When it Rains it Pours

Its been raining all day.  Just like when it snows all day in Colorado, we hunker down and watch and take pictures of our patio from inside the house.

Rainy days are few and far between.  One of the reason we liked Bonaire is because it is out of the hurricane zone. Its weather is usually mild and dry.  But not today!

This weather made us realize that we need to have an emergency plan, if for some reason, we get a big tropical storm, hurricane or invaded by Venezuela. 

This is what we do on a rainy day.  Rick is doing work for Freedom Environmental and I am working on my blog. We are fortunate to have reliable internet and VPN on days like this.  It allows us access to Amazon Prime and Netflix which is not available on Bonaire without a VPN. So far the power has not been interrupted.  We keep every electronic devise on a surge protector because we have heard that the power is sometimes unreliable and surges when it comes back on after a failure.

This is the dirt road (looks more like a fast running river) in front of our house. There is no infrastructure for drainage. The water just ponds up or moves to the lowest point.  I am sure this will turn our roads into muddy messes. We may need to add a boat to our emergency plan.

Aw, the joy of living on an island in a rain storm.  

And just for fun...

The jewelry cabinet I purchased from Amazon for our Bonaire house, is made in Germany. And just so you can learn something new today, the word for jewelry cabinet in German is: Schmuckschrank

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