Aruba … Fun in the Sun or Water Spouts … Missed this in the Brochure

 

Aruba, One Happy Island, experienced One Happy water spout and flooding. We thought the Aruban AHATA said this type of weather never occurred in Aruba? That type of PR can’t be good for tourism either.

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(Amigoe)

Since Natalee Holloway has gone missing in Aruba we have witnessed Natural Bridge collapse into the ocean.

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Now water spouts and flooding in Oranjestad … what’s next, Locust!

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JUSTICE FOR NATALEE.

UPDATE I: Amigoe, August 28, 2007: Three whirlwinds and severe thunderstorm

An exceptional snapshot from Piedra Plat with one of the whirlwinds active on sea in the background.

ORANJESTAD – Aruba was coping with severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon.  Also very exceptional phenomenon happened: three whirlwinds developed offshore.  The biggest one started south-west of Manchebo Beach Resort and went in eastern direction along the high rise.  A second one developed offshore of Havana Beach, and a third one near Balashi Gardens.  Even though whirlwinds are innocent nature phenomena that may only be dangerous for the shipping traffic, they surely caused some panic.  

The exceptional weather is caused by a so-called storm front, a disturbance in the middlemost air layer of the atmosphere.  The weather station of the meteorological service at the airport of Aruba registered 35 millimeter of rain that fell between 15:00 and 16:30.  The storm caused problems for the air traffic.  Several airplanes had to deviate to Curacao, like an aircraft of American Airlines that, after two landing attempts and circling above the island for some time, decided to deviate to Hato.

A whirlwind is a funnel-shaped trunk, caused by fast turning air movements that are caused by the heating of the bottommost layers of a cloud.  Because it was totally overcast, the heat could not be released and it heated up the bottom of the clouds.  Since the cloud itself cools off, turning air movements come to exist.   When this reached the water surface and starts sucking up water, it becomes a whirlwind.

Most of the time, the whirlwind looses power above land.  Only in rare conditions, the whirlwind keeps sufficient power to cause damages along the coast.

Whirlwinds near Aruba almost always develop between 11:00 and 15:00.  Yesterday’s whirlwinds were unusual.  They developed later in the afternoon.  People on the water must be prepared for whirlwinds.   The wind is very strong and the visibility becomes poor, which was the case yesterday.  Two divers that concluded their dive near Boca Catalina couldn’t find the ship they came with.  A rescue boat that rushed out to rescue them, returned due to bad visibility; they were afraid to run down the divers, who found their ship after the rain slowed down.

 



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  • Comments

    111 Responses to “Aruba … Fun in the Sun or Water Spouts … Missed this in the Brochure”

    1. SL-Gloria on August 28th, 2007 11:30 am

      Please fix the title…Brochure, not Broshure.
      ____________________
      SM: Fixed ;) (klaasend)

    2. super dave on August 28th, 2007 11:46 am

      are those dung beetles flying around Paulus’s butt ?

    3. disgustedmom on August 28th, 2007 11:46 am

      Hope the US doesn’t send them any help….ya never know how many helpers will return home.

    4. Dusty on August 28th, 2007 11:49 am

      Aruba is the nastyest vacation spot in the caribbean.

    5. KCinTX on August 28th, 2007 12:17 pm

      Good post! Where’s urine? I heard his body washed ashore prior to the locust invasion LOL … No Justice 4 Natalee, No Justice 4 One Happy Island – Aruba Sux.

    6. Susan on August 28th, 2007 12:41 pm

      Dorothy to her loyal puppy dog – “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore, Toto”….:-)

      BOYCOTT ARUBA AND HOLLAND TIL HELL FREEZES OVER!!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE :-)

    7. Sunny on August 28th, 2007 12:47 pm

      HE does work in mysterious ways doesn’t HE! LOL….Klaas the locust picture is FANTASTIC!!!

    8. arubagirl on August 28th, 2007 12:59 pm

      Why, thank you for your concern, but since there is no loss of life nor of property, perhaps you you had best direct it towards your own country, where I have seen reports of flooding.

      Besides, the tourists seem to have thoroughly enjoyed the show.

    9. mayan_moons on August 28th, 2007 1:39 pm

      lol super dave!~

    10. JusticeforNatalee on August 28th, 2007 1:41 pm

      The beaches are man-made, right?

    11. Vicki on August 28th, 2007 1:44 pm

      Wow…flooding???LIERUBA you have had long enough to do something. Told ya GOD DONT LIKE UGLY,hes gonna make you pay for what youve done to NATALEE.. She wasnt just one girl…she was a child of the LORD….he had plans for her…and you have let the perps go free…flooding????man thats scary….

    12. KCinTX on August 28th, 2007 2:13 pm

      Arubagirl: “Besides, the tourists seem to have thoroughly enjoyed the show.” – I, too, am enjoying the show and I am not even there as a tourist! Aruba sux.

    13. stoney on August 28th, 2007 2:21 pm

      aruba girl do you live in aruba how close are you with joran a friend perhaps

    14. disgustedmom on August 28th, 2007 2:38 pm

      #10, yeah the beaches are man made and the palms are shipped in….Aruba was man’s attempt to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear…or to spin straw into gold…etc. Aruba was crap all on its own and now it’s just a plastic place.

      #8 Arubagirl, the US flooding in places and Aruba flooding are not the same thing. Aruba claims that they don’t have problems during hurricane season. We, the US, KNOW we have problems during hurricane season….nothing unique about OUR flooding problems.

    15. disgustedmom on August 28th, 2007 2:40 pm

      I LOVE the dung beetles flying around Paulus’s face! How wonderful you got post #2!

    16. disgustedmom on August 28th, 2007 2:42 pm

      Oh, gee…I keep posting before I finish my thoughts!

      Wonder if any bodies are going to wash up on someone’s doorstep with this flood?

    17. Vicki on August 28th, 2007 2:55 pm

      this place is gonna sink…..hahahhahahaha

    18. mayan_moons on August 28th, 2007 3:19 pm

      Tourist’s enjoyed watching flood waters rise & funnel clouds forming over their heads Arubagirl?

      If these funnel clouds are so rare it’d be interesting to learn just how many have occured on one $hitty island in the last 20 years. If none have til now it very well could be a bad sign of many more things to come for Aruba.

    19. Maggie on August 28th, 2007 3:24 pm

      Some people would go anywhere on a discount ticket. They never let things bother them until it hits their own door step… Someone I know who went to Aruba in May, a retired cop, just to be nosey.. said many of them told him, that Natalee died from alcohol poisoning and fell in the water and washed away. Also they told him there is no crime in Aruba.. I am in the process of educating this man. This is what is a such a big joke. They told him they are one happy island and that American girls attack the guys down there.. I guess that’s why the locals go around hotels, clubs and beaches looking for tourist girls???? Need to wear boots to wade through all that.&*&#

      Disgusted Mom, don’t worry if a body washes up it will either be a suicide or the body of a long lost illegal alien who’s family was afraid to come forward. Yeah,,that’s the ticket..

      I’m pretty sure Paulus would even keep the locusts away.. Even they would find him too creepy. Come back stroke in Aruba..

    20. Richard on August 28th, 2007 3:28 pm

      Isn’t it incredible how our Aruban trolls … uh, sorry, visitors … always have to have some kind of instant denial when any fault in Aruba is pointed out?

      Actually, Aruba is a fault … and it’s plunging into itself … well, I like the image anyway.

      Wonder how the former head of AHATA likes West Palm Beach. Who desert a sinking ship?

    21. Richard on August 28th, 2007 3:32 pm

      I posted this article on what, this morning, was the latest Natalee-related thread. I hope nobody minds if I move it up to here, as it might be worth reading and thinking about.

      (Earlier post:)

      Interesting article, this … anyone remember that Dave Holloway, in his book “Aruba,” talked about rumors that girls had been drugged and held captive on certain islands in the Caribbean?

      Of course, it’s too melodramatic to be possible.

      Then again, as this shows, at least some drug lords do indeed control some real estate there:

      http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/531005,drug082807.article

      Drug lord’s private island seized
      August 28, 2007
      BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

      BOGOTA, Colombia—- Colombia said Monday it has seized a private Caribbean island and hundreds of other properties allegedly used by powerful cocaine trafficker to launder millions of dollars in drug profits.

      Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was arrested in a luxury condominium on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 7. He faces three U.S. federal indictments on drug and racketeering charges, and U.S. officials have said they plan to seek his extradition.

      Colombian authorities said they seized 300 properties across the country — including farms, apartments, empty lots, a hotel and gymnasium — worth about $400 million.

      They also seized a private island near the Caribbean tourist city of Cartagena, four cars and 18 private businesses, among them a travel agency and real estate company. They gave no details on the island.

      Ramirez Abadia, 44, said in an interview Sunday night with TV Globo’s Fantastico news and entertainment program — Brazil’s most popular — that his arrest will not affect drug trafficking.

      ”From all the people who started with me in this business several years ago, there are only two or three left. The rest either died or were extradited,” he said. ”I’m in prison but there are people replacing me, then there will be others. It will never end.”

      Even while acknowledging his involvement in Colombia’s lucrative cocaine trade, Ramirez Abadia vowed not to testify against his former partners if he is extradited to the United States .

      ”I’m not going to make any deals,” he said. ”I’ll assume responsibility for my problems alone.”

      Ramirez Abadia — nicknamed ”Chupeta,” or lollipop in Colombian Spanish — is considered one of the ringleaders of the Norte del Valle drug cartel, Colombia’s most powerful. The United States had offered a $5 million reward for his capture.

      In 1996 he was sentenced to 13 years in prison in Colombia on a drug conviction, but was released in 2001.

      In January, authorities confiscated $90 million in various currencies that Ramirez Abadia had allegedly stashed in safe houses in the southern city of Cali, near the cartel’s base.

    22. Miss-Underestimated on August 28th, 2007 3:34 pm

      Natural bridge collapse, oil leak, flooding, water funnels, dead bodies washing ashore, seems to me alot of NASTY things happening to such a teeny tiny island. Wow lots of stuff happening since Natalee went MISSING.

      KARMA

    23. Miss-Underestimated on August 28th, 2007 3:35 pm

      Oh yeah I forgot to add, all those perfumed pigs that fly….

    24. Frank on August 28th, 2007 3:56 pm

      There is a God, and he just flushed.

    25. FL on August 28th, 2007 4:20 pm

      #14: And Katrina was just “collateral damage” in New Orleans ? Did you know a DUTCH firm called Royal Haskoning will try to keep this city free from flooding? http://www.royalhaskoning.com/Royal_Haskoning/Corporate/en-GB/Royal+Haskoning+heads+up+New+Orleans+dike+reinforcement.htm

    26. Sherry on August 28th, 2007 4:35 pm

      So did Aruba forget about the recently washed up bone?

    27. Derek on August 28th, 2007 4:37 pm

      16- I wouldn’t be surprised.

      18- Unless anyone here can predict the future of the Aruban climate or weather patterns/conditions, then nobody knows if it will be sunny and hot, or rainy and damp.

      While Aruba will definately have more problems with the island population itself, I’m not convinced that Aruba will continue to have weather like this in the near future.

      8- {About the property} In any flood, there will be at least damage to property. There most likely is at least some loss of property however.

    28. Carpe Noctem on August 28th, 2007 4:45 pm

      Here come the locusts, Paula$$!

      -j4n

    29. Carpe Noctem on August 28th, 2007 4:58 pm

      Hey,

      If Joran reads here, tell him to send his mother’s
      email address in. I found a funny e-card that
      I want to send on to that disgusting parasitic
      pig.

      ….

      Roses are red…

      Violets are blue…

      But seriously,

      You need to be kicked right in the $@*!!@.

    30. ayfit on August 28th, 2007 5:00 pm

      Sorry Aruba can’t be man made.You see there are NO real men in aruba.

    31. Patti on August 28th, 2007 5:50 pm

      Nice Post, Richard!

    32. Patti on August 28th, 2007 6:01 pm

      It’s pretty bad when the only thing that we can report in Aruba is the weather… What is happening in the investigation? What ever happened with the soil samples collected by the Dutch Team. Will there EVER be justice for Natalee?

      I mean, who gives a hoot if the streets were flooded and whether the tourists that are supposedly there enjoyed the show. The only show that I’m interested in is seeing that there is justice in Aruba…

      So where is that?

      Boycott!!!

    33. disgustedmom on August 28th, 2007 6:05 pm

      #30…you mean real men don’t have to rape women?

      Or lie to them to get them to go off with them?

      Or tell the entire world details of their sexual adventure?

      Or talk smak about a girl they went off with voluntarily?

      Or abandon a female in need?

      Or kill man’s best friend?

      Or belong to a pimp gang to be cool?

      Or put all their self-worth in a dressed up Honda?

      Or put a widdle tummy rumbling ahead of a grieving mother?

      Or threaten a grieving family with ‘my way or the highway’?

      Yeah, you’re right…no real men on Aruba.

    34. disgustedmom on August 28th, 2007 6:10 pm

      #32

      Things sure have been mighty quiet since the Babylonians raided the VDS and Kalpoe houses.

    35. mayan_moons on August 28th, 2007 6:13 pm

      Derek i wasn’t asking anyone to predict the weather there or anywhere, i was just just wondering how often these flood’s & funnel’s have have in the last 20 years.

    36. mayan_moons on August 28th, 2007 6:15 pm

      *have had rather

      __________

      lol Carpe nice poem!~

    37. Helen Back on August 28th, 2007 6:20 pm

      Hey Richard,
      Thanks for the article! Cartagena is just a short boat ride away from Aruba, isn’t it?

    38. brie on August 28th, 2007 6:45 pm

      …..Super Dave….that was funny! Dung Beetles it is!!! Newest tourist attraction….!!!!

    39. brie on August 28th, 2007 6:48 pm

      #22…to add to your list, blown up police car, people shot at on the streets, much delayed drug busts….

    40. brie on August 28th, 2007 6:52 pm

      …SM…you made us laugh….picture of Paulus was great!!!
      We like the way you keep us informed….anything on Aruba would have our interest….!!!

    41. Derek on August 28th, 2007 7:45 pm

      35- I apologize.

    42. mayan_moons on August 28th, 2007 8:43 pm

      Thanks Derek, its cool. I haven’t had a chance to post much these last few weeks & i’ve tried to squeeze a few in without editing so everyone please forgive boo boo’s. Thats why i asked if anyone knows the history of natural & man made disasters Aruba has had coz i haven’t the time to research it myself.

    43. mayan_moons on August 28th, 2007 9:21 pm

      I did learn about a groundbreaking/history making forensic science news recently i’d like to share with everyone in case you haven’t heard yet.

      A forensic scientist in Texas has recently discovered a way to test for arsenic & a variety of other drugs in the ashes of human cremated remains! In the first case this technology has been used the victim’s were a married couple dosed with arsenic, the husband dies & the wife came close but survived. The killer had done this before to 2 sister’s he thought put him in their will but didn’t afterall. He then moved on to target the married couple.

      This is exciting news & you know they are working on other technic’s that will be revealed.

    44. Allan K on August 28th, 2007 10:25 pm

      I don’t give a damn about Aruba! Where is Natalee?

    45. Vicki on August 29th, 2007 9:20 am

      The sad thing is LIERUBA doesnt get it…The reality is the only ones left on this freakin Island is papasweat and the 2ks…all of the “elite” ditch have left the Island…so the arubans have to suffer the actions of the pimps.. The sporter cant go back to his Island cause NOONE wants him back….his game is finished…thank God.

    46. Melissa on August 29th, 2007 10:11 am

      A few years ago one of these wind funnels totally blew the roofs off of an apartment complex in Keito, Aruba. It may have been a contributing factor that straight nails had originally been used rather than roofing nails to adhere the roofs in the first place.

      There is always annual flooding and rough seas in Aruba during hurricane season

    47. disgustedmom on August 29th, 2007 10:35 am

      Where IS the sporter?

      It’s so not like him to stay away from the public eye?

    48. Vicki on August 29th, 2007 11:59 am

      #47 DM- he got the creeping crud and cant come out….

    49. JusticeforNatalee on August 29th, 2007 12:29 pm

      Article Bon Dia Aruba…Arubagirl translation
      It still hasn’t been decided if the Dutch team has to return to Aruba
      In November The Justice Department Will Take a Decision on the Nataly [sic] Holloway Case

      Oranjestad. The developments in the investigations of the disappearance case of Nataly [sic] Holloway case have changed. This is what Bon Dia Aruba could conclude after an interview with the spokeswoman for the Justice Department mr. [lawyer --ag] Vivian van der Biezen.

      Previously Bon Dia Aruba had published that the Dutch investigative team returned to the Netherlands because of the vacation season and that the intention was to return next month to continue the investigations together with the Aruban team. After the Dutch team returned to the Netherlands, the Aruban team continued the necessary investigations.

      Bon Dia Aruba understood from the Justice Department that the decision has been made to evaluate all the information produced by the investigations. This will take the necessary time and during the evaluation of the information it will be seen if assistance from the Netherlands is still necessary. If this is necessary they will be called to return but if this is not necessary, than the Justice Department will conclude from the gathered information what is going to happen with the Nataly [sic] Holloway case.

      The Justice Department stipulated that in November 2007 a decision will be made with the Nataly [sic] Holloway case. The Justice Department will choose to commence a criminal case against the three suspects who are Joran van der Sloot and the brothers Kalpoe, or the Justice Department will decide that there is not sufficient evidence to start a criminal case and will let the case go.

      It can be expected that whatever decision the Justice Department takes, this will have international coverage and possibly there will be members of the American press once more on Aruba to search for information and bring this into publicity as they see fit and consequently this could hurt the image of our island.

      Bon Dia Aruba, Page A3, Wednesday August 29, 2007

      courtesy SM/BFN

    50. Richard on August 29th, 2007 12:38 pm

      Did this lousy rag really say THAT?

      “possibly there will be members of the American press once more on Aruba to search for information and bring this into publicity as they see fit and consequently this could hurt the image of our island.”

      Listen, you stinking filth on Aruba … reading this has REALLY made me furious … you scum and you ALONE are the ones who have “hurt” the image of your island.

      Actually, you haven’t hurt the image of your island at all … you have just stripped away all the money poured into advertising, etc., and have shown it for the SEWER that it really is.

      And you know who feed in sewers, don’t you?

      Your chief tourist figure was one of the smarter rats … he fled the sinking ship.

      I hope the rest of you don’t get the chance.

    51. Susan on August 29th, 2007 12:47 pm

      The only things hurting the poverty stricken, drug infested, third world isle of Aruba is their damn lies, the botched investigation, and last but not least, covering up for the Van der Slut’s!! What is it that Aruba just doesn’t get???

      BOYCOTT ARUBA AND HOLLAND TIL HELL FREEZES OVER!!

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE :-)

    52. Susan on August 29th, 2007 12:50 pm

      HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU HAVE, PAULASS VAN DER SLUT?????

    53. dennisintn on August 29th, 2007 1:05 pm

      #49, if you can believe bondia: klpd has elimitated runaway, insurance scam, vanishment, living in brazil, living undercover in mb, kidnapping, and bogeymen of all flavors including nazi kinfolk, in the disappearance of natalee. what is left is the decision about “do we have enough evidence left to convict”, in the case against j2k.
      the writers fears regarding american news organization is right on. the american press, and blogs and forums like sm and bfn will shine the bright lights of truth on the happy island. what is seen in those lights is up to aruba. nobody’s been impressed with what we’ve seen for the last l7 mos. a word to the wise, aruba, one you evidently haven’t learned yet. “blame the victim” is the cheapest and worst form of defense practiced by people with no viable option.
      dennisintn

    54. Meee on August 29th, 2007 1:34 pm

      Feel free to e-mail gutless greta asking her why she never mentions Aruba. ontherecord@foxnews.com She really does like when we e-mail her.

    55. Vicki on August 29th, 2007 1:42 pm

      WTF????hurt your Island????you aint seen nothing yet….Is this all you idiots think about??Tourism…A human being is missing….what is wrong with you ppl dont you have any empathy??? Disgusting

    56. JusticeforNatalee on August 29th, 2007 2:33 pm

      “The writer’s fears regarding American news organization is right on. The American press, and blogs and forums like sm and bfn will shine the bright lights of truth…”

      Spot on, Dennis.

      Hey, Aruba, want good press? Then do the right thing:
      Justice for Natalee

      If you continue the farce and injustice, you will get
      very bad press for a long time and rightfully so.

    57. Miss-Underestimated on August 29th, 2007 4:08 pm

      Hey Aruba, I think you should really look under the rugs.
      The Natalee Holloway Case, by the way, it is NATALEE…HAS ONLY BROUGHT TO LIGHT HOW CROOKED AND CORRUPT YOU TEENY LITTLE SLITHERING, WAFING, STINKING, GOVERMENT AND ALE ARE AND HAVE BEEN.

      I ASK WHAT DO YOU ALL OWE PAULEY VANDER SLOOT OR WHAT DOES PAULEY HAVE ON YOU?

      YOU PIGS ARE STINKIN…

      The word is out and will continue to reign, until you solve this case and bring NATALEE home.

      I wonder if Smid has Anita’s camera?

    58. brie on August 29th, 2007 5:22 pm

      Aruba…your island image…that started to deteriorate the night Natalee went missing….where have you been….what you have allowed to happen within this investigation has already given your island The Big Hurt…….you’ve ended up in Sloot Poop!!!!! Mother Nature doesn’t seem to be on your side either and that is something your corruption can’t control……..!!!

    59. Arubiano on August 29th, 2007 5:23 pm

      Bleh… Nice weather change for once. Instead of that constant good weather.

      And no. I don’t know Joran v/d Sloot.

      Anyway… Before any of you bozo’s start talking about our government, fix the utter piece of crap of a corrupt government that you have that has caused the deaths of millions of people in the last decades (google economic hitmen). You just got curveballed (Montebello, Canada; these past weeks) and are heading straight into a communist North American Union courtesy of your Republican and Democrat politicians such as Bush & Clinton.

      Fix that first before you comment on someone else’s country.

    60. brie on August 29th, 2007 6:22 pm

      #59…who the hell is Bleh…and if you had constant good weather why would you want it to change…huh…whirlwinds and flooding is a nice weather change….huh !!! Your island is looney tunes…ministers of unjustice…..!!!!

    61. mayan_moons on August 29th, 2007 6:22 pm

      Hey ArubiBOZO,Go Shove It where the sun don’t shine!

      Yours is the government whose economy depends on American’s coming to your stinking little island and the way YOUR government has handled the situation shows Aruban’s to be the only bozo’s here chump.

    62. brie on August 29th, 2007 6:32 pm

      #59…if you haven’t meet Joran, give yourself a treat and while your at it you can thank him for all he’s done for you and your island…shake what you’ve lost in tourism, out his pockets…Joran, the psychopath…..Aruba’s haunting nightmare…

      WE WANT NATALEE AND WE WANT JUSTICE SERVED….HOW MUCH PLAINER AND CLEARER DO WE HAVE TO MAKE IT….THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT!!!!!!!!! GOD DAMN YOU PEOPLE!!!

    63. JusticeforNatalee on August 29th, 2007 6:56 pm

      #59

      Natalee went missing on ARUBA.
      And until her family learns the truth and receives justice,
      we will continue to speak out.

      There is no Aruban tourist missing in the US.
      And if there were,
      US law enforcement would conduct a competent investigation and would not trash the victim and her family.

      No justice/no tourists

    64. dennisintn on August 29th, 2007 6:58 pm

      good lands, you forgot to mention the little world war I and II things the americans started and killed so many people in. you were going to bring that up too, weren’t you? of course, none of those things have anything to do with the total screw up of natalee holloway’s case, now do they?
      dennisintn

    65. disgustedmom on August 29th, 2007 7:03 pm

      No, #59…that would just be Clinton in that pair you mentioned. There are others though….Kerry, Kennedy to name 2 and probably John Edwards….I’m not sure what political philosophy Obama secretly embraces yet…could just be to hand all our top secret info over the the terrorists in one fell swoop over dinner at the Whitehouse entertaining his foriegn guests.

    66. dennisintn on August 29th, 2007 8:05 pm

      dm, the way politics and politicians are today, you could be right. i put nothing past them these days.
      dennisintn

    67. brie on August 29th, 2007 8:37 pm

      You know Aruba, American’s have kept your economy alive for many, many years….something really bad happened to one of ours, who was spending her money on your island for a vacation, celebrating her hard earned education…and she never returned home because of what you did to her in Aruba…do we ever hear from Aruba, let’s help!! Nope…all we get are snide remarks, comments as to calling her, “that girl”, or “fok der bitch, “how much money you got”, “go have a beer”, “shut that woman up…protesting held against the family, Beth signed documents as to the admission of what happened to Natalee and the next day she had to sign them again because of the date of the document, written in Dutch, she trusted….only to find out later the true document was then falsified, how can any of you come on here and post anything to us supporting or defending Aruba….you’ve lost alot of friends….
      we hate what has been done…if it was your Aruban here in the US…justice would of been served…so hang your heads in the shame….help is coming but it’s not because of anything you’ve done!!!!!!!

    68. brie on August 29th, 2007 8:52 pm

      Chavetz is going to be your payback!!!!!!!!!! And that will be the last of ever seeing any of us!!! Happy Trails…..!!!! Compliments of the Cowboys!!!

    69. brie on August 29th, 2007 8:54 pm

      “Too bad you fell off your donkey”

    70. brie on August 29th, 2007 9:44 pm

      Yeah, we Cowboys’s are a’coming….ridin’ rough, roughed and ready….don’t mess with a Texan…!!!!

    71. brie on August 29th, 2007 10:03 pm

      ..edit..#70…don’t mess with OUR Texan…!!!

    72. katablog on August 29th, 2007 10:58 pm

      Her name is Natalee. You would think after over 2 years and hundreds of questions, Bon Dia and the rest of Aruba could at least spell her name correctly. It’s just one more little “hit” at a family that refused to give up.

      As far as more American press on the Island: Aruba better thank their lucky stars! At least that means “tourism” numbers will be not quite so bad the month they show up.

      Hurt the image of your island? That’s about as funny as the Kalpoos suing Dr. Phil for the damage to their reputation! You have to have a favorable image to have it “hurt”.

    73. brie on August 29th, 2007 11:33 pm

      It all lyes with the responsibility of Joran and the Kalpoes not returning Natalee to the hotel…as she said they would….those were her last words made public…..!!!! She was with you Kalpoes, along with Joran……so where is she today…!!!! As if you didn’t know…!!!!!!

    74. JusticeforNatalee on August 29th, 2007 11:35 pm

      Hey, Aruba,

      Stop whining about the media.

      Here’s what’s hurting your “image”–
      Joran, Paulus, and the Kalpoes roaming free.

      They are your negative “tourism advertisement” no matter how
      much money AHATA wastes on marketing.

    75. Carpe Noctem on August 29th, 2007 11:43 pm
    76. brie on August 30th, 2007 12:10 am

      I want my child…!!!!

    77. brie on August 30th, 2007 11:34 am

      “I want my child”…..the cry heard around the world…..

    78. Richard on August 30th, 2007 11:51 am

      Aruba is such a wonderful place that the head of AHATA took a pay cut to get out of there.

      Now what does THAT tell you?

      BTW, I got a reply earlier this month from the Florida governor’s office about my letter to the West Palm Beach county government protesting the selection of the Aruban bozo to preside over its tourism. I also slammed their rationale for choosing the scum; e.g., his “success” in helping offset the impact of the tourism boycott.

      The letter didn’t say much of anything, but did say that a copy would be sent to the appropriate malefactors in West Palm Beach, and that I probably would be hearing from them too.

      (Hasn’t happened so far.)

    79. WorldJOURNIER on August 30th, 2007 1:23 pm

      Hi All…. Found this online video of the waterspout tornado….

      http://www.metacafe.com/watch/787758/aruba_waterspout_tornado_2007/

      Best Regards, WorldJOURNIER

      Yes, Natalee’s remains will be found.

      The Natalee Holloway Timeline Detailing Persons, Places, Outright Lies, and Her Known Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, & Corpse Disposal Suspects….

      http://members.aol.com/WorldJOURNIER/NATALEE/NATALEEtimeline.html

    80. joe bear on August 30th, 2007 2:05 pm

      you for got TB,Dengue fever and chiggers

    81. SUPER DAVE on August 30th, 2007 2:06 pm

      i think one thing we can agree on is you can’t trust any politician.

      the turd beetles just can’t seem to dispose of the gigantic turd that looks just like Paulus VDS. he must be full of crap!

    82. dennisintn on August 30th, 2007 2:57 pm

      #75, carpe, i couldn’t get the links to work.
      dennisintn

    83. Carpe Noctem on August 30th, 2007 4:43 pm

      Give her another try when you

      can, Dennis. I just tried

      them and they both worked.

    84. Carpe Noctem on August 30th, 2007 5:19 pm

      Natalee Ann Holloway

      has been MISSING for 822 days. …and

      by “MISSING”…. I mean physically

      attacked by Joran Vandersloot the Aruban Raping

      Murderer & the Aruban Polis not doing a dang

      thing about it.

      Just like to be clear as I can!

      ….

      Natalee

      http://tinyurl.com/2vXdXw

      Natalee Day Counter

      http://tinyurl.com/2nmatm

    85. dennisintn on August 30th, 2007 6:53 pm

      carpe, it works fine now. thank you sir.
      dennisintn

    86. arubagirl on August 30th, 2007 7:42 pm

      Okay, so I’m called a troll but my translation are good enough to be brought over? Huh?

      There was no damage to property. This wasn’t American style flooding, this was a lot of rain.

      I’ve never claimed to no problems in hurricane season. (HELLO? IVAN?) I have claimed no hurricane in hurricane season in the last (at the very least) 100 years, if not 200.

      And I come here quickly because I KNOW that something bad is going to be written. If an Aruban discovered a cure for cancer it’d be like: “Aruba, why do you need a cure for cancer, your brochures don’t mention cancer!”

      It’s so predictable sometimes.

    87. brie on August 30th, 2007 7:54 pm

      I wonder what Anita see’s when she looks in the mirror….that is, if they haven’t all cracked..!!

    88. brie on August 30th, 2007 9:38 pm

      #86…you really have a very sick sense of thought…what you KNOW is something bad happened to Natalee…{{edit}}..!!!!
      _______________________
      SM: Please attack the post not the poster (klaasend)

    89. brie on August 31st, 2007 8:31 am

      Food for thought…..Aruba’s brochures should mention the fact that your located very close to the equator and you could become a serious candidate for skin cancer……..one more thing to protect yourself from….crispy critter island…!!!

    90. Vicki on August 31st, 2007 10:15 am

      #86- thats not flooding????wow more spin????no property damage..looks like a flood to me. The water is very highnear that building…Face it, if you had just given back Natalee 2 years ago, noone would have realized what a crappy Island you have. The Natural Bridge collapes..ppl are killing themselves left and right..we have found out about your drug problem, your prostitues and your crack keads. We have found out about all your nasty diseases and your CORRUPT govn. None of this would have been known if you had just given NATALEE back to her Mom and Dad…but NOOOOOOOOOO you just couldnt do it..So now you have flooding and water funnels…When will you learn that it is only gonna get worse…Blame yourselves….BOYCOTT LIERUBA Come to the travel shows… JusticeforNatalee@gmail.com

    91. Libby on August 31st, 2007 1:53 pm

      Amen Vicki!!! #90 If they had just given Natalee back and / or had not blatantly covered up the crimes against her, the constant bad publicity would not take place. Now, everyone takes notice every time something bad happens there now…no matter what it is.

      Aruba…I know you think you got away with it…but you really didn’t. What you have done to Natalee and her family will haunt you forever. What you have done will eventually destroy you.

    92. JusticeforNatalee on August 31st, 2007 2:56 pm

      Let’s talk about predictable:

      Aruba’s chronic spin and stalling
      on truth and justice for
      Natalee Holloway who
      the Dutch police believe
      was KILLED ON THE ISLAND OF
      ARUBA by JORAN VAN DER SLOOT.

    93. JusticeforNatalee on August 31st, 2007 3:13 pm

      Hotshot posted that Greta is having a show
      called Crime Scene–either Friday or Saturday night–
      and Natalee’s case is part of it.

    94. arubagirl on August 31st, 2007 5:07 pm

      And of course, now we’re under tropical storm watch. Just thought that I’d share the good news with you all.

    95. Carpe Noctem on August 31st, 2007 7:35 pm
    96. disgustedmom on August 31st, 2007 8:41 pm

      #93
      Greta? What could she possibly have to blather?

      She’s been looking like her mind is not all there ever since she fell under Joran’s spell.

    97. brie on September 1st, 2007 12:19 am

      #94…Arubagirl…just what is it that you want…our cause is Natalee!!!!!!! What’s yours…!!! Anyone from Aruba represents the island…and what you post is certainly nothing to be proud of…!!! Your only cause is tourism dollars..!!!!!And ongoing sarcasm!!!What is it that your think your defending, you’ve already been exposed…we’re asking for JUSTICE for a child’s life and her return…!!!!

    98. Compananzi on September 1st, 2007 12:27 am

      #90, umm.. let me counter point you with your own hometown bad news.Your inability to rescue miners alive, let alone dead. In fact you can’t even find them. You convict a sportstar for raising dogfights, and arrest/convict him as well, because no human was killed but a dog, an animal…what is next cruelty to pet rats?. Yet OJ spends 0 days in prison and goes free? Only in Amerika. You have failed in protecting Nawlins from Katrina, after 2 years the place is blighted, and the errors of you ways are still not resolved. Instead you focus on Aruba. News flash, if the so called killer is JvdS, should you be observing his every move in Holland? Nooo, that is too big of an area I guess.

    99. brie on September 1st, 2007 12:38 am

      If you can’t contribute anything worthwhile, then just knock it off!!!!

    100. JusticeforNatalee on September 1st, 2007 8:28 am

      #98

      Natalee went missing ON ARUBA.
      She is being denied justice by ARUBAN authorities.

      We will continue to stand by Natalee and her family.

      If you don’t like it, too bad.

      Take your complaint to the perps, their accomplices, and to
      all who covered up this crime.

      JUSTICE FOR NATALEE
      BOYCOTT ARUBA

    101. Vicki on September 1st, 2007 9:24 am

      #98- WHO SAYS URINE IS NOT BEING WATCHED ALONG WITH HIS OTHER CRONIES….Dont think for one minute that pig isnt being watched….and when he least expects it BAM…
      and as far as the tragitys that happen here…they have always happened. We have never denied it unlike some other “place”arubagirl…Hows locosteph doing these days???gotten any diseases from all her partying???

    102. Richard on September 1st, 2007 10:29 am

      I wonder why it is that the Aruban trolls keep screaming that America has problems and is not perfect, something that nobody has ever denied.

      And how irrelevant it is. The issue at stake here is the Aruban conspiracy to shield certain local individuals from prosecution in the case of Natalee Holloway.

      I guess that’s the central issue that they can’t address.

    103. Vicki on September 1st, 2007 10:45 am

      and here comes another storm…hang on to your hats…

    104. disgustedmom on September 1st, 2007 11:04 am

      #98…you fried my brain cells with the following…(my response in caps -not to be yelling but just to separate for clarity)

      “#90 umm…let me counter point you with your own hometown bad news.Your inability to rescue miners alive, let alone dead. In fact you can’t even find them.” TRAGIC, INDEED, WHEN ANY LOVED ONE CAN’T BE FOUND ALIVE OR DEAD. SAME AS WITH NATALEE. ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE MINERS ALL KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THEIR JOBS ARE AND THEY TAKE THOSE JOBS WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNFORTUNATE DANGERS. UNLIKE WITH NATALEE WHO DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS POSSIBLE TO BECOME OF HER AFTER SHE WENT OFF WITH A LIAR ON A HAPPY ISLAND THAT SHE WAS TOLD BY TOURISM WAS SAFE, NO WORRIES, AFTER WHICH A COVERUP BEGAN RIGHT AWAY AS SOON AS IMMEDIATE INDIFFENCE HAD ITS VOICE. MY HUSBAND USED TO BE A MINER. HE STILL HAS FAMILY WHO ARE MINERS. MY HUSBAND USED TO BE A ROOF PINNER IN THE MINES. YOUR SIMPLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF MINING IS WHAT FRIED MY BRAIN PER THAT STATEMENT.

      “You convict a sportstar for raising dogfights, and arrest/convict him as well, because no human was killed but a dog, an animal…what is next cruelty to pet rats?. THIS REMARK IS SICKENING SELECTIVE IN THE VALUE YOU PLACE ON LIFE TO WHERE IT’S APPARENTLY OK WITH YOU IF CRUELTY IS PERPETRATED ON SOME LIVING BEINGS BUT NOT OTHERS. YOU PUT NO VALUE ON SOME LIFE SO ANYTHING CRUEL DONE TO THAT LIFE IS OK. I’M SURE JORAN THOUGHT THE SAME THING AND STILL DOES ABOUT NATALEE. AND FOR THE RECORD, CRUELTY TO PET RATS IS JUST AS BAD AS CRUELTY TO HUMANS BECAUSE IT IS CRUELTY! CRUELTY IS WRONG UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! FURTHERMORE, THE DOG FIGHTING/KILLING WAS ONLY A PART OF A MONEY MAKING VENTURE AIMED TOWARD CRUEL HUMANS WHO ENJOY CRUELTY. ONCE AGAIN, YOUR SIMPLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THINGS, THIS TIME LACED WITH YOUR COLD HEARTEDNESS FOR LIVING CREATURES WHO FEEL PAIN, FRIED MY BRAIN.

      I WANT TO ALSO TAKE UP THAT ‘SPORTSTAR’ REMARK…WHEN A PUBLIC FIGURE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO BE A ROLE MODEL AND IS BASICALLY WORSHIPPED BY HIS FANS DOES SOME HORRID UNLAWFUL THING, IT IS SICK FOR THE WORLD TO GO ON WORSHIPPING HIM TO INCLUDE THAT ALL HE DOES IS OK BECAUSE HE BRINGS SOMETHING GOOD TO THE SPORTS WORLD. IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO EVERYONE AND THAT IS THAT EVIL IS OK IF THE EVIL DOER CAN DO SOMETHING FOR YOU. THIS IS THE MINDSET OF THOSE WHO THINK IT’S NOT WORTH FINDING OUT WHAT BECAME OF NATALEE IF IT UPSETS ARUBAN TOURISM. GEEZ!

      “OJ spends 0 days in prison and goes free? Only in Amerika.” OJ, MY DEAR, WAS TRIED IN COURT. WHO IN THE NATALEE CASE HAS BEEN THAT FAR? NONE..ONLY IN ARUBA THEN?

      “You have failed in protecting Nawlins from Katrina,” THIS IS MY FAVORITE! LET ME APPOLOGIZE NOW THAT WE DID NOT SEND IN SUPERMAN TO PUSH BACK THE RAGING STORM! “…after 2 years the place is blighted, and the errors of you ways are still not resolved.” THERE ARE NO QUICK FIXES FOR SOME THINGS. BUT THE PROCESS TOWARD REPAIRING IS ONGOING. CLEARLY THE ERROR OF ‘YOUR’ WAYS IS IN YOUR ASSUMING NO ONE CARES BECAUSE THE JOB IS NOT COMPLETE YET. NOW, I COULD SAY THAT THE NATALEE CASE IS NOT COMPLETE YET EITHER AND THERE IS NO QUICK FIX FOR JUSTICE IN HER SITUATION AS WELL AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE BLAMING ARUBA JUST BECAUSE THE CONCLUSION IS NOT YET UPON US…BUT I WON’T SAY THAT BECAUSE THEN I’D HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN THE STORM HIT NEW ORLEANS EVERYONE IN CHARGE SAID ‘WHAT STORM?’…LIKE ALE SAID WHEN NATALEE DIDN’T SHOW UP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO MISSING GIRL TO WORRY ABOUT.

      “Instead you focus on Aruba.” ARUBA BROUGHT THE ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES. THEY LET IN THE AMERICAN MEDIA WHEN BY ALL THEIR OWN PRACTICES THEY DON’T LET MEDIA GET INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATIONS. IF YOU WANT TO SUPPOSE ANYONE HAD MOTIVE FOR HAVING THE MEDIA SO HEAVILY INVOLVED, MAYBE ARUBA HAD MOTIVE TO DISTRACT WHILE THEY DISPOSED OF NATALELE. NOW THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT, THEY DON’T WANT ATTENTION ANYMORE. TOO BAD!

      “News flash, if the so called killer is JvdS, should you be observing his every move in Holland? Nooo, that is too big of an area I guess.” WHAT HAS THE SIZE OF THE AREA GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING? JORAN’S NOT IN ALL PLACES OVER THERE, JUST IN HIS OWN LITTLE CORNER, STILL SMALL, RIGHT? BUT AS FOR JORAN’S EVERY MOVE, I’D BE FACINATED WITH SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE OVER THERE IN HOLLAND DON’T MIND SHARING A ROOM OR ALONE TIME WITH A SUSPECTED MURDERER/RAPIST. MANY HAVE TRUSTED SUCH IN THE PAST ONLY TO BE MURDERED/RAPED/ETC AS WELL. IT’S NOT SO MUCH US WHO SHOULD BE WATCHING JORAN’S EVERY MOVE NOW…IT’S THOSE WHO HE IS ASSOCIATING WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS WHO NEED TO BE WATCHING HIS EVERY MOVE.

      THE PROBLEM SOME HAVE WITH UNDERSTANDING THE INTEREST IN JUSTICE IN THE NATALEE CASE IS THAT THOSE ‘SOME’ GO FROM A TO C AND SKIP OVER B. AND B IS THE PART THAT KEEPS C FROM BECOMING A COMPLACENTLY ACCEPTED NORM WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO DO A.

    105. disgustedmom on September 1st, 2007 12:44 pm

      Regarding trolls…

      I realize you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and that those who have that insensitive and comparative-to-the-USA opinions/arguments about the Natalee case have grown up with their mindsets so there is probably no use trying to talk to them….however, I also believe that bad will prosper when good people do nothing to try to stop it so I keep trying to reason with our trolls, hoping to open new neuron pathways of thought outside their limitations imposed by how -and probably where- they grew up. I don’t mean to be feeding the trolls; it’s more like I’m trying to direct the digestion of what they have already been fed.

      A life that is blind to justice for others- that only concerns itself with justice for themselves or simply getting away with doing whatever they want to without consequences- is a life that will be full of constant fear that such a path might not always work to their favor…and when it does not work the result is jail or some vigilante justice thing. When you do someone wrong, you have to be alert to your back all the time because you know someone might find you out no matter how well you think you’ve hidden your tracks or ‘rolled’ on someone else.

      The result is a whirlpool of compounded fears that you can only ‘put on a happy face’ about because admitting you have made such a mess of your life by wrong choices unrepented or unforgiven is the very thing you run from, hence, your life becomes something it is not…you are living in a farce by making up being happy as if you did nothing when you know you did do wrong, and you are therefore making up the life you want to live while being afraid to actually live it. This equates to ‘running from yourself’ on a daily basis and makes you your own worst enemy.

      But once something so bad that it would place you in jail has been chosen to do it’s hard to imagine feeling good about turning yourself in. But only because you would not forgive yourself do you think others would not forgive you either even after justice has been meted out so you think there is no real end to a bad choice so why fess up?

      Of course there’s also those who are not in search of forgiveness but just want to go on making people believe in their alternate life that makes them appear as if there is nothing to forgive. This is Joran et als in my opinion and as such he will continue to live this way until he pushes the wrong button. And he thinks he’s so smart he can fool everyone so the odds are surely against him that he won’t ever be caught up in his arrogance; he will get dumber not smarter when he is not challenged appropriately and thinks his game is getting easier with experience ….and Paulus and Anita are enabling him to eventually fall HARD as in an effort to protect him they are encouraging his beliefs that he is untouchable and smart.

      It’s hard to bail out once you are in the crapper, but as every day you sink deeper it only gets harder and only a fool would go deeper in the shits after they are already afraid of the beginnings of being in it.

      IMO, Joran is a fool, and Paulus and Anita are fools. There are many fools involved in Natalee’s disappearance, but odds are one of them will get tired of the feeling and the fool’s game will end leaving the last fools standing in checkmate. Or let me familiar that to a poker game whereby many are playing in the beginning, some fold early and some continue to bluff along even with a bad hand hoping to fool the others into folding. In the end, only one wins and it is always the one with the REAL best hand…the one who did not lie.

      So in case anyone who might know anything that would solve the Natalee case is reading here…think about your bluffs (coverups for a bad hand you were dealt)…you don’t know what hand the others are using to bluff you personally. You might think you’re all bluffing the game, but really -like in poker- you’re bluffing each other waiting for each other to fall. And you’re doing it blindly in hopes no one will call your hand out or PEEK AT YOUR CARDS….and peeking at your cards is what JVDS and PVDS can do…so who do you think is going down in the end and who is going to win if you keep quiet? Answer: the fool left standing and that just might be you if you don’t fold before you lose more than you already have!

    106. mayan_moons on September 1st, 2007 3:56 pm

      hey disgustedmom!

      Those last 2 post’s of yours say it all and have been what most of us have felt & been saying about this case from the beginning.

      BTW your point counterpoint with our frien Compostpanzi is point on & i especially loved the part about not sending Superman to hold back the water in Nawlins.

    107. disgustedmom on September 1st, 2007 4:52 pm

      mayan….I know we’ve all been saying this same thing. I hope we never stop saying it until someone wakes up and gives Natalee back to her family!

      I really love all you guys on here for hanging in! May God Bless you all!

    108. arubagirl on September 1st, 2007 8:36 pm

      #97, I’m not sure what you’re so offended. I was saying that because I had just posted that we hadn’t received a hurricane is more than a century and promptly we get a tropical storm watch (now warning). ANd besides, if it were for a few of people who post here, there’d be a party if ARuba sank in the water with all of its inhabitants.

    109. disgustedmom on September 1st, 2007 9:01 pm

      #108…sounds like you should stop boasting. LOL

    110. Mem on September 2nd, 2007 9:00 am

      Ha Ha you guys are ridiculous, everytime i want to laugh i have to just take a peek over here, ha ha ha.

    111. Richard on September 2nd, 2007 2:10 pm

      My guess is that if Aruba were to sink, most of the Dutch would be quietly relieved as well.

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