Video of our neighbor across the dock checking his lines. Interesting news story…surprised the cruise ship Pacific Pearl sailed directly into the teeth of the hurricane passaging from Noumea to Port Vila in Vanuatu. http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/4541079/Cyclone-batters-Pacific/ Read More …
I think these videos work – but if not drop me a line. The connection is slow here and I can’t get them to play back for me. But here’s two links to the YouTube Read More …
Vania has come and gone – apparently arriving ahead of schedule and departing fairly quickly. All the action peaked at about 11:30 a.m. when I was posting the last blog. Light drizzly rain now, not Read More …
Just a quick update – no change here except wind gusts are picking up. News reports say Tanna and Erromango in Vanuatu were pounded; now New Cal’s Loyalty Islands east of here are next Read More …
Our watched tropical disturbance has blossomed into an official cyclone named Vania. We snagged the above photo from the US Naval Observatory’s website on the internet this morning – it was taken about six hours ago. Read More …