islandjoan
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Joined: April 17, 2007 1:38 pm
Last seen: September 21, 2023 12:03 pm
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Re: Tropical Storm Danny Forms in Atlantic

Alana, back when Hugo and Marilyn hit, we didn't have TWC and all the tracking websites that we have now. So at least now we are all better informed a...

9 years ago
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Re: Tropical Storm Danny Forms in Atlantic

My "hoopla" and excitement would certainly turn to dread and fear if I were to see a Cat 2 or 3 building to a 4 or 5 on a path to the VI. Yet the...

9 years ago
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Re: Tropical Storm Danny Forms in Atlantic

sorry Exit Zero, I used the term a bit too loosely and didn't mean it to sound the way it did. I meant to counteract OT's pooh-poohing of th...

9 years ago
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Re: Tropical Storm Danny Forms in Atlantic

There's a "hoopla" because it is exciting to watch storms develop, and see if they live up to the forecasts. There's a "hoopla" especially this year b...

9 years ago
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Re: De Jongh arrested

speee1dy, people are happy because it means that a certain amount of corruption within government will be stopped. DeJongh might name others in a plea...

9 years ago
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Re: Sahara Dust

I said that the dust has thinned out. It fluctuates and last week it was very thick on the radar on storm carob.

9 years ago
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Re: Sahara Dust

Storm Carib also has a radar image that shows the Sahara Dust. It has thinned out a little but was showing thicker coverage the last 2 days. Sc...

9 years ago
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Re: Why New York banned polystyrene foam

Thanks for the post Alana. Very scary!! I find a lot of this stuff on the beach every week - coffee cups, takeaway containers, packing material. I rem...

9 years ago
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Re: Five years ago today, BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded

I started crying when I saw the footage of the poor seals and birds and dolphins, etc pulled out of the water covered in oil. I had to flip to another...

10 years ago
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Re: Five years ago today, BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded

I caught the PBS documentary last night. It was very sobering. Sadly we will probably see a repeat of this tragedy, in our lifetime. There are ju...

10 years ago
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Re: V.I. Daily News "Cannabis Chronicles" report

And just who were those folks who accompanied Positive? Did our tax dollars also pay for their trip? I hope not!!!

10 years ago
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Re: WAPA out on STX?

One thought about fridges: if the power went out when your fridge was close to the end of a defrost cycle, then the fridge and the freezer would be in...

10 years ago
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Re: Prayers to the family...

BeachBoy: the Avis reported it today. I left the paper at work, so I cannot check the details, but as I recall the information was not as detailed as ...

10 years ago
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Re: Here's Sparty's " Golden Rice"

ha Sparty people like you, who believe in GMOs and golden rice, will be the first to succumb to the master plans of those groups who are trying t...

10 years ago
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Re: A disturbing topic

By "prepared" I think klpmtm meant to be mentally prepared for the sight!!

10 years ago
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Re: Vanuatu slammed by a Cat 5 - wow I feel sorry for those folks!

Yes Spee1dy it just happened over the weekend. Crazy it turned and made a beeline for them.

10 years ago
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Re: snake

I retract my statement. I did not know anything the impact the estimated 150,000 pythons are having on S. Florida's ecosystem. That story wasn't ...

10 years ago
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Re: Nissan Xterra For Sale, Excellent Condition

That's a good deal. I'm driving a 2000 Xterra with over 170,000 miles and it is going strong.

10 years ago
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Re: snake

The lionfish doesn't threaten humans, directly, but it does threaten the existence of reef fish, and therefore, the entire ecosystem of the reef and o...

10 years ago
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Re: snake

Wow, 150,000 pythons in South Florida? I don't have the answer, but Florida also has alligators, and several species of poisonous snakes. So I guess l...

10 years ago
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Re: snake

Another thing that makes me sick is that humans kill snakes, and sharks, and other creatures who pose a risk to humans. I agree with OT 100% on her ea...

10 years ago
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Re: Legislature Holds 12 Mapp Nominees Over Pay Rates During Fiscal Crisis

Per Alana's post with US salaries: One thing I have never understood is how the government here thinks it can justify paying equal, or higher, th...

10 years ago
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Re: Virgin Islands Daily News No Longer Publishing Movie Schedule STT

I get DVDs thru Netflix (I know, old school by now!) to satisfy my indie, foreign and oscar nominated film appetite. But I still enjoy watching ...

10 years ago
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