It’s been a rainy and cloudy weekend on St. John. Squall after squall with an occasional thunderstorms along with some unusually strong winds.
Today, however, there’s some sunshine peaking through and it looks like a decent day for swimming and snorkeling.
Scratch that!
Right now (2:00 pm Sunday July 18) there’s a monster thunder squall happening. I could see it coming out at sea in the east; the dark line of clouds, the sea boiling with white caps, (“sheep’s in the meadow,” say the old timers) and then the leading edge of the squall with violent blasts of wind and then the storm arrives with wind-driven rain so hard that it’s coming right in the house under the sliding doors. I had to line the bottom of the doors with towels so the whole place wouldn’t be flooded.
The cistern’s overflowing.
Lucky thing. There will be plenty of water to wash all those towels!
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