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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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Yes, I am series, and don’t call me Shirley.
Thanks for your imput. I appreciate it.
Please, give it a rest.
I'm on rate-restricted dial-up, and to go full-rate dialup would cost me a second phone line or maybe a fleet-up to ISDN at a minimum; and broadband would also be more expensive. We all have budgets to manage and means to budget.
The only thing it could do better than that is do a 180 and go visit Chavez.
That would be a 90. ‘Tis a very small sample; too small to rely on.
Will you be happy with Mexico City...;0)
What you said! Amen (The notion of living within our means sometimes escapes those who don’t worry or understand about it’s origins)
Just a simple go fast and turn left. :)
Mexico City is already sinking, don’t think they need any more water. :)
Let me fire up Google Earth. You're right; it would be a 150 from that westward wobble and 160 from the 280 baseline.
Just a simple go fast and turn left. :)
Do you think it would be funny for a hurricane to kill Venezuelans? Who are you to wish destruction on another?
About how long would it take to complete the voluntary evac? I'd say, "Watch and wait," for right now.
Voluntary-sure, mandatory-no.
One Venezuelan.
CLP5 doesn’t look like a hit on New Orleans but rather a hit on the Galveston-Houston areas, sort of like The 1900 Storm, but from a different angle.
You are free to chose your own allies.
They have to make a decision tomorrow. We are talking about many nursing homes and hospitals in addition to people at home with special needs.
Oh, and they are talking about 135000 people.
LOL,,,Ain’t that the truth,,,
Last up-date now shows a wobble to the north,,,
My plot-log started at LAT~16,,,LON~71,,,
WNW general direction,,,
Overall track seems to be a little south of the models...
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