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- ANNA WHO?
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:14:25 -0400
gone flat calm.sea still coooool.whales heading north.mahi mahi and white marlin all over the place.
antigua sailing week about to start.
who is anna?
need rain badly.

- NEW BABY LOVE BIRDS
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:26:32 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
wow...  TWO MESSAGES  IN  SAME DAY! (SEE EARLIER MSG BELOW!) 
 
    SINCE SOME OF YOU REGULARLY ASK ABOUT  MY   BIRDS  WANTED TO SHOW THE  NEWEST TWO BEAUTIES  STILL IN THE NEST BOX...SHOULD BE  PEEPING  OUT  IN A WEEK OR SO! 
 

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- BEAUTIFIYING ANTIGUA
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:55:05 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
   Goodness...  seems  we are all asleep down here as  no one has surfaced on the   reporting page for  months!  That means  we are having  beautiful Caribbean weather ... and  sadly... a SERIOUS DROUGHT  here on Antigua.   Desperately need  rain...and lots of it!    Hope we don't have to hang on until hurricane season to get it. 
 
Just to keep you up on some  local events...  I've told you in that past about    the NATIONAL CLEANUP   efforts  on  the island and  the beautification efforts by  the  FREETOWN  4 H club...and  they continue  to  do their part to   make Antigua  "shine"  as  they say!!  Pictured  is  this past weekend  project  --
done   just past  the Village of ST PHILIP  where an  overlook  which  looks out on  the beautiful bay of  WIllioughby Bay  and  to the Atlantic ocean  was  cleaned up  and  Orlando  flowers  have been planted to enhance the site.    The site has been dubbed  ORLEANDER OVERLOOK  and  a sign will be put up to designate it.   SO for   those of you who may visit our  fair island,  as you drive down to  HALF MOON BAY BEACH...our most beautiful beach...  enjoy the   new ORLEANDER OVERLOOK!    The group also did a beautification  spot at the NEWFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL  JUST BEFORE THE SITE,  bringing out the school children to involve them!    Amazing what a few can do!    till next time!! 

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- HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO you all who care about us "islanders" xxxxxxxx
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:06:20 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
  HOPE YOU GET THE MESSAGE OF LOTS OF  LOVE AND GOOD THINGS IN YOUR LIFE 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       

- BACK IN TOUCH
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 06:34:33 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
Sorry  everyone has  ignored  those interested in  "island life"...have even had a few emails to ask  if  i was still alive (and one asked it the back room boys were still with us... !!!       Have been  very busy with a  major celebration...the   29th anniversary of my  21st birthday which brought about  40 overseas guests  to antigua,  who,  along with 60  Antiguan guests celebrated in grand style last sat. night...so  have been busy with  these plans and activities... Glad to say the weather was  a dream walking and a perfect starry starry dream night...see  attached  with dancing under the stars and even a bubble machine!!   Also did slide show of  a walk down memory lane...which was projected on the stonewall of  an old sugar mill!!  Setting was  our  dream  HARMONY HALL    (see my earlier report made in  november on the official re opening of the restaurant which closes in the summer months.  It was a dream birthday  and  i dont  need any more for a while!!  

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- BEAUTIFICATION OF ANTIGUA AND COMMUNITY PRIDE
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 04:00:14 -0600 (Central Standard Time)

 
 
 
ON  DECEMBER  21ST   I  TOLD YOU ABOUT A SPECIAL DEDICATION FOR  A BEAUTIFUL  COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATON PROJECT IN THE  LOVELY VILLAGE OF  ST PHILIPS  NEXT TO ONE OF OUR  HISTORIC CHRUCHES!!!    THAT DAY THE HEAVENS OPENED UP AND    THE DEDICATION WAS  DELAYED...
we HELD IT TODAY... SEE ATTACHED...LOVELY LITTLE  POND CREATED FROM  DONKEY WATERING HOLE.....  AND   OUR  LOCAL   BIG TIME GUY...JAZZIE BEE OF  SOUL  TO SOUL IN  LONDON   (ORGINALLY FROM  FREETOWN VILLAGE...THE VILLAGE WHO DID THE CLEAN UP...    GAVE A PEP TALK .. BIG TIME FOR  FREETOWN   CHILDREN!    PARK IS NAMED AFTER  OLDEST LADY IN THE VILLAGE  (ATTACHED...
 
SO  IF YOU VISIT OUR PARADISE  AND DRIVE THRU  ST PHILIPS VILLAGE   PLEASE ADMIRE THE  MAUDE POND PARK!!

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- MONTSERRAT FOLLOW UP
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 03:05:26 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
An early  good morning.......
            Just  to  let you  know  we did not  get any significant  ash fall from the Montserrat ash blow... It was very hazy for a day or so  but   has cleared  now and  life is back to  "living in paradise"... had an e-mail from Canadian friend saying it is  MINUS 20 degrees!!!  so sorry   for you... but   he is coming to Antigua soon.. so  he has a treat to look forward to with our  nice sunshine! 

- MONTSERRAT VOLCANO ASH ERUPTION
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 06:22:46 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
VOLCANOS!!!   FOR MOST OF YOU IN THE BIG CITIES THIS MUST SEEM AN ODD SUBJECT!!!
 
ON  SEPTEMBER 30TH AND  ON  OCTOBER 8TH  I  REPORTED ON  THIS  (SEE PREVIOUS REPORTS on this site ) AND  POSTED THIS SAME  AMAZING PHOTO   (ATTACHED)   OF  THE  VOLCANO  ON THE SEP.  30TH REPORT....

Image  ATTACHED Copyright © STEVE & DONNA O'MEARA--SOMEARA AT INTERPAC.NET and kind permission was given to me by Steve to post this for the purpose of  this report....

 
OUR  RADIO STATION  HAS JUST  REPORTED  AN  ASH ERUPTION  ON MONTSERRAT WHICH THEY SAY WILL AFFECT ANTIGUA ALSO.... THEY ARE WARNING OF  DECREASED VISABILITY  AND THE POSSIBLE HAZZARD TO MOTORISTS...AND  ALSO  FOR THE AVIATION INTERESTS... They are also alerting people  with breathing conditions to be alert ....NO  DETAILED INFO ON THIS YET  BUT  FOR THOSE  WHO ARE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED  CK OUT    www.mvo.ms
 for  the  on site  details  and  some  amazing  photos.   The haze and  ash cloud in the air is more  visible from the southern end of  Antigua  where  I am located...  In the early days of the eruptions  we  occasionally had to wear  filter masks  to  avoid Breathing   THE   ASH  (not cool for  your lungs!)  BUT  HOPEFULY THIS WILL NOT  BE  ANYTHING  THAT  DRASTIC!  I think more of  those poor people on Montserrat living among this.  
 
For those  visiting  our  fair island.... one  can charter  a helicopter to  view the volcano  (probably not  at this time due to the ash eruption...   but  on a normal day!    check out   www.caribbeanhelicopters.net
It is also an amazing island tour to view Antigua.   
Will keep you posted of  any other  reports....
 
 
 
 

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- HAPPY NEW YEARS TOASTS....
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 21:02:28 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
HAPPY NEAR AGAIN  NOW THAT WE ARE TRUELY IN  2003.... WITH MEMORIES  OF  DAYS  GONE BY (SORRY SOME OF THE SCANS ARE OF  OLD  PHOTOS AND LONG AGO  DAYS GONE BY...BUT WE DO KNOW HOW TO CELEBRATE IN THE ISLANDS!!!!!.)    AND  TOASTING THE NEW YEAR IN THE CARIBBEAN WAY....  HOPE YOU HAD  SOMEWHAT DECENT WEATHER FOR  BRINGING IT IN..  TO A GOOD YEAR FOR ALL.....

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- HAPPY NEW YEAR
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 08:15:51 -0600 (Central Standard Time)

TO EACH OF YOU  ...MAY YOU HAVE A HAPPY HEALTHY 2003.....AND  MAY WE IN THE ISLANDS  HAVE  NO ILL WINDS TO BAT US AROUND!        CHEERS  TO YOU FOR A HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE 

- Update
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:57:36 -0500
the boys in the backroom send their best wishes to all-especially those who contributed to the purchase of the case of IBIS brandy ($3.00/bottle) they are now finishing-soon to dream of merrymaids.

- MERRY CHRISTMAS
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 16:49:19 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
  ANOTHER   try  at  CHRISTMAS  WISHES...
          Last  email writing did not come thur~??????   so..CHAMPAGNE WISHES to each of
you  from the  girls  enjoying a  warm Caribbean  "sea bath"  in  my  secret  room on an  off shore  island....
                    and....   Merry Christmas from  the  wonderful Marine world and  my friends
FLIPPERS....    hopefully  the back room boys  and   I  will  help  KEEP THEM FREE  in 2003...........           
             HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH OF YOU!
 

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- MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE SUNNY CARIBBEAN
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 16:40:09 -0600 (Central Standard Time)

 
 
                CHRISTMAS WISHES TO EACH OF YOU FROM  THE  SUNNY
                CARIBBEAN.... 
                           A   CHAMPAGNE   TOAST    FROM   THE GIRLS ENJOYING
                   A   TROPICAL   DIP  IN    OUR  WARM   CARIBBEAN  SEA.. (MY
                 SECRET   SEA  ROOM   on   an off shore  island....
                           

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- POURING CHRISTMAS RAIN
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 07:27:43 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
SEASONS GREETING AGAIN AS WE  GET closer  TO  SANTA COMING!  ONLY 3 MORE DAYS!
Hope i have been a  "good enough"  girl this year as  i dont see any pressies under the tree yet!!!!
 
ANTIGUA IS  AWASH WITH  HEAVY RAIN TODAY, SATURDAY....AND  WAS  VERY  WET YESTERDAY  AS  WE   HAD  A SYSTEM PASS OVER US!    WE  are  NEVER  ARE  SORRY FOR
 THE RAIN  BUT   TODAY,   SATURDAY   DEC. 21ST ,  it washed out a big event...  IT  WAS TO
 BE  AN OFFICIAL DEDICATION AT   MAUDE POND PARK..... see attached photo of  a charming little   community project done with the  villagers  of   FREETOWN VIllage and  St Philips  Village...
 the development of what was (and still is -- note the  resident donkies!!  ) an animal watering hole . 
  The  area was  cleaned up,  landscaped with local bush and  trees which are  GOAT proof... (AS 
 THERE ARE ALWAYS    HERDS OF GOATS...SOMETIMES  COWS AND HORSES AT THE
POND!!  Miss Maude is the oldest person in the village and her  grandson helped do much of the
 volunteer work with his
backhoe.   This is joint  community work at  its best.   Any tourist passing  through St Philip Village
(which leads  to our  beautiful HALF MOON BAY BEACH...rated by US TRAVEL CHANNEL in
top 10 beaches in the work so  most tourists  visit this beach.... )  will drive  right past  MAUDE POND PARK so  stop and  smell the roses and admire this community effort!!
   Anyway  the   heavy  rains washed  out the dedication.... so...next  year!!!

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- CHRISTMAS IN THE CARIBBEAN
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:07:35 -0600 (Central Standard Time)


   SEASONS GREETINGS TO ALL WITH IT SUDDENDLY BEING       MID DECEMBERSEEMS YOUR HURRICANE REPORTIING PALS HAVE ALL BEEN    ABSORBED IN OTHER THINGS...NOT EVEN THE BACK ROOM BOYS HAVE  SURFACED!
                   IT IS  A BEAUTIFUL DECEMBER  HERE IN THE ISLANDS.... WE HAVE HAD  SOME GUSTY/WINDY  WEATHER  LAST FEW DAYS  AND THE SEA IS   RATHER CHOPPY  BUT  HEARIING ABOUT THE  WINTER STORMS  ON    THE  EAST COASTS MAKES  ME APPRECIATE  OUR PARADISE!   
           THE ISLANDS ARE FULL OF FESTIVITY THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH  CHRISTMAS PARTIES STARTING  IN FULL GEAR  (HAVE  THREE TONIGHT!!!    NOT SURE  I WILL MAKE THEM ALL!
     OUR ONLY  WHITE CHRISTMAS  IS  ON THE BEACH HOWEVER!    HOPE SOME OF YOU  ARE COMING TO ENJOY A TROPICAL CHRISTMAS.     


- WE ARE STILL HERE...weather and birds!!!
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:38:52 -0600 (Central Standard Time)

 
 
 
 
HI  GUYS AND GALS... have not forgotten those  of you who  follow our  paradise weather!!!  but have been off island for some time and guess back room boys occupied chasing mermaids, drinking rum or  some such.... and too busy to tell you  IT IS BEAUTIFUL HERE IN   ANTIGUA  just now...  weather getting a bit cooler as we  are ALMOST  INTO DECEMBER..       While  i was  away  i  acquired  9  new  LOVE BIRDS.. like the  little ones below... so will have some   FRESH BLOOD  to  add to my wild flock... will post a photo  in a few days for those of you who are  "birdy"....They are still caged  getting  used to the  territory and  my wild flock  who  flew in at first light to ck out  the  new guys!! 
        Meanwhile  hope some of you are coming our way to enjoy  Christmas in paradise!!  later....

- DOLPHINS AND MERRYMAIDS
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 07:46:58 -0500
BALMY,BEAUTIFUL AND BREATHTAKING WEATHER.
FREE ALL CAPTIVE DOLPHINS AND MERMAIDS!

- cute babies....
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:12:01 -0600 (Central Standard Time)
 
BABY LOVE BIRDS!

 Since there is  not much weather wise to tell you about   (well...few rain showers  as we have a cloud mass over the Leewards... and  actually  west side of the island got LOTS...not us on the  atlantic however....
        so  will amuse you with  Peachy's  BABIES...newly hatched!!    they will be free flying around our  paradise  soon!!  
         stop booing back room boys....  know u would would  rather see bare mermaids instead of  bare baby birds.....  this gets u  in much  less trouble... 

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- HOT SPOT ON ANTIGUA TODAY
  • From: "Martha Watkins-Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:26:28 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Only beautiful sunny weather  to report on!  (sorry u guys and gals in cold  climates!)  
 HOT SPOT today on  Antigua is  HARMONY HALL.. reopening of  our  best restaurant on the island after being closed since last  MAY... we locals  anxiously await this day at the end of each summer.... You dine at the footstep of an old sugar mill (*pictured..and if you want  exclusive private dining you can book the top of the sugar mill...with a magnificent view overlooking  one our beautiful bays...  (NO THEY ARE NOT PAYING ME TO SAY THIS...I JUST LOVE THE PLACE!!!    You must  dine here if u visit  ANTIGUA!!! 
          It is also an art gallery and there will be an art show by our Antigua artists... cant even book for lunch as a couple of days ago... glad I booked early, although i prefer it  AFTER opening day when you go there and  spend about 3 hours over a leisurely Italian lunch with the  best  dining you can imagine.. the islands  are not usually know for  fine dining...but here we enjoy feeling like we are in a little Italian bistro!   
From their web site: (and pictures below
My favorite restaurant in the Caribbean is in Antigua - also my favorite Caribbean destination - at Harmony Hall" Robin Leach, celebrated bon viveur, author and presenter of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous".
  
 
 
 
 
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- OF MERMAIDS AND FISH.
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:53:55 -0500
the boys in the backroom were reading an old newspaper (part of their bed linen) and saw that someone escaped being convicted in court using provocation as his defence.miss mermaid in tortola is gravely provoking the boys and the boys have asked me to look up to see if provocation is a defence to a charge of kidnapping a mermaid.as a result we have increased the security outside their shed.
 
beautiful weather.fish biting like crazy.

- wonderful rain
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 23:00:54 -0500
today:
flat calm gorgeous,then
convection clouds build to large loud thunderheads,then
torrential rain,2-3 inches,then
beautiful afternoon and sunset
lovely day and
warm moonlit evening.
the boys in the backroom went out and had their autumn bath in the rain.
boring hurricane season

- EARLY MORNING FEED!
  • From: "Martha Watkins-Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 04:24:03 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
 NO Storms  thank goodness...  and  my  free flying love birds  (since several of you have emailed asking for  BIRD PHOTOS!!  )   are loving this  calm  beautiful weather!!    Early morning breakfast!!! 
Our weather is  so  beautiful  just now! 
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- Beautiful day !!!
  • From: <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:11:19 -0400

Today is shaping up to be a great day for the beach and other outdoor activity. 
The sky although a bit hazy is brilliant blue with pacthes of clouds hanging 
around. Lucky are the ones who don't have to be in an office today :-) I would 
rather be sailing or lying on a beach somewhere :-)

On a sadder note, Antigua lost one its greats today. Leonard "Tim" Hector died 
this morning. Condolences to all his family and friends, may his soul rest in 
peace.

Alan B. Scholl B.Sc.
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- IN MEMORY..one of the LEEWARD ISLANDS greatest Aviation Heros
  • From: "Martha Watkins-Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 22:12:33 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Yesterday afternoon  SIR FRANK S. DELISLE, one of the greatest pioneers in aviation history in the Leeward Islands,  was laid to rest here in Antigua in a moving church service.  The service of Thanksgiving  for his  life  was attended by a wide range of the Antiguan society from The Prime Minister,  Honorable Lester B. Bird,  to most of the staff of  LIAT, the regional airline of the Caribbean   which was founded by  Mr. Delisle in  1956.  He also founded  Carib Aviation ....and  opened up  the islands of  Montserrat and  Barbuda  to the skies by  establishing  runways on these islands, previously only  accessed by  boat.     An official FLY BY was done to his memory  and a tribute made for the many  contributions he made to the Leeward Islands during his 84 years,  having been born in St.Kitts, lived in Anguilla,  Montserrat and  Antigua.    His family carries on  his  legacy with his granddaughter serving as the CEO of  Carib Aviation and his niece being a  Captain on the Dash 8 Fleet of LIAT.     IN MEMORY TO A  GREAT CARIBBEAN MAN.........
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- BEAUTIFUL EARLY MORNING
  • From: "Martha Watkins-Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:36:34 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Today is a beautiful Tuesday...  gently sea breeze blowing on the Atlantic side ....should get up to about 88 degrees today so  will be a bit warm later in the day...  but looks like it will be a nice one   
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- Nice day...
  • From: "Alan B. Scholl" <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:17:03 -0400

Although a bit hazy, we have clear skies and very little cloud cover. It is
going to be a beautiful beach day. Of course, this always happens while we
are at work. For those on vacation, make the best of it...

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Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."


- ANTIGUA TODAY!
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 06:22:37 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
A  BEAUTIFUL MORNING ON THIS SUNDAY ... WAS OUT IN MY BOAT UNTIL 9 P.M.  LAST NIGHT  AS BOATERS ARE OUT FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND ON THE OFF SHORE ISLANDS AND  THERE WAS A SUPER BEACH BBQUE GOING ON  AT GREEN ISLAND.... WAS LIKE MAGIC RETURNING HOME COMING ACROSS THE  FLAT CALM SEA WITH THE MOON LITE REFLECTING..
TALK ABOUT A DREAM WORLD!!!  
 
ON THIS  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FEW   SHOWERS  DUE TO  WEAK  TROPICAL WAVE BUT  SUN IS SHINING IN BETWEEN..
GENTLE  SEA BREEZE OF ONLY 10 KNOTS BLOWING ON ATLANTIC SIDE OF ISLAND...
LAST NIGHT WAS  75  DEGREES;   HIGH TODAY WILL BE  88 DEGREES SO IT WILL WARM UP AS THE DAY GOES ON!   BACK TO SEA SO WILL  TRY TO FIND SOMETHING EXCITING  TO PHOTOGRAPH TO SEND YOU  LATER!
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- Update
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 07:53:36 -0500
COULD NOT BE MORE BEAUTIFUL.

- ANTIGUA IS 21 YRS OLD!!
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 09:31:57 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
 
WELL.. not  literally...  the island  is  much older!!   BUT TOMORROW  NOVEMBER 1st is INDEPENDANCE DAY for Antigua;  it will be  21 yrs ago that  status as an Independent Nation was  achieved!  Lots of  official things going on as the island" comes of age"!    And today is a beautiful day  .... sunny and  calm seas... and no storms on the  horizon!
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- NO STORMS BUT ONE BIG SHARK
  • From: "MARTHA WATKINS GILKES" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:33:22 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
BACK TO  ANTIGUA....  BEAUTIFUL DAY HERE... 
           AND SINCE THERE IS  NO  WEATHER NEWS  WITH ONLY  GOOD THINGS GOING ON...THANK GOODNESS...   HOW ABOUT THIS  ONE BIG SHARK PHOTO!!! 
              (NOT FROM  ANTIGUA WATERS...    IT WAS  ON DISPLAY  AT THE BIG DIVING CONVENTION I JUST RETURNED FROM... AND  WAS ACTUALLY IN A BOOTH PRESENTING INFORMATION  ABOUT  PROTECTING SHARKS  AS  SOME  SPECIES ARE NOW  ENDANGERED AND  SHOULD BE PROTECTED!    TWO HEADS COULD HAVE FIT INSIDE THIS MOUTH!  
      
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- cosy night
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 22:10:16 -0400
stormy,squally.blustering and wet,yet most is passing south.
not fun weather for merrymaids.

- The cutting edge of diving knowledge
  • From: MWGILKES AT aol.com
  • Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:55:43 EDT
No HURRICANE  EXCITEMENT TO REPORT...thank goodness...meanwhile am still off isalnd  and  enjoying  the excitment of a big conferance on the newest latest greatest  in the world of  marine exploration....

- RAIN and Overcast!
  • From: "Alan B. Scholl" <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 10:23:21 -0400

A large cloud mass has just moved in 10:10AM 22-oct-2002 and heavy rainfall
has started in the central cooridor and south. At the moment the sky is
completely overcast and there is a light breeze along with the rain.

Alan B. Scholl
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- gray day
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 15:39:43 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
  WELL TODAY HAS BEEN OVERCAST WITH OFF AND ON RAIN SHOWERS.   Thank goodness this was not on  cleanup  day yesterday ... Antiguans do not come out in the rain!   We have some clouds hanging over us thus the rain and overcast... can't be our beautiful sunshine ev. day!    Going "walk about" / off island tomorrow for about 10 days...   
 
   so will leave you to the  back room boys if they are sober!  NO HURRICANES allowed during my absence!   later guys and gals...

- ANTIGUAS NATIONAL CLEAN UP DAY
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 16:39:59 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
 
ALL REPORTS ARE  NOT IN  BUT  BOY OH BOY  was  garbage  collected!           MASTER  MAP ATTACHED showing  lay out of community groups assigned to clean  all major roads of the islands.    THIS WAS  AN ATTACK ON THE GARBAGE....   Also   Attached photo of   BIG PILE  garbage AIRLIFTED  by helicopter  off  Guiana Island,  an  unhabitied  off shore islands  (over  100 bags and  sheets of tin,  a bed, etc)   
   So for those of you who will come to visit... you will see a much pretty envrionment! 
 
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- THIS IS THE PLAN CLEAN UP THE LAND
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 20:18:24 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
 
FOR TOMORROW  WE  HOPE FOR  ALL SUNSHINE!!
 
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA NATIONAL CLEAN UP EFFORTS .. EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING ON THE ROCK
   TOMORROW.......  SATURDAY IS THE  BIG DAY STARTING AT  6 A.M. ANTIGUA  will wake up early and some   11,000 plus will come out to  CLEAN UP OUR ISLAND!

JULY 2001 WAS THE FIRST NATIONAL CLEAN UP DAY ON THE   ANTIGUA AND  BARBUDA ORGANIZED BY  VOLUNTEERS.  SOME  11,000 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO  COLLECT LITTER AND  A NUMBER OF  ILLEGAL DUMP SITES WERE ALSO CLEANED UP.  That was  82 groups....tomorrow we have 130 registered groups!! 

THE SECOND NATIONAL CLEAN UP DAY  IS TOMORROW... SATURDAY  OCTOBER 19TH 2002  AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT EVEN MORE VOLUNTEERS WILL COME OUT TO CLEAN UP THE ISLAND.  A wide arry of  citizens are coming out from  10 Beauty Contestants competing for  the MISS UNIVERSE AND  MISS WORLD to many other civic minded groups. Litter picking of  small trash will be  removed and  some illegal dump sites will be removed with heavy equipment.    A helicopter will be used to airlift  garbage off the  small uninhabited off shore islands of  ANtigua.   Beaches will be cleaned as well as all of the major highways. 

PICTURED (on attached photo...  in FRONT OF BACKHOE lifting  derrilick car into truck....
PHOTO FROM THE  FRIST  NATIONAL CLEAN UP DAY... 
 
 ROBIN LEACH, OF  LIFESTYLES OF RICH AND FAMOUS (WHO OWNED A HOUSE ON ANTIGUA...AND     who inspired NATIONAL CLEAN UP DAY ,   Martha Watkins Gilkes Coordinator for ABITPC  for  CLEAN UP DAY, ALTON FORD, DIRECTOR  of     NATIONAL SOLID WASTES  AND 2 CLEAN UP VOLUNTEERS

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- WADADLI Antigua's own rescued hooded seal
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 06:39:24 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)


TRYING AGAIN  TO  ADD THESE  2 links about  WADADLI...as they dont seem to work on last nights email...

so lets  see....Attached is the story and 
  also check out http://rcv.caribe.net/english/rehab/wadadli.htm
Maybe Gert can work some of his computer magic if they dont work now...





wadadli.pdf

- WADADLI Antigua's own rescued hooded seal GOES FREE TOMORROW
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 19:54:03 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
  THURSDAY MORNING  OCTOBER 17th   WADADLI , a rescued hooded seal found in our Antigua waters  thousands of  miles from his home in the  ARTIC  is being set free after a long rehab period.   See below for  the  whole amazing story of this little seal who touched many lives along the way! 
He will have a satellite chip on him and we can watch his progress from the web site.  Let's hope he survives and avoids  any ill fate.... he came us after being attacked by a shark so we hope he is now "shark smart"..   GOD SPEED WADADLI!!
 
 

Last AUGUST Antigua had a unique happening take place. An ARTIC SEAL came ashore on one of our beaches. The attached story recently published in THE LIAT ISLANDER IN FLIGHT MAGAZINE tells the background. The web site below tells the story after the rescue and also there is information below on what is presently happening with Wadadli.

Also attached is the BBC story of CLEO, supplied to me by John Fuller  (those back room boys get roused from time to time).... another baby seal who went the OTHER way and was rescued.

This was an amazing story for Antigua for as one of the rescuers, Roddy Grame Grimes said, "it was the story of the TRUE HUMAN SPIRIT. There were many volunteers who stayed and protected Wadadli the night he was found on the beach". Those who took part are too numerous to name but it certainly showed the out pouring of human kindness on a helpless stranded marine mammal.

SEE BELOW and also check out http://rcv.caribe.net/english/rehab/wadadli.htm

Young, Hooded Seal Recuperates from Caribbean Shark Wounds at Marine Science Center
Wadadli at the time of his rescue in Antique.

Wadadli, a young, male, hooded seal that swam from its home in the North Atlantic to the Caribbean where it was rescued by the Coast Guard of Antigua, is spending 30 days recuperating at the University of New England Marine Science Education and Research Center.

Wadadli, when he was rescued, was suffering from several shark wounds and sand in his digestive system.

Named by his Caribbean hosts in the island's native language, Wadadli means "island of lots of oil" and is the original name of Antigua, a British Island in the West Indies. Weighing only 56 pounds when rescued on August 13, 2001, he now weighs 180 pounds (fully grown he will weigh 600-800 pounds) and eats 12 pounds of fish a day.

Wadadli was originally under the care of the Caribbean Stranding Network and Caribbean Marine Mammal Laboratory, Universidad Metropolitan.

Rehabilitation Plan
Wadadli arrived at Logan International Airport late Friday, March 29, 2002 and then was transported by van to UNE's Marine Science Education and Research Center on the
Wadadli before making the trip back north via airplane.
Biddeford Campus. The first night he was kept in the Dry Isolation Room, off-limits to visitors, but on Saturday morning he was moved to the Communal Rehabilitation Room.

Wadadli will spend 30 days at UNE for acclimation, pre-release conditioning and medical assessment prior to release. After 30 days, given the "green light," the seal will be tagged, fitted with a satellite radio-transmitter and released at Granite Cove.

UNE's Marine Science Center is the only facility of its kind on any college or university campus, combining marine education, research and rehabilitation in one building. The $8 million facility, featuring flow-through seawater laboratories for teaching and research and a state-of-the-art marine mammal rehabilitation clinic licensed by the National Marine Fisheries Service, opened in September 2001.




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- WATCHING TO THE EAST AGAIN
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:33:33 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
   800 miles off CAPE VERDE ISLES... got a wave... looking  favorable for organization  and slow development...my guys say pay attention.. 
 moving pretty slow at   15 mph...   let's keep our eyes  open...  give a nudge to the back room boys

- RAINY NIGHT IN ANTIGUA
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:59:25 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
IT IS very very stormy here!   LOTS OF  LIGHTENING AND  THUNDER  WHICH  MADE ME RUN AROUND  UNPLUGGING ALL OF  MY ELECTRONIC EQUIP IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ... 6 A.M..   NEIGHBORS LOST ELECTRICY WHEN A BIG CRACKLE CAME BUT  NOT ME... THEY THINK THEY GOT A LIGHTENING HIT......  GUSTS  OVER THE SEA  10-18  KNOTS...AND AS  I AM  ON THE ATLANTIC  IT IS  MORE STORMY HERE THAN THE WEST SIDE OF THE ISLAND.   LOCAL WEATHER SAYS THIS WILL BE WITH US FOR THE DAY AND LOOKING AT THE SATELLITE MAP  I BELIEVE THAT.  BUT WE DESPERATLY NEEDED THE RAIN AND  WE HAVE HAD  IT MUCH THE NIGHT SO  THAT IS THE SILVER LINING IN THE CLOUD!   THINKING ABOUT THOSE  POOR PEOPLE IN CAYMANS AND NORTHERN ISLANDS  WITH  TD #14...THEY ARE  HAVING THIER SHARE OF THE WEATHER THIS SEASON...HOPE IT WON'T DEVELOPE INTO A HURRICANE!    HOPE OUR  TROPICAL WEATHER IS BACK BY  SATURDAY...THAT IS   NATIONAL CLEAN UP DAY IN  ANTIGUA... ONE OF THE  BIGGEST COMMUNITY EVENTS  OUR ISLAND  HAS EVER SEEN... ABOUT  80 COMMUNITY GROUPS COMING OUT TO CLEAN UP THE  LITTER ON OUR ISLAND... SO WE WANT A NICE DAY...  MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE WEEK...
 

- RAIN RAIN RAIN
  • From: <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:47:40 -0400

I was awoken this morning by heavy rain and thunder. The sky for the most part 
is overcast and we should be seeing more rain at least for another 6 hours or 
so. Looking at the satellite maps, there is a large red patch right over the 
northern Leewards. I did not look at the motion map so I am not sure which 
direction it is moving.

The farmers must be happy...

Alan B. Scholl B.Sc.
http://www.digitalphoto.ag
   


- SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME!
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 08:08:16 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
 
Beautiful Sunday morning here in Antigua........ am going to sea to enjoy our  surf/sun and sand! 
 And last night  Antigua has a fab event  with the   ORIGINAL DRIFTERS  - these super old time guys (oldest 78!) ....  flying in  from  Vegas to entertain us!  (we don't often get big name entertainment on the rock!)     you oldie goldie guys and gals will remember...  UNDER THE BOARD WALK....and  SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME... along with  so many other  hit songs!   It was a super evening with people getting  "into the groove" and standing up and  dancing to the beat....  all really went wild as  they ended with  "goodnight sweetheart!"...  It was  walk down memory lane for those over 40 ish!!!  

DRIFTERS 004.jpg

- world famous miss mermaid
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 00:23:24 -0400
be careful m.m.
the boys

- ANTIGUA ATLANTIC COAST LINE
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:29:53 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Had a fab day at  sea  and two beautiful scuba dives yesterday... our Atlantic coastline is rough and rugged with waves crashing along the rocks  -- see attached.   Beautiful rock formations from   wind and  sea erosion.    Overcast this a.m.  with some welcome rain... see on the satellite some clouds over us...hope for more  rain!
 

ANTIGUA SCENES 004.jpg

- escaping protective custody
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:21:00 -0400
a daring attempted escape by the boys in the backroom was foiled tonight by an unattended half full rum bottle.the boys were once again lured into uncharacteristic action by a picture of THE miss mermaid posted on the tortola page.
strict surveillance is now in force!
a contributing factor is thought to have been the unusually clear calm weather and the gorgeous cb enhanced sunset with montserrat pluming in the background.

- TROPICAL PARADISE!
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 08:30:59 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
IT IS  HOT AND  STILL AND THE THE SEA IS  FLAT  CALM!!  GOING DIVING...
this  is a  "SUNKEN ROCK DAY".... a unique dive site on the  Atlantic side of the island..often too rough to dive on..... comes up to about 5 feet of the surface and a the reef drops along a ravine to 130 feet with overhangs and  "cave like" effects... lots  of  wonderful schooling fish...sometimes  big tarpon swimming by... and if  we are really lucky we will have a  pod of dolphins cruise in! 

- 8.10.74
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 19:28:55 -0400
at 5:50 am on the 8th october 1974 a 7.25 earthquake hit antigua.it was a flat calm day just like today.

- waterspout sighted off north-west coast!
  • From: "Alan B. Scholl" <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 14:29:56 -0400
Hi,

At approximately 12:55PM, there was a waterspout sighted off the northwest
coast (i.e. out over Runaway Bay looking from Cable & Wireless Clare Hall).
It was long and thin, extending from the clouds right down to the water. It
lasted about 15 minutes or so before dissipating.

=======================================================
Alan B. Scholl
Home:  http://www.digitalphoto.ag/scholla
Ham:   V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."

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- MORE ON VOLCANOES!!
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:47:45 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Antigua weather is  beautiful today.  But  sadly  our neighbors on Montserrat are  having some  problems...  they have endured so much during the time since Soufriere volcanoes woke up!!!
 
 
MONTSERRAT GOVERNOR HAS  JUST BEEN ON THE RADIO TO ADVISE   a populated area (parts of Happy Hill and Old Town and some nearby areas)  on the fringes of the  Belham valley   which has been safe until  now  must be  EVACUATED  starting at  9 a.m. today  Tuesday!   So  there  is  more activity going on.   
The dome is growing  to  the  Northwest  and this could allow   pyroclastic flows to this part of the island.    A fringe area  is considered as  high risk  after serious studies over the past few weeks.  Am sure there will be more on the web site... Below is some info  from the late Sep. reports when things began to get active again..   
 

SOUFRIÈRE HILLS Montserrat, West Indies 16.72°N, 62.18°W; summit elev. 1,052 m; All times are local (= UTC - 4 hours)

During 20-27 September, activity at Soufrière Hills' dome complex increased in comparison to the previous week, with a major change in direction of extrusion following a hybrid earthquake swarm the previous week. Growth of the previously active NE lobe stagnated during the 21st to 22nd. A near vertical spine was extruded in the central area around the 21st, possibly indicating a switch in growth direction. Observations on the 26th revealed a large new lobe that had extruded towards the W in the area previously known as Gages Wall. Material spalling off of this lobe produced rockfalls and small pyroclastic flows down Gages Valley for up to 1 km. The most notable events were pyroclastic flows on the evening of the 25th and the morning of the 27th. Growth and rockfall activity then changed towards the northern flanks, suggesting a possible stagnation of the recently extruded western lobe. Spectacular incandescence and semi-continuous rockfall activity were observed on the NE and N flanks of the dome on the night of the 26th and the early hours of the 27th. The Washington VAAC reported that a low-level ash cloud from an emission on the 29th at 1510 was visible over E Puerto Rico on satellite imagery through the following day. On the 30th a light dusting of white ash fell in E Puerto Rico at Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station.

Background. The complex andesitic Soufrière Hills volcano occupies the southern half of the island of Montserrat. The summit area consists primarily of a series of lava domes emplaced along an ESE-trending zone. Non-eruptive seismic swarms occurred at 30-year intervals in the 20th century, but the first well-documented historical eruption on Montserrat did not take place until 1995. Long-term small-to-moderate ash eruptions were accompanied by lava dome growth and pyroclastic flows that forced evacuation of the southern half of the island and ultimately destroyed the capital city of Plymouth, causing severe social and economic disruption. The volcano is currently in a period of new dome growth.

Map

Sources: Montserrat Volcano Observatory, Washington VAAC
Soufriere Hills Reports from the Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network

   

- BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY IN "PARADISE"
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 11:00:21 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
  This morning is  our usual  typical sunny Caribbean day and the sea looking out the Atlantic is really calm!  Nice  light breeze blowing and all is well in  "paradise"!  (of course  we always  wish for RAIN with Antigua being one of the driest Caribbean islands!)  Sound be a lovely week coming up!

- Update
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 10:56:31 -0400
10kts-easterly.crystal clear.need weather.

- STORMCARIB NETWORK and SMALL WORLD!
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 08:05:10 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
BEAUTIFUL TYPICAL TROPICAL CARIBBEAN MORNING TODAY... Sunny/ white billowy clouds rather still and  HOT ALREADY!!!    Still watching  LILI and  thinking of those in the path...and   "But by the Grace of God, there go I"...and  thankful we  ARE NOT  SHUTTERED UP and waiting for her wrath.. but good luck to those who are... hope she will continue to weaken...
 
  Gert  sure had a vision when he  created STORMCARIB  to keep people around the world in touch/ informed  on  those of us  in the tropics during storm season..  It is amazing at the people  around the globe who  have  Caribbean links/ties and   ck out the  island reports....Just had an e-mail from  someone in  NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI  30 miles from my hometown of  ABERDEEN  MISSISSIPPI (have lived in islands for 27 yrs  but visit  my family  there from time to time)    He  was interested in my last [posting and  comments  and   HE KNOWS  MY BROTHERS  WIFE  (also named  Martha Watkins!)   Small world for sure!!
          and look at  how  Gerts  STORMCARIB also  PROMOTES THE ISLANDS!!!  Miss Mermaid sure promotes  BVIs  with sharing  island life and photos!!

- HURRICANE LILI
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:12:45 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
   WOW... she really  picked up speed after  she danced past  us  causing  us to at least wake up... or least some of us... think those back room boys were too  high on  their  rum elixirs..  Ironic she hit Barbados and  did (even as  a tropical storm)    2 million Barbados dollars in  damage..and NOW  the track puts  her   where the REST OF MY FAMILY  IS IN  Northern  MISSISSIPPI and the track goes  there... WE DONT HAVE  HURRICANE IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.. what  i s going  on!????   Nobody in land locked  Miss  is prepared for HURRICANES SO SURE Hope  she  dies downs  when hitting land.      Feel for those poor people along the    LA. coast  who are running from their  homes  as I  write this...   not much fun!! 

- MISS mermaid
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:34:37 -0400
for all who ever doubted that miss mermaid in tortola was really a "miss" read her last posting!
and for all those in the way of lili make ready and make your plea.

- tediuos tropics
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 07:08:07 -0400
beautiful,balmy,boring weather here.

- HEAVY rain this morning!
  • From: <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 08:14:04 -0400

I was sharply awoken by a heavy downpour this morning at approximately 5:45AM. 
The rain lasted until around 7:15AM. It has cleared up now and the blue sky has 
popped out. The atmosphere is a bit unstable and we can probably expect some 
more showers today but it is already quite warm.

Alan B. Scholl B.Sc.
http://www.digitalphoto.ag
   


- VOLCANOS!
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:33:56 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
!
 
 
Since there is no exciting weather around Antigua to tell you about    AN ACTIVE VOLCANO is the next best... ... THE VOLCANO ON our neighboring island of MONTSERRAT pictured here... It is still "active'"  and  was in our  news  TODAY  as having  some activity . Seems there has been a collapse of some of the northern dome and we may  even get some ash blowing across to Antigua...  To ck out more  see this site..
Meanwhile the photo is pretty impressive  showing the pyroclastic flow going into the sea... ( photo by Stepehn Omera)  who kindly gave permission to post his photo


http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/montserrat/montserrat.html

Image below Copyright © STEVE & DONNA O'MEARA--SOMEARA AT INTERPAC.NET



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- saturday 7:10 pm
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 19:16:11 -0400
day dawned calm and clear.went fishing (deep sea).got a little rough.wind up to 12-15kts from sse.
current from nne.caught 1 wahoo 40lbs and 1 tuna 15lbs.lost 1 marlin c.175lbs and 1 wahoo.
wahoo on frying pan.boys in back hungry.
calm again now but high  cloud overcast.
 

- OUR PARADISE WEATHER AGAIN
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:43:17 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
  This morning is  sunny   and  clear on the  East Coast.... getting back to our  normal  weather...NO EARTHQUAKES/ HURRICANES  OR  TROPICAL STORMS  keeping our attention.. so we  can get on with  "normal" life! 

- all clear and calm again
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 21:13:32 -0400
got hot water again today after 3 days without (solar water heater).
7 kts of warm breeze from ese.
boys in the backroom disappointed no real action for the season and refuse to come out.
at least, by some oceanic quirk,fish are biting...wahoo,marlin,tuna and some early dolphin.

- Improved weather!!
  • From: "Alan B. Scholl" <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:48:46 -0400

Finally, the sun is peeking out again. The high level clouds are dissipating
so we are beginning to see some blue sky once again :-) It is getting
brighter and the cumulus clouds are beginning to show more definittion. I
hope all goes well with our neighbours in the D.R and Haiti.

=======================================================
Alan B. Scholl
Home:  http://www.digitalphoto.ag/scholla
Ham:   V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."

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- AN EARTHQUAKE TREMOR
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:32:45 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
    WELL  LILI  left us,  thank goodness... had  some "gusty" times during the past day  and   today is still gray and overcast  and  by   SUNNY ANTIGUA  standards  rather dreary...but   it is looking   brighter off towards the east  so  am   sure our  sunshine will pop out soon....  
           BUT...  last night  at   9:20 p.m.  WE HAD  A SLIGHT  TREMOR.... which  happens  from time to time  as  we are   near  a major  fault.    No  damage from  reports I have heard... and no report on the strength yet... 
         and  we continue to watch  the   African coast for  what may come next...
              VERY INTERESTING  that our MET office  said yesterday   that   Antigua has had  a hurricane in EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR  BUT   FEBRUARY!  Have not seen that in writing and would like to...we like to think   by  NOVEMBER  WE ARE IN THE ALL  (almost ) clear!  

- wait a minute
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:51:22 -0400
is lili coming north?????????????

- Overcast, rain, thunder/lightning
  • From: <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 07:48:33 -0400

It is completely overcast, with occasional lightning/thunder. A very heavy rain 
downburst just started but it did not last very long, the rain is more steady 
now but not too heavy. Some street lights can be seen on which indicates how 
dark it is at the moment. This is "stay home" weather but work must go on.... I 
hope all our borthers and sisters in the south were not too badly affected.

Alan B. Scholl B.Sc.
scholla AT candw.ag  schollab AT hotmail.com  
http://www.digitalphoto.ag
   


- STORMY MORNING
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 07:20:24 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
   It is very very gray ,  gusty and  raining  on the  East Coast of Antigua   this morning.  Can certainly tell that  weather is  to the south of us.    It  is not  a day for the beach!   Looks like  LILI  may gain some strength over next days!

- 24.9.02
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 05:49:18 -0400
15-20kts.overcast.no rain.northern edge of lili just south of us.

- WEATHER..... yea.. STORM LILI
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:09:55 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
    Well...  guess my   12  noon posting  right...    we  have been  having  big gusts/  spiral bands/  which according to our   Met office are    3 times  the  size of Antigua....BGI  (Barbados)  had  gusts up to  75 mph.....  not quiet a hurricane but pretty blowy...     and here our gusts    maybe 45 mph... .    blowing the  .. otta us the last   8 hours.. Of course nothing like a REAL HURRICANE..... our  med office  says this will continue for  tomorrow  Tues...so we would expect   these gusts and   wild winds  blowing in...   Can tell you...for sure what i  tell you  is HOW IT IS  cause i am on the  wild east coast....   and weather usually   hits  here before others...  Gosh... could use those  boys in the back room now to calm it down...

- 3 little pigs and the big bad wolf
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:22:37 -0400
barbados was not prepared.
we are.houses of bricks etc....
steady 15-25kts.
dark and threatening--married man's weather we say.
loverly.

- BARBADOS REPORT
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 15:05:56 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
   Just spoke to my family in Barbados.   They say  several home in their area have  had  roof damage and that  it is being reported that lots of   galvanize is flying about.   Bridgetown has been closed down.    It has been so long since  they have had any bad  storms  in Barbados that  maybe people are not  as well prepared.   Thank goodness it is not up to hurricane winds.. We hope for the best for them...

- Taste of bas weather
  • From: <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:22:00 -0400

It just returned to a calm but for the last 10 minutes, we had some very heavy 
rain and winds 15-25knots with some gusts up to 30mph or so. The trees were 
bending and birds had some trouble flying. 

I hope the south are prepared as the speed of LILI has jumped up to 50mph 
(gusts to 65mph).


Alan B. Scholl B.Sc.
scholla AT candw.ag  schollab AT hotmail.com  
http://www.digitalphoto.ag
   


- BAD WEATHER....
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 12:05:10 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
   No body is  saying so  but   my sources indicate  ANTIGUA WILL GET SOME BAD WEATHER  out of TD #13 over next day ..   not HURRICANE WEATHER BUT  FOR SURE SOME STORMY WEATHER..   SUGGEST  EVBODY  STAY ALERT AS   DAVE  WISELY  WARNED US TO DO!!!.. 
            wake up back room boys...

- alley
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 06:58:08 -0400
squally.15-25kts.rough seas.need rain.

- met buoy
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:20:43 -0400
 

 http://www.caribbean-weather.net/yachtingweather.html

www.caribbean-weather.net Yachting Weather.url

- 13
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 22:20:07 -0400
wind  to ene now slowly moving around to the n.still 9-12kts.
the attached site is an anchored met bouy c.300 miles east of dominica.click on the little spot  east of dominica--it's good info.can't attach it.will send seperately.

- 13
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 20:36:19 -0400
wind still ese 9-12kts.moons up.all's quiet out here.boys snoozing still.

- lili of the east
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 06:41:48 -0400
the us national hurricane center is putting lili close to us by midday tuesday but NOT very strong.
we shall see.

- volcano
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 19:12:30 -0400
p.s.wind still slight from wsw and delivering ash here from bubbling monster rat.

- the alley
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 19:10:32 -0400
pot starting to boil out east.still calm here.

- Deteriorating weather
  • From: <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 14:39:43 -0400

What started out as a beautiful clam sunny day has been relegated to lightning, 
thunderclaps, rain and completely overcast. There have been blips in the power. 
As I type this, the sun is peeking through brightly but probably through a 
small crack in the cloud cover. On the sat maps, there does not seem to be much 
activity graphically but the weather currently dictates otherwise.

Hope you guys in Cayman, Jamaica and Cuba are all ok.


Alan B. Scholl B.Sc.
scholla AT candw.ag  schollab AT hotmail.com  
http://www.digitalphoto.ag
   


- calm
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:18:08 -0400
still flat calm.yesterday wind from wsw brought ash from bubbling montserrat volcano.
beautiful here.

- HOT STILL BUGGY NIGHT IN ANTIGUA
  • From: "Martha Watkins Gilkes" <gilkesm AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:04:15 -0400 (Atlantic Standard Time)
  IT IS  DEAD CALM TONIGHT and  buggy!!   little black gnats that come out a few times a yr when it is  dead still for about  an hour  just after  sunset..  attracted to any light...have to turn out all the lights  until they are gone...  If  I did not know  better I would think something is out there with the  flat calm... but it is poor Caymans getting some wind  now...thank goodness at least not a hurricane.  
Season sure has  warmed up with activity.... and can't say September remember just yet.   

- BEAUTIFUL DAY !!!
  • From: "Alan B. Scholl" <scholla AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:11:59 -0400

The weather is almost fairytale like. No wind, blue skies although it is a
bit hazy, a few puffy cumulus cl;ouds are drifting by as I wrtie this. It
look s to be a hot morning. The sat maps show some activity nearby so who
knows what the afternoon may bring. 

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Alan B. Scholl
Email: schollab AT hotmail.com   scholla AT candw.ag
Home:  http://www.digitalphoto.ag/scholla
Ham:   V21BF
Antigua, West Indies - "Where Land & Sea Make Beauty..."

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- calm
  • From: "John Fuller" <fullerj AT candw.ag>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 07:35:14 -0400
flat glass calm,cloudless.beautiful.

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