Thanks to Herb who is keeping up with this person in the islands... any of you other Members who reside in the islands give me updates if you can and I will forward them on to the list. Our hopes and prayers to you and yours as Georges approaches. Information on http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1998/7/ will be constantly updated today. [attachment 1: [Account#1]] shown below [attachment 2: [Account#2]] Mid-Atlantic Weather Station [MAWS] - http://members.aol.com/herb0412/index.html I've been corresponding electronically with Liane Le Tendre, who I believe lives either on Tortola or Antigua. Liane will "allegedly" (!) try to provide eyewitness accounts on Georges, assuming there is electrical power. I received this email at 7:50 Sunday morning. It is still written in a light-and-airy mode, so I'm guessing there hadn't been any really bad effects yet from Georges. Hopefully, I'll get a few more messages from Liane when there is something substantial to report. I hope Liane remembers to pack the computer! -------------------- Hi Herb, Well hell, this thing is a beast! Currently it is 5:30 a.m. and Georges is reportedly 150 miles per hour strong with winds gusting to 190 M.P.H. I'm not certain where I will end up staying ... that depends on which side of the island the storm will come from. I'd like to stay at my own place ... but my landlord hasn't even started boarding up and it doesn't appear there is enough wood to go around anyway. I think it is pretty clear that I won't be staying here. Based on the current position, it looks as though the track is heading straight for Tortola. Not good at all. I'm going outside to start making enough noise to wake everyone up and do what we can to board up. All is still calm and pleasant and darned near perfect for the meantime. Kind regards, Liane Le Tendre All-In-One BVI V ---------------------------------------------------------------------