NWS San JuanVerified account @NWSSanJuan 10m10 minutes ago
Irma's center approaching the U.S. Virgin Islands. El centro de Irma acercándose a las Islas Vírgenes Americanas. #prwx #usviwx
Posted on 09/04/2017 2:02:19 PM PDT by NautiNurse
NWS San JuanVerified account @NWSSanJuan 10m10 minutes ago
Irma's center approaching the U.S. Virgin Islands. El centro de Irma acercándose a las Islas Vírgenes Americanas. #prwx #usviwx
Big difference between being on St Croix as opposed to Charlotte Amalie or the British VI.
PFL
When you have ant-gouging laws it makes no sense for dealers to incur added expenses to bring in supplies off schedule.
Gas stations don’t make their money on gas - they make in on candy and those overpriced drinks.
In an emergency the dealer would have to hire extra drivers, rent tankers or pay their regular drives overtime. If they can’t recover their expenses they’re not going to do it.
We all know the laws were aimed at the guy who bought Walmart out of water last week and is now selling it out the back of his truck for two arms and a leg - but without profit there will be shortages.
Repost....Here’s a good video video cam of Wind & rain battering the US Virgin Islands currently
https://video.nest.com/embedded/live/uIA8Yuxk18
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A direct hit on my favorite island...Culebra. I wonder if the food/refreshment stands at Flamenco beach will hold up? They severed terrific small fried grouper when I was there.
Yes, landfall has happened on multiple islands already, though the wind speed reports you’re seeing are not necessarily indicative of maximums on the island... they could be maximums for a single point of data collection, but that’s not the same thing.
Not sure what anemometer devices can survive Cat 5 wind speeds and higher gusts. Do you know of any?
Excellent info—very useful. Thank you!
It does seem the “good news” is that the worst quadrant of the hurricane for the most part is missing land.
I think it’s better to be right in the center of the eye than to have the eye hit just south of you, because then you get the Northeast Quadrant, which is the worst part.
I know! Hoping it stays east. We’ll still get wind and rain, but not as devastating. Still gonna pull outside stuff inside. We’ll have a houseful of guest, albeit inanimate.
Stay safe and pray.
SC governor McMaster just declared State of Emergency
Here you go:
It seems every wind report I have seen that has the anemometer reporting 155+ soon fails.
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