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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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LOL--that's some funny math. ;o)
They are opening or have opened a number of shelters on the Caymans - here’s the official info site, which gives details:
http://www.gov.ky/portal/page?_pageid=1142,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Looks like a possible direct hit to me.http://weather.hawaii.edu/satellite/satanim.cgi?chnl=uw4&domain=crb&period=720&incr=30&rr=900&banner=uhmet&satplat=goes12&overlay=off
LOL--that's some funny math. ;o)
DUmmie math, even.
Few hours back AF 304 only found 120K winds.
LOL!!!!! COFFEE SPRAY on monitor!
Excuse me 120 mph winds - big difference there.
I saw 141 at FL at the last one, but didn’t note the time.
bump
Yes.
Got that already. Food is already laid in.
Do you have a way to keep the beer cold? ;-)
None of the Bouys have reported anything near 150 mph. 110-120 mph sounds about right to me. Somehow the strenght of these storms is ALWAYS inflated by a catagory or two. Very annoying.
I should have been more specific. Java with Firefox is dog slow, and a CPU hog.
YES!
You’re set then.
Laugh of the morning; Mike Seidel just claimed he’s “common folk”.
Fortune favors the prepared.
Prayers for folks in harm’s way.
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