CURRENT LOCATION: Anchored in Ensenada Honda, near town on Culebra
18 18.326' N, 065 17.979' W

I did not find sleep again before the 5AM update, but instead kept myself distracted with a mediocre paperback novel. As the top of the hour approached, I fired up the computer again to get the following information:

Hurricane OMAR
TIME/DATE: 500 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008
POSITION: 14.6 N, 67.7 W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 75 MPH
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
MOVEMENT: NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH
DISTANCE FROM CULEBRA: 300 MILES

According to predictions, it looks like the center of the storm will pass us to the east sometime late tonight into tomorrow morning. At present, forecasts show that the eye will be as close as 55 miles to where Prudence is anchored at 2AM tomorrow with CAT 2 force winds:



Words cannot describe the depths of fear and anxiety I am experiencing at this moment. The sun should be coming up in another hour, and Sheryl and I will probably spend the morning re-thinking all of our hurricane preparations and making some last-minute decisions regarding what additional steps to take.

Please keep your collective fingers crossed for us.