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Posted on 08/16/2007 4:43:17 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane warnings have been issued for Dominica and St. Lucia as Hurricane Dean races westward into the Caribbean Sea at 24mph. This motion should bring the center of Dean near the Lesser Antilles on Friday. The increased forward speed of the storm has lessened preparation time for Caribbean Islands in its path. Hurricane Dean has favorable conditions to develop into a major hurricane over the next several days.
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| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
Dang. Castries is one of our stops on our upcoming cruise.
FINALLY!!! A Hurricane!
Now we can start about Man Made Global Warming and it’s being the cause of all this abnormally severe whether!!!!
Talk about withdrawl...
May God have her in His Glory.
Done. +
We could do with some rain.
Our thoughts, our prayers.
At least with the Dean’s we get warned and have more time to prepare. When they pop up in the Gulf, they are almost here.
LOL some form of chocolate has to be in the emergency kit!
Yeah, yesterday I thought about going to Walmart. Then I got to thinking about crowds and did I really need to buy anything that others really might need. I looked in the frig and saw that my chocolate stash was still there so I stayed home:’)
NautiNurse’s hurricane threads are the best on here.
:::blush:::
I’m hoping “Dean” peters out quickly!
Prayers for your family!
Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.
Figures. My in-laws are in St Lucia until Tuesday. My mother-in-law, who has in-operable cancer, just cut back chemo for the summer to be comfortable and to go on a nice vacation. I hope this thing peters out and lets them have that vacation.
Thank you NN.
Much appreciated.
But they are! This is the only place I can find hurricane information and explanation all at once. Not to mention the entertaining commentary and speculation. :)
Prayers for those affected by floods and twisters from Erin. Prayers that the Bermuda high will ease enough to let Dean come north while also weakening him to a tropical storm.
Tis true. I wish I had known about these threads back in `03 during Isabel. I had NO IDEA that chocolate was an essential hurricane supply. I had to learn the hard way.
Why is a hurricane thread in chat?
” Why is a hurricane thread in chat? “
Where should it be?? And why??
(Honest question — there’s lots of things I don’t understand about how the various threads are sorted into the pigeonholes...)
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