Anyone know the cause of death of David Jones, "the Caribbean weatherman"?
Will his service continue? I checked his web site and there is no
information regarding either point

--
Dennis Gibbons
S/V Dark Lady
CN35-207
email: dennis dash gibbons at worldnet dot att dot net

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:44:17 GMT, "Dennis Gibbons"
wrote:

Anyone know the cause of death of David Jones, "the Caribbean weatherman"?
Will his service continue? I checked his web site and there is no
information regarding either point

I am very sorry to learn that David Jones has died. He was a good
friend to my sailing mentor, a fellow named Karl Millen who sailed on
sailing vessel Succubus. David even taped a eulogy which was played
at Karl's funeral. Karl had a lot of very good things to say about
David.

When you find out any of the particulars of when and why he died,
please post them to this newsgroup. Thanks

Lee Huddleston
s/v Truelove

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:44:17 GMT, "Dennis Gibbons"
wrote:

Anyone know the cause of death of David Jones, "the Caribbean weatherman"?
Will his service continue? I checked his web site and there is no
information regarding either point

I am very sorry to learn that David Jones has died. He was a good
friend to my sailing mentor, a fellow named Karl Millen who sailed on
sailing vessel Succubus. David even taped a eulogy which was played
at Karl's funeral. Karl had a lot of very good things to say about
David.

When you find out any of the particulars of when and why he died,
please post them to this newsgroup. Thanks

Lee Huddleston
s/v Truelove

I sent e-mail to some friends who live on Tortola asking what had happened
and here's their response:

"Yes, unfortunately it is true, David pasted away the first part of Nov.( I
believe on the 7th of Nov.).... his liver was failing and he died of
complication of that ...

I'm not sure who is taking his place on the SSB...the local radio has hired
another weather man......."

Quite sad. I used to subscribe because I thought that it was a good
service that he provided. I used to listen to him daily. I rarely called
in as I could almost always deduce the forecast for my area from his
general forecast or other's calls. On those occasions where I was confused
about what was going on and I was in an area that wasn't covered by his
normal forecast and I called in, he provided good insight into what was
going on. I'm sure that he's going to be greatly missed.

-- Geoff

"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in
:

Anyone know the cause of death of David Jones, "the Caribbean
weatherman"? Will his service continue? I checked his web site and
there is no information regarding either point

I sent e-mail to some friends who live on Tortola asking what had happened
and here's their response:

"Yes, unfortunately it is true, David pasted away the first part of Nov.( I
believe on the 7th of Nov.).... his liver was failing and he died of
complication of that ...

I'm not sure who is taking his place on the SSB...the local radio has hired
another weather man......."

Quite sad. I used to subscribe because I thought that it was a good
service that he provided. I used to listen to him daily. I rarely called
in as I could almost always deduce the forecast for my area from his
general forecast or other's calls. On those occasions where I was confused
about what was going on and I was in an area that wasn't covered by his
normal forecast and I called in, he provided good insight into what was
going on. I'm sure that he's going to be greatly missed.

-- Geoff

"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in
:

Anyone know the cause of death of David Jones, "the Caribbean
weatherman"? Will his service continue? I checked his web site and
there is no information regarding either point

"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in

:



Anyone know the cause of death of David Jones, "the Caribbean
weatherman"? Will his service continue? I checked his web site and
there is no information regarding either point


Geoffrey W. Schultz wrote:


I sent e-mail to some friends who live on Tortola asking what had happened
and here's their response:

"Yes, unfortunately it is true, David pasted away the first part of Nov.( I
believe on the 7th of Nov.).... his liver was failing and he died of
complication of that ...

And for a week or two after he died, it rained and Rained and RAINED! A
hundred-year rain storm that washed out roads, flooded many houses and
collapsed a roof or two. Sure seemed to be a connection; and perhaps a
fitting send-off

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

"Dennis Gibbons" wrote in

:



Anyone know the cause of death of David Jones, "the Caribbean
weatherman"? Will his service continue? I checked his web site and
there is no information regarding either point


Geoffrey W. Schultz wrote:


I sent e-mail to some friends who live on Tortola asking what had happened
and here's their response:

"Yes, unfortunately it is true, David pasted away the first part of Nov.( I
believe on the 7th of Nov.).... his liver was failing and he died of
complication of that ...

And for a week or two after he died, it rained and Rained and RAINED! A
hundred-year rain storm that washed out roads, flooded many houses and
collapsed a roof or two. Sure seemed to be a connection; and perhaps a
fitting send-off

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/