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Re: Hurricane Irma
[Re: Manpot]
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09/05/2017 06:50 PM
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Good news for you, and hopefully the news will be not so bad in future as we all are dreading.
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 07:17 PM
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Manpot said: One great piece of news..Jim Kelly managed to round up our beloved cat " Farkle" and get her safely to his place. Houses can be rebuilt but all life is precious..even a little cat full of character and love.. That's great news Malcom! Belinda and I have been housebound with our little dog after she had gallbladder surgery. They are indeed precious. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Clapping.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 07:39 PM
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Latest projection has the center of the eye even further south. Now less than 2 miles north of Beef Island. The eye is 50 miles wide. That means the eye wall will cover 100% of the BVI land mass, a forecast surge of 10 to 12 feet with 15 foot waves on top. At this point I am afraid we are looking at a catastrophy in the making. It looks like the North Shore is going to be wiped out. I doubt we will recognize Cane Garden or Carrot Bay come Thursday.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. - Mark Twain
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 07:56 PM
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Hi GlennA
Can you please share a link to that information?
Thanks!
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 08:17 PM
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Sort of a combination of sources. I have apps that download the latest GRIB files every 6 hours and follow the EURO models. Also the Weather Channel has some good data mixed with the basics. The spaghetti models don't really show the detail that GRIB forecast do but StormCarib has a neat ap that uses the latest GRIBs to calculate the closes point of approach to any point. You can enter an island (uses airport as locus) or enter a lat/lon and it returns the closest point of approach, distance, time and lat/lon. I plot that on Google Earth and it is easy to see the path shifting south. Right now if you pick the lat/lon of South Sound it says Thorsten's house is toast.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. - Mark Twain
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 08:56 PM
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Glenn If I wind up with a villa with a wood roof, some siding and no structural failure. I will rebuild. I suspect all the windows will fail as the pressure will cause the window frames to fail. It makes me very sad to see the villa beat up, but that is life.
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 08:56 PM
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Oh, very much so. SXM is going to get slammed.. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 09:03 PM
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Thinking of all of you on island and with a stake on land. Praying for good outcomes.
Toast.......to Life; White Bay...heaven on earth. Diane
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 10:50 PM
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According to the Weather Channel in the U.S. for SXM on Wednesday morning:
Wind: 120+ m.p.h Gusts Rain: 12 to 18 inches Storm Surge up to 11 feet
Rah Rah Rasputin They put some poison into his wine He drank it all and said "I feel fine"
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/05/2017 10:54 PM
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Again, I think the Weather Channel is wrong, as the eye is going directly over the island and the sustained winds are much higher than 120 mph..
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/06/2017 06:39 AM
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CaptainJay said: 4:25 Am on the north shore of St Thomas. Deb and I are going to a friends house with a concrete roof at 5:00 am to beat the curfew. Right now it is just blowing in the 20's and gust with light rain. Stay safe everyone. WAPA has a scheduled shut down around two today to protect the generators. They plan to leave the underground feeders to the Hospital and VITEMA on. Good move Jay, keep the info flowing when you can. Stay safe.
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Re: Hurricane Irma
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09/06/2017 09:07 AM
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This is a video from St Martin. The roar of the wind is frightening. Check at about the 8min mark, can see some damage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUzmRxRRnHMMy heart goes out to my cousin on St Croix and to Nick and everyone at Leveritt Bay (heck, the whole Caribbean). Stay safe.
Last edited by TechieTechie; 09/06/2017 09:12 AM.
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