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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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It was time for her to go inside, with all the satellites on the roofs and such. She was genuinely frightened.
Not sure, need a few more frames for perspective.
That’s what I was afraid of. Was hoping it might have been shadows. :)
Amazing graphic.
beautiful storm... anticyclone is very mature, it’s really cool to see the high clouds stream off like they are... once sun sets I will put together some sort of loop of the evening.
Look Out Mexico !!
Buoy 42056 is way west of the Caymans and remains stable since this AM. Winds about 11Ks and seas about 3 feet.
Steve “whooooaaaaa” Harrigan in Cancun (on Fox now)
Note in passing —
Gas price at my usual station up 5 cents since this morning...
Just the start.....
As you say it depends.
The first winds would have been coming over the hotel from the land. Now that the eye has moved west the tail end winds would now be coming in from the ocean.
If she had a nice ocean view room the winds would be blowing right in her balcony door about now.
Steve WHOOOOAH! Harrigan has landed in the Yucatan Peninsula. He’s interviewing stubborn tourists who—by golly—paid for their dream vacations in nice hotels. Come hell or high water, they are staying put.
Ha! Just saw your post.
Geez....Do they have their families and cousins out there?
maybe they should take a look at this and it might change their minds
http://www.hurricane-wilma.net/cancun_aftermath_articles/index.html
*great minds*
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47107
“NORTHCOM Supports Hurricane Dean Operations”
American Forces Press Service
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., Aug. 19, 2007
Even more, it’s incredibly thoughtless to demand that locals look after stubborn tourists during a calamity. When the booze is no longer served, glass is flying, and the a/c is out, those self centered folks are in for a rude awakening.
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