Posted on 09/08/2017 12:14:08 AM PDT by oxcart
DEVELOPING News Hurricane Irma Sep 8 2017, 2:54 am ET Hurricane Irma Pummels Turks & Caicos as Bahamas Braces
by Rehema Ellis, Adam Reiss and Erik Ortiz
The eye of Hurricane Irma grazed the low-lying Turks & Caicos Islands on Thursday, rattling buildings after it smashed a string of Caribbean islands on its way to Florida.
With winds of around 185 mph, the storm the size of France has ravaged small islands in the northeast Caribbean in recent days, including Barbuda, St. Martin and the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, ripping down trees and flattening homes and hospitals.
Winds dipped on Thursday to 165 mph as Irma soaked the northern coasts of the Dominican Republic and Haiti and brought hurricane-force winds to the Turks & Caicos Islands.
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I know lineman contractors from Pennsylvania are already en route to FL.
global warming or cooling or ozone hole depletion, or maybe man is just too stoopid to have a brain..I choose the later..
Looks more like it’s going to run me over and beat the hell out of the west coast
Looks more like it’s going to run me over and beat the hell out of the west coast
Good luck, and stay safe!
That is what I've said. It very well may go into the Gulf before angling up north.
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