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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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Agriculture employs 21% of the labor force, while representing 7% of the GDP. Sugarcane is still the chief crop. Bananas follow at a distant second. Jamaica is also the world's largest supplier of pimento, also called allspice. Blue Mountain Coffee, one of the world's finest and most expensive coffees, is grown in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Other agricultural products that the economy depends upon include arrowroot, cacao, citrus, corn, ginger, mango, potatoes, and tobacco. As with many other islands, in the Caribbean, rum, distilled from sugarcane, is also a significant export and is considered a byproduct of agricultural production.
One of every three employed workers in Jamaica works in tourism and services. Services comprise 65 percent of GDP, manufacturing and mining make up 28 percent.
I think I’m leary because our government is leary. All signs are that we are ok, but I think there is still a ‘but” in peoples heads. I’m not comfortable yet that we dodged another one.
I don’t think the government is watching the maps, radars, etc. as close as we are. :)
Jamaica just said Dean is now moving WSW - this is the ‘turn’ we need to get in the all-clear.
And if she and the guy in the suit keep saying Dean's "taking aim on" Cancun, I'm going to start throwing things at the TV. Proud graduates of our publick skools.
That's great news for the U.S.
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But bad news for someone......
Prayers for the people of Jamaica!
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| Posted by JerseyHighlander On News/Activism ^ 08/18/2007 6:11:30 PM EDT · 50 replies · 2,214+ views graphoilogy.blogspot.com ^ | Thursday, August 16, 2007 | GraphOilogy bloggers Tracking Hurricane Dean on Google Earth Google Earth is a wonderful tool for the integration and visualization of different georeferenced datasets. With Hurricane Dean approaching the Gulf of Mexico, damage to the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas infrastructure is likely. Below, I give some useful Google Earth add-ons that will enable you to visualize the latest storm forecasts/imagery along with data about the Gulf of Mexico Oil&Gas production (click on the various links to install the individual tools or download this kmz file that will install a Hurricane folder in google Earth containing all the tools below): graphoilogy.blogspot.comShot at... |
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Atlantic Floater 1 shows it on the same track as before,,,
Between W and WNW with the wobbles...
Yes.
LOL!!
I can not bear to have the hurriciane season start so early...Its not the hurricianes, here in Florida...its the newscasters that make me nuts!
“Oh, no, look at that wind, oHHHH..that tree limb is almost coming down...WOW, is it ever RAining!!”( 24/7)
Thanks for the riveting updates.
I’ve just been informed by FReepmail that “unsurety” is a word, so I sheepishly withdraw my criticism of the lovely FNC weatherbabe. (And just where the hell is Janice Dean?)
lol!
The Heat-Wave high over the Mid-Atlantic States will keep everything south. Mexico is in for a hurtin’.
Typical “blackout” period when the worst is occurring.
Just because last year had no storms doesn’t mean this season is going to be equally mild.
/mild rebuke 8<)
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