What a Gulf of Mexico-bound storm feels like from the edge of the Caribbean

Published: June 24, 2023

By: Will Mari LSU Manship School News Service

LES TROIS-ÎLETS, Martinique — On this tropical island that’s part of France, my family and I encountered the first tropical storm of the season from the other side of the Gulf of Mexico.  

My wife and I are assistant professors at the Manship School at LSU, and we’re here studying journalism in the Caribbean. Our year-and-a-half-old son and three-year-old dog, Roux (a choodle from Houma), are here with us, too.  

When the warnings from the regional Météo-France office (their version of the National Weather Service) declared that Tropical Storm Bret was inbound to Martinique and to the Lesser Antilles (the easternmost chain of islands in the Caribbean), we began to prepare, just like we would back in Baton Rouge.  

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