... but my knee is still fine. I have to believe that Danny will be a no show and that all we will see from it may be some rain and some high winds (briefly) but no cause to board up.

Nobody in my neighbourhood has boarded up yet and I am not going to bother at this point. Some of the computer models are showing it dipping south of us and based on how I feel, I think that is exactly what it will do.

We had 45mph winds about a week ago and got some pretty strong rain as well. I felt pretty much the same then as I do now. The rain came down pretty hard for a while but then it was gone.

Maybe my knee was right after all ... though I do think that Sahara wind did a nice job of providing a barrier as Glenn suggested.

I do hope we get at least some rain out of it.

Danny is Dying! I suspect very little effect on the BVI. Maybe some rain (Sure do need that) <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" />

Bertha was July 96. At least the one that was a cat 1 that went right over the BVI.

<img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" />

Danny did not even make it past the leeward islands. He is dead. Unfortunately very little if any rain. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Groovin.gif" alt="" />

So, after all of the hoopla caused by experts with their predictions, scientific theories, measurements, charts, etc. all we had to do was ask Liane how her knee was feeling to find out if indeed a hurricane would strike the BVI?

I wonder how Erika will treat her knee.

Jeeze guys ... I don't need that kind of pressure on me!

Interestingly, after reading that Danny was dead, I went about my business as usual and didn't think about the weather again. Then around 9:00 or 10:00 last night, my knee started to ache and began to swell. I looked on the internet, and sure enough, there sat Erika. Darn it!

I went to sleep about midnight and woke up at 4:00, knee totally swollen now. Took some Advil and made a cup of coffee. About half an hour ago, a thunderstorm started and we are getting "some" rain as well. Yeah! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />

Seems Danny hasn't quite moved on yet. So now I don't know if it was Danny or Erika causing my knee to hurt, but the Advil has done the trick for now.

Best listen to the experts! Understanding my knee is what you might call a rather inexact science. All I can tell you is that there is a bit of a storm here now and there may be one coming. I'll let you know what happens when Danny finally pushes off.

<Add to shopping list> Large bottle of Advil.

Looks as though there is something massive about to roll off the coast of Guinea/Gambia/Senegal. That thing could prove to be a nasty one if it doesn't break up first.