He also recommended caution for residents in mountainous areas to avoid landslides, while communities near rivers should be alert to potential flooding. National Hurricane Center, headquartered in Miami, are tracking its movements to determine if it could evolve into a hurricane in the next 12 or 15 hours, Stoltz said. On Monday morning, Ernesto reached eastern Belize, and authorities from the U.S. IMN Director Bernold Stolz said the storm likely will bring an increase in heavy rains beginning Tuesday afternoon, mostly in the central and southern Pacific regions. I will be back later with a further update.Tropical Storm Ernesto is moving quickly toward the southeastern Caribbean and could become a hurricane by Monday, Costa Rica’s National Meteorological Institute (IMN) reported. There will be an official update around 7:00 am this morning after our meeting on Reef Radio and TV. Shalom, Living Word and New Horizons all agreed to house people from these vulnerable areas if needed. While we do not have official hurricane shelters, there are places people can go. It is advised that people on low laying areas such as San Pedrito, Elliot subdivision and San Mateo find alternate locations to ride out the storm after midday tomorrow. Wave conditions are expected to be between 3-6 ft and beyond the barrier reef 12 ft waves, as a result, we will have debris, trees down, minor flooding of streets. Regardless of what track is saying, it is important for people to continue to activate their hurricane family plan. According to Frank, it will bounce around in the mountains a bit and this will stop the intensification of the storm.Ĭurrently, Hurricane Ernesto is moving at 12m per hour and looking like it will make landfall by 2:00 am Wed morning just north of San Pedro in the Bacalar Chico area. Tropical Storm Ernesto is swirling off the north coast of Honduras.
Cots are being made available for them and while they were getting food, someone at Super Buy made a $200 donation towards the supplies for the EOC team.įrank Panton has been updating us on the storm, using the NOOA hurricane center tracking maps with a projector screen so we could all see it on the wall, Ernesto will continue over the next 48 h. The ECO team has sprung into action and have been doing shifts around the clock. Sitting in NEMO meeting with Rhonda My Morning Matters. They also said people need to de-plank their docks and take every other one out, this lessons the jackhammer effect and will have to save the dock from getting totally beat up by the hurricane.įlashback to last night’s meeting was blogging it on my phone. This is a common sign for hurricane preparation and at last night’s meeting, they announced small craft warning after 10:00m and people should secure their boats on the lagoon side of the island.
When I opened the door to let some fresh air in I noticed a new addition to our canal, a big Catamaran parked outside our neighbors house. It is still pitch black out but I can hear the rain, wind and thunder picking up now. I did not pre-order a cab so hoping I can find one or hitch a ride when I get to the main road. Managing to get a bit of work done and at least one iced coffee in me before I set out.
We have a NEMO meeting at 6:00am downtown which meant setting my alarm for 4:40 am – ugh.