That wasn’t even a tropical storm!
Let me start by saying, I know things could be much worse... Usually I love a good electrical storm. I don’t even mind being woken up in the night when things start raging outside. In fact, that happens often. If you live near the sea, you know that no thunder is as...
How I Cured My Island Retirement Guilt
When Hurricane Irma (to be followed shortly after by Hurricane Maria) struck the US Virgin Islands, it hit on the very day that school was scheduled to re-open, September 6, 2017. In actuality, with our school being used as an emergency shelter for an indefinite time...
How You Can Help the Bahamas: Hurricane Dorian Relief
2019 BAHAMAS HURRICANE RELIEF While we have yet to see the full extent of the damage to the islands of the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian, we do know that they took an unprecedented hit from a slow moving, intensely powerful beast of a storm. The photos and...
It’s That Time of Year Again
It sometimes feels as though the seasons here are divided into two: Hurricane season and non-hurricane season. In non-hurricane season, you rarely check the weather. In hurricane season, you check it obsessively. Weather is no longer something that decides what you’re doing at the weekend; now it’s potentially life changing.
Looking on the Bright Side of Hurricane Michael
When you hear that a Category 3 hurricane is barreling towards your area, you know that it is nothing to mess around with. Although most of the models had the eye of the storm hitting about 50-60 miles to the west of us, we knew that our house on Dog Island was close...
Island Volunteers at Work: SXM Paws
I have been living on the Dutch side of St. Maarten for a few years now. About 3 years ago, I started working with a rescue group called SXM PAWS. They rescue and re-home animals and find homes for unwanted puppies and kittens. They are a very nice group of people who...
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