Remnants of TD7 will start affecting us from Tuesday
Forecast from Cayman Islands National Weather Service Cloudy skies with a 40% chance of showers and thunder. Temperatures will rise to the mid 80’s. Winds will be east to southeast 10 to 15 knots. Seas will be moderate with wave…
Goodbye Ernesto, Hello Gordon?
From Rob Lightbown, Crown Weather, Thu Aug 9 Tropical Storm Ernesto: Ernesto appears to be strengthening over the far southern Bay of Campeche this morning and it is quite possible that it will attain hurricane strength before making landfall in southern…
Guitar Company Admits To Using Illegal Rainforest Wood
By Lloyd Alter, TreeHugger A year ago, John covered the raid on Gibson Guitars, where the US Fish and Wildlife Service suspected that the company was guilty of violations of the Lacey Act, which prohibits the importation of threatened woods…
Cayman Islands: Beauty Found in The Water
This nice article featuring the Cayman Islands appeared on the adventure signs website If you are planning a vacation in the Cayman Islands you need to make sure that you have an ample slot for water sports and exploring the…
NASA mission gives a peek of rover’s Mars journey
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA’s latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of the landing to a photo of…
Ernesto Likely A Threat To Mexico
Ernesto Likely A Threat To Mexico & Not To The United States; Long Range Forecast Guidance Points To A Long Tracked Storm That May Need To Be Watched Written by Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather ON AUGUST 6TH, 2012 Tropical…
Act now or species will be lost, environment groups warn
“Environmental groups criticise lack of funding and targets for protecting endangered species in UK’s 14 overseas territories“ The limpics must really be boring if they’re running stuff like this. Many species in some of the most remote vestiges of Britain’s…
Tokelau Will Be World’s First 100% Solar-Powered Nation
By Mat McDermott, TreeHugger Tokelau may not yet be a fully self-governing country—the majority of its budget is paid for in aid from New Zealand; its citizens still are technically citizens of New Zealand; and it has non-self-governing territory status…
Turtle Farm loses almost 300 turtles due to system failure
Cayman Islands Turtle Farm has been in operation for over 40 years but last month they had the first incident of its kind. The death of 229 young turtles. A break in a main pipe that supplies sea water broke…
TD 5 is now Tropical Storm Ernesto and forecast to visit us as a hurricane
Hazard Management says “be prepared” Hazard Management Cayman Islands and the National Weather Service are currently monitoring Tropical Depression number 5 (now TS Ernesto) which is located east of the Windward Islands. TS Ernesto 5 does not pose an immediate…
