Uhhhhh.....
Posted on 09/16/2017 5:47:46 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Jose is there!..............
I just want it as far away from the Dominican Republic as possible.
Jose, can you see ...
Jeez, Laz - with all this “screwing” you’re getting - you must have a lot children! ;)
Si! Yo veo Maria - y ella es muy mal mujer!
Uhhhhh.....
Does anyone know how St. Croix fared post-Maria?
Interesting... thanks for that link!
Saw some pics of Frederiksted.....not too bad, and I figured they got the worst of it on the island.
Thanks... interesting. I'm sure we'll all know more soon.
Maria raked the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix (population 50,000) with its outer eyewall on the strong (right front) side of the eye, between about 1 – 3 am EDT Wednesday morning, but the island missed seeing the Category 5 winds of the inner eyewall, which remained just offshore to the south. The highest winds officially observed on the island were at Cotton Valley RAWS, located on the east end of St. Croix: sustained at 99 mph, gusting to 136 mph, at 2:13 am EDT. A WeatherFlow station at Sandy Point, on the island's southwest tip, observed sustained winds of 100-104 mph, gusting to 137 mph. Even stronger winds likely occurred somewhere across the island's west end, but we don’t know how strong, since the wind measuring equipment at the St. Croix airport and the Lime Tree Bay Buoy failed.
I pray all who rode out the hurricane in St. Croix - and of course on Puerto Rico, and beyond - all stay safe.
That wobble to the West saved St. Croix.
BULLETIN
Hurricane Maria Intermediate Advisory Number 18A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL152017
200 PM AST Wed Sep 20 2017
...AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE FINDS MARIA’S CENTER JUST
OFFSHORE OF THE NORTHWESTERN COAST OF PUERTO RICO...
SUMMARY OF 200 PM AST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles (95 km) from
the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 150
miles (240 km).
It appears that Puerto Rico has gotten in a few good blows.
I’m familiar with St. Marys, GA. Does your daughter’s area there flood often?
MOM - IN THE CONDADO AREA - LAST TEXT AT 7:30AM: Broken windows, brutal rain and wind; holed up in the bathroom with neighbor; water coming inside the apartment; trying to stay away from any flying debris & water coming into apartment.
DAD - IN OLD SAN JUAN - LAST TEXT AT 11:00AM: Rain and wind of Biblical proportions; I’ve never seen anything like this; your grandmother’s apartment is a total loss; we’re all holed up in a hotel and we’ll try to survey our other apartment tomorrow; not sure anything was saved - our windows only hold 120mph winds. We have our lives!
How are you doing CLL?
Thanks so much!
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