Tropical Storm Warning

A tropical storm warning has been issued for St Thomas regarding Tropical Storm Chris. A tropical storm watch was issued yesterday - which means a tropical storm is possible within the watch area in the next 36 hours or so. A tropical storm warning means tropical storm conditions are expected in the warning area in the next 12-24 hours. (The Bahamas has a hurricane watch right now as Chris is expected to head straight there.) The airport is now shut down too, as well as a lot of businesses. The two cruise ships that were supposed to be in port today went elsewhere, so Havensight Mall at the cruise dock is closed.

No storm yet, but the sky is grey and cloudy. This must be the calm before the storm. It's expected to get stronger and arrive north of St Thomas later this afternoon. It's predicted to become a hurricane later tomorrow morning when it's north of Puerto Rico. The shutters are up on our storm-side of the house.

We just had a court staff meeting at work. We're all supposed to secure loose papers (in case windows break) and get important things done so we can leave early. The judge is on vacation this week but he called to tell us to go home whenever we think we should. Dave is off island too so it's a good thing I've got some books to read!