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Posted on 08/19/2007 3:52:51 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Extremely dangerous Hurricane Dean is moving west-northwest through the Caribbean Sea. The current NHC forecast track indicates Dean's powerful center core will pass just south of the southwestern peninsula of Haiti, and should skirt Jamaica's southern shoreline. The storm maintained strong Category 4 wind status through the night during an eyewall replacement cycle. However, the minimum pressure supports Category 5, and additional strengthening of winds is likely.
Tourists in Jamaica crowded airports Saturday to leave the island nation. Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addressed the Jamaican people, asking that everyone put aside their political differences and work together in advance of the imminent storm preceding Jamaica's general election scheduled for August 27. PM Miller announced that the Jamaican power grid and water would likely be shut down early Sunday morning in advance of the storm, and strongly urged citizens to seek shelter.
The United States and Barbados have pledged hurricane relief supplies and support to Jamaica as needed. No word yet from the United Nations...
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Kingston seems to be right at the back of a nice bay which will “catch” a lot of the tidal surge. Perfect conditions for flooding from that NW quadrant.
Thanks for posting this map.
Welcome, got tired of trying to figure knots!
Imagine the force of the wind while sticking your hand out of the car window while going 150 mph....
They may lose that little penninsula south of Lionel Town.
I don't know if I can watch this anymore.
Same deal with the Utah coal mine thread(s). Much more "breaking" than a congresscritter leaving the public teat yet you won't find them in Breaking or Front Page.
I hear ya. Now I can reference your post when they start talking about knots.
Imagine the force of the wind while sticking your hand out of the car window while going 150 mph....
I can imagine, wow.
I think it will wobble north then back to the west,,,
Gunna be close...
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/profiles
Shows membership around the world. Don’t know how current the list is.
I think it's too early for us.
That list shows 7 in Jamaica.
I don’t understand what happened to the breaking news bar. Years back, I could check it for new stories. Now the stories don’t change for days.
Im looking at Ivan in 2004, it took nearly the same track just south of Jamaica. A Cat 4 but became a 5 just after passing.
http://atoc.colorado.edu/~cassano/atoc1050/Weather_discussion/hurricanes_2004/IVAN2A.track.gif
The mudslides can do drastic damage. I’m with you, I’ll stick to the flat country!
You are a tad closer than we are too. ;)
I love FR but breaking news has become really boring. Same stuff.
This thread is in breaking now.
Good job.
Yep, FR Breaking News used to break before anywhere else. Now, pffft. (and dittos on the love FR, of course ;)
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