Today is the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Luis slamming into St. Maarten. Anniversary? Well, it is nothing to celebrate but it is something to remember.
I am sure every person who lived through Luis remembers all too well.

this web site shows the track of Hurricane Luis.
[www.stormpulse.com]

and here is the report on Luis from NHC
[www.nhc.noaa.gov]

and for those of you who really want to remember, here is a video
personally I cannot watch it
[www.youtube.com]

This video shows an awesome view of Luis' eye from space
[www.youtube.com]

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And hopefully Barbara, it will be many many many years until somthing of this magnitude happens again...

amen to that thought!

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I agree and I'll never forget the Mullet Bay area and all the buildings without roofs.

And this is my blog from one year ago, on the twelve anniversary of this sinister... A lot of pictures are posted in it..

My blog about Luis last year

Kind Regards,
Philippe



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Tha you tube video gives me the creeps everytime i watch it ..that is some video

Yep, B, I was thinking about this last night. Every year when sept 5 or 9-5 rings in my head it immediately clicks. I can still recall the feeling and anticipation as it approached and the gutwrenching feeling I felt as it hit. And, the lack of communication back then..... thus the creation of this site. I remember we had local ham radio operators trying to get info for us.


Luis slideshow

peace

How horrible it was. I was there the week before and left on Sept.1st!! How's that for timing? I was doing business on Anguilla and returned to SXM for a couple of days R & R and remembered how intense the sun appeared. When I was in Anguilla I commented that my skin hurt from the sun (I wasn't sunning on the beach just walking around resorts). An 'old-timer' said that meant something bad was about to happen! Geezus, don't think that didn't bother me for the rest of my time there!! When I got to SXM for my R & R I noticed the same feeling.....can't explain it, just weird. I used extra SPF. People on the beach were talking about TS Luis but didn't have a clue how destructive that TS would become. I returned home on the 1st and the TS was already strengthing.........the rest is History!

Contessa

BTW....there's a book about one family's life thru Luis. It isn't a great book but a day to day accounting of what they went thru and a little family history thrown in. Hurricanes, Paradise and Fairy Tales by Kim Norris Samuels.
Ironically, when I was reading this book in April on the beach and the characters seemed familiar and lo and behold I knew Kim & Ron back in the day when I stayed at the Divi. Lost touch with them after Luis and here they were in a book!

Contessa

you know Kim and Ron?
Ron is my husband's cousin. He was just visiitng here last week.
Kim is in L.A.

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I remember anxiously waiting to hear from Enzo for updates on the old forum (I think prodigy?).

Pauline

Barbara.....yes, I did know them. Ron was a liquor salesman if I remember correctly. We had a mutual friend, Linda from Boston. In fact, she was in the book. She's another story for another day! Someday we'll chat about that.....

Contessa

Ron was many things here LOL

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Hmmmm......he was always the consummate gentleman with me. I guess Linda was seeing a friend of his...... Someday we'll 'chops'!!


Contessa

BTW....are they still married? I noticed at the end of the book Kim didn't mention him, although throughout she referred to him as the 'man of her dreams'.
Sometimes they can turn into nightmares!!


Contessa