Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

I hope you two are getting ready for a big blow and a lot of rain.

Best of luck to you and everyone else on eastern side of The Rock.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...ia-ac-916.html

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

Latest word is that the system is moving so quickly that rainfall amounts will top out at 50mm. Going to be windy though. Don't think it will be as bad as Igor last year. We'll see...

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

Doesnt seem to be as bad as most were forecasting up to now :thumbup: Schools etc closed at lunchtime so took the afternoon off myself

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

I hope you're both managing.

I googled Hurricane Mary Newfoundland and came up with this astonishing mangle of the English language from a US site called OnlineTV. Can you believe this?

"Hurricane Maria picked up pace weekday on its artefact to the ocean shore of Newfoundland, transfer 80 indication (130 kph) winds and the existence a peak of threesome inches of fall for the river domain windy and rainy."

Jesus.

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

What them say? :confused:

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

I didn't know Jesus was doing the weather forecasts now. You'd think he'd be more accurate. And articulate.

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

Duh, English is not his native language. :rolleyes:

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

Didnt come to very much at all to be honest around St Johns - Not sure about further South but basically we had a few mm's of rain and it was a bit windy. Seems like the wicked forecasts and shutting all the schools etc was a massive over reaction - I have been known to play golf in worse back in the uk :confused:

Re: Batten down the hatches Atlantic Xpat and nldfc
 

'Twas all a bit of an anticlimax I agree. Tough call for the School Board etc though, if they hadn't closed the schools early & conditions had been worse, the kids would have been travelling home in the worst of it which wouldn't have been pretty. Damned if you do, etc etc.

I walked the dog last night just as the eye had moved over. At one point, he stopped and looked at me with a "wtf are we doing" expression on his face. That's quite amusing on a spaniel.;)