According to CNC3’s weatherman Eric Mackie, a “disturbed” pattern of weather is heading straight for Trinidad and Tobago – we’re already seeing overcast skies and intermittent rainfall, but there’s no telling how much worse it will get at this point. Apparently, weather forecasters like Eric were hoping for some word from the National Hurricane Centre in Miami, which sent planes into the storm to help determine its severity and whether or not it should be categorized as a tropical depression. No word yet, but either way, the weather system sounds like it could use some Prozac…
[...] On the night of Friday 31 August/Saturday 1 September, 2007, “Tropical Depression Six†passed from the open Atlantic over the southern Caribbean, dumping heavy rain on the islands of Grenada, Tobago, and Trinidad. The result: flooding, landslides, trees blown down, and some damage to buildings. (On Friday Francomenz posted regular updates on the depression’s progress: 1, 2, 3.) [...]