Well the storm in question is actually currently Tropical Depression 15, although it should be a tropical storm very shortly. Someone on ValueMD found a very useful site, which is where I grabbed this picture from. If you wanna track the storm, head to stormpulse.com and give it a look. Assuming it's accurate, it looks like 15 will not be turning into a hurricane until after it passes St. Maarten. On Thursday, when it should be closest, there is only a 3% chance of hurricane force winds, and only a 23% chance of tropical storm force winds. I'll be watching it closely though over the next day to see if travel adjustments are necessary. St. Maarten is not necessarily where I want to be if a hurricane (or even tropical storm) were to hit.
This is what St. Maarten looks like after a decent rain. Yes, there is actually a road under there somewhere, and this is actually the shallow part! When you get to the area around all the trees a couple hundred feet ahead, the water could be above the level of the bottom of your car! This probably has something to do with why my car is not in quite the shape it was when it came to the island. I can only imagine what the place would look like if a hurricane hit!
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