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Hurricane Omar to hit Puerto Rico & USVI at Cat. 2
Reuters ^
| 10/15/08
| John Marino
Posted on 10/15/2008 10:20:47 AM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Hurricane Omar strengthened on Wednesday as it bore down on Puerto Rico and the small islands of the northeastern Caribbean, and could be a "major" storm by the time it reaches them, U.S. forecasters said.
The 15th tropical cyclone of a busy Atlantic hurricane season formed north of the Dutch island of Curacao on Tuesday, briefly preventing Venezuela from loading tankers with crude oil and knocking out power at the OPEC nation's 200,000 barrel-per-day Puerto La Cruz refinery.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted Omar would grow into a Category 2 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity before reaching the Virgin Islands and the northern Leeward Islands over the next day or so.
"It also isn't out of the question that Omar could achieve major hurricane status just before the cyclone reaches the northern Leeward islands," the Miami-based center said. Major hurricanes are those that rank Category 3 and higher and are considered the most dangerous.
In the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, residents flocked to supermarkets to stock up on drinking water, canned goods and other supplies.
San Juan resident Gladys Rivera, 40, hit the gas station early on Wednesday. "I did not want to be stuck at the end of the line this afternoon," she said.
Local National Weather Service director Israel Matos said there were fears the storm would affect the same areas hardest hit by heavy rains from a tropical disturbance three weeks ago, when 30 inches of rain caused severe flooding.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Science; Travel; Weather
KEYWORDS: atlanticocean; caribbean; energy; hurricane; hurricaneomar; oil; opec; puertorico; usvi; weather
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To: NautiNurse; cll
For your Hurricane Ping List and Puerto Rico Ping List, respectively.
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:21:48 AM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
We have too many Omars in the US already.
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:23:04 AM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Howlin; Gabz
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:24:54 AM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: mlocher
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:29:59 AM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Thanks — I would rather have a cat 5 hurricane.
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:35:21 AM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: mlocher
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:36:20 AM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: mlocher
What the hay..... I'm on a roll!
OMAR SHARIF
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:43:15 AM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
LOL!!! — I just asked my mom and she says Omar Shariff can stay.
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posted on
10/15/2008 10:50:15 AM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: abb; abbi_normal_2; aberaussie; alancarp; Alas Babylon!; Alia; Alice in Wonderland; ...
Hurricane Omar in the Caribbean moving NE at 15 mph toward the Leeward Islands. Winds 90 mph, 973 mb.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:13:29 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Palin won more votes in her Wasilla Mayoral race than Biden got in his 2008 Pres run)
To: NautiNurse
Wow! Just when I finished musing things sure got quiet...
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:18:32 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Go Palin! And the white-haired guy too, I suppose. '08)
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:25:57 PM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(An inadequately policed Conservative)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Hi Silvie - there is a TD down there too.
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:28:47 PM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(An inadequately policed Conservative)
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
Where’s the TD exactly? Near Jamaica?
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:35:41 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:42:53 PM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(An inadequately policed Conservative)
To: NautiNurse; cll; All
Just spoke to my grandmother and father in Old San Juan. Things are going to start to get nasty later tonight, into tomorrow morning.
Freeper "cll" lives in the San Juan metro area as well. Maybe he can give us an update later on.
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:44:32 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
Okay. My family & friedns in Puetro Rico are surprised to get a ‘Cane this late in the season.
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:45:28 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: WorkerbeeCitizen; NautiNurse
Refer to post #16.
What is that “glob” of red on top of St. Maarten, Guadeloupe and Martnique? It looks like an entirely different system altogether. Is that part of Omar?
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:47:33 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(Airlines can take their $15-per-checked-bag surcharge and shove it!)
To: NautiNurse
Don’t think we’ll see much of these other than some much needed rain (IF we are lucky).
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:51:11 PM PDT
by
SouthTexas
(Invert the 5-4 and you have no rights.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
Well, gee! I totally missed Laura, Marco, and Nana!
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posted on
10/15/2008 4:52:22 PM PDT
by
Amelia
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