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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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Oops. I’m sorry. I forgot.
WUnderground uses a wider circle than NHC.
There showing Hillary Ambivolence Syndrome, (HAS) cured by “OxyClinton” what a hoot! Sorry about the hi-jack, I’ll move.
Why should they? There is a resolution to this, but some people don’t want to take action that will solve their own problem. Instead they want others to do it for them.
When I had dial-up, I had to make the setting I just mentioned. It’s not that big a deal.
The High Pressure Dome isn’t moving and current jets are not changing. All Hurricanes would do this without outside steering forces.
Actually it is VERY common to make it to mid-Aug or later with one named storm, even in active years.
Hurrcane season is REALly August to October - there's barely enough June/July activity to count it as part of the season.
This doesn’t make sense..........Sure it does, it is called mother nature. No computer anywhere can second guess her.
Interesting stuff. If I was younger and didn’t hate math, I think I would like go to “ bad weather school”
Was it Elena? I think that was the name of the storm that caused us to leave Pensacola -- twice. It had to be like 1985 -1986.
I know but why does one graph have us clear and another in the cone. “father nature? :’)
Thanks for your attempt at an explanation, but it doesn’t really address the issue. People can set their browsers not to load graphics. It’s very simple to do and allows more information to flow for those who can handle it. It’s the best of both worlds on one thread.
I really do appreciate the work you do on these threads. I think it’s excellent. I just don’t understand why all of us have to use 1990 technology when there’s a simple resolution to the problem that only takes minutes to accomplish.
Photos, storm tracking and other informaiton simply isn’t conveyed without graphics. Aerial shots of the storm, or even storm tracking is a valuable addition to these threads, don’t you think?
Well, thanks again. I appreciate your response.
It may just be areas of rainfall, which after our summer, could be serious, but probably won't be.
LOL, Pay attention to this guy, he’s planetary. I’m Electrical (no help).
I have DSL but last year I lost it and had to go to dial up during a tropical storm. A real pain.
Because they are machines, we should not count on them so much.Look at current data and decide for yourself, machines are only as good as the people that opperate them.
That would be a most informative school. I learned how to write check at a bank, THANKS SCHOOL!
There may be a bird of prey in the vicinity too. The squoils will hunker down and hide until the threat passes.
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