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FlRic · 09-04-2007, 05:17 PM

Whew!!!! Missed another big 'un!

sue miller · 09-05-2007, 08:02 AM

Reports from Roatan...................

From: "Alex Poirier" <cbyc at globalnet.hn>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 01:16:31 -0600

We are seeing wind gusts from the NE at about 35 MPH, still no significant rain. All of the fishing fleet and the Galaxy Wave stayed in the Bight today.

This should be the worst of it and we expect things to calm down by morning.

Alex Poirier
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- Things still going well here on Roatan

From: DINNAFASH at cs.com
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:40:57 EDT

Hello all,

Thunderstorms and showers here at the moment but nothing serious. Sophie the dog is not happy and wants everyone to know but she still has to stay on the porch. We can hear the surf on the reef quite clearly now and it's a good 1/2 mile from the house. Meanwhile we're prepping for bed.
Reports from the mainland are scattered. Communications have been lost with the Moskitia and Olancho districts and there were reports of landslides in Olancho before comms went down. Rains are diminishing in Atlantida district. Flooding situation unknown there but no reports on TV of anything bad there yet. Tegucigalpa is about to be hit now so we'll have to wait and see. Earlier they were evacuating families living close to the river there. San Pedro Sula is getting light rain and showers and reporting no troubles yet.
The storm appears to be disintegrating rapidly over the mountains and winds are steadily dropping so flooding & landslides will be the main troubles now. Will try to keep all advised as things go along. At present all well here.

Goodnight from Brick Bay, Roatan,
Mike and Susan
- CNN ABUSE - PLEASE HELP ROATAN!

From: "penny" <lukkypennie at webcoast2coast.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:54:52 -0600

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From: DINNAFASH at cs.com
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 20:09:54 EDT

Hello all,

So far it's just been rain and the occasional breeze but for now Felix is "all hat and no cattle" out here in Brick Bay, Roatan. We've seen much worse in the winter "northers". The eye will pass well south of us tonight and tomorrow we'll start taking everything down and putting it together again. At present we are VERY relieved!
We have been watching the Tegucigalpa news station on and off but not much to report yet. There has been street flooding in La Ceiba but it did not appear serious yet and the streets fill up there in a big rainstorm any way. As far as Tegus goes the main body of the storm has not hit yet so we will continue to monitor and report as things go along. Meanwhile keep those folks over there in your thoughts.
Will update later on.
Mike and Susan

sue miller · 09-05-2007, 05:07 PM

Missing fishermen

From: Lisa Poliah <lisa at seaviewnet.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:07:02 -0400

AFP reports that authorities had received distress calls from the boats that have gone missing as well as another vessel said to be drifting in the open waters. Military teams await the abatement of the winds before launching search and rescue missions. Until such time 'there is nothing we can do for them now' said the head of the government's disaster response agency.

seamus · 09-05-2007, 11:35 PM

DENVER (Sept. 5) - Hurricane expert William Gray downgraded his 2007 Atlantic storms forecast slightly Tuesday, but he still predicted above-average activity for the rest of the season, with five more hurricanes, two of them major.

sue miller · 09-06-2007, 02:58 PM

From: DINNAFASH at cs.com
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 13:39:33 EDT

Hello all,
Life is back to normal here on the Isla it appears and we have heard no reports of damage so far. It appears we have dodged the bullet this time and I for one hope it remains that way!
Things are not so happy for the western part of the country in the areas around Yoro and San Pedro Sula as well as the Moskitia coast. In Moskitia there have been numerous homes destroyed but no reports of any deaths in Honduras. The same cannot be said of the Moskitia region in Nicaragua where local reports here say that there are at least 40 dead and a great many homes totally destroyed, (some reports quoting numbers as high as 9000 buildings).
Watching local news channels for most of the evening last night it appears the hardest hit areas here in Honduras at the moment are the ones in the western part of Yoro District and the area in and around the Sula valley and San Pedro Sula. Most of the rivers there are well above flood stage, some by over 3 meters, (approx. 10 feet), and the government was working to try to alert and move residents in these locations out of harms way. Red Alerts for flooding extended all the way to Tela on the Caribe shore. Fortunately there have been no reports of death or injuries at this time.
Otherwise, there were reports of numerous landslides in Olancho are but I have no information as to how many and severity.
We here on Roatan are in fine shape though so come on down and relax on the beach!
Mike and Susan