Hurricane Dean

[Buzz Mills]

REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...14.4 N...61.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 23 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST.

5 DAY CONE
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/143525.shtml?5day?large#contents

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I am so glad my daughter and grandson are back from Cancun!! How frightening! I don't like hurricanes!

 

[Buzz Mills]

Hurricane Dean tears through Caribbean

CASTRIES, St. Lucia - Hurricane Dean tore through the eastern Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and Martinique on Friday, ripping roofs from buildings, downing trees and knocking out power. Airports were closed, coastal hotels were evacuated and tourists hunkered down in shelters as 100 mph winds swept over the islands. The Category 2 storm was headed to Jamaica and by next week, when it is projected to reach Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and Central America, it could strengthen into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane.

The eye of Dean, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, passed between St. Lucia and Martinique, which are less than 50 miles apart, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The winds tore off the roof of the children's ward at Victoria Hospital in Castries, the capital of St. Lucia. The patients had been evacuated and no injuries were reported.

St. Lucia state radio reported that flooding and wind-blown debris had turned the capital into "a total mess." Boulders that had been part of a sea wall were shoved onto roads by the force of storm surges. A boat also sat in the road, lifted off from the sea by the storm. Radio and television advisories urged people to stock up on canned food and fill their cars with gasoline. Volunteers knocked on doors to make sure people knew about the storm. With utility poles downed, the power company turned off electricity on the island to prevent anyone from being electrocuted.

At 8 a.m. EDT, Dean was centered about 50 miles west-southwest of Martinique and moving west at about 23 mph. "We don't have a roof ... everything is exposed. We tried to save what we could," said Josephine Marcelus, a resident of Morne Rouge, a town in northern Martinique. "We sealed ourselves in one room, praying that the hurricane stops blowing over Martinique." "I saw the roof of a municipal building fly off. This is a very hard thing to experience right now," said Louis Joseph Manscour, deputy mayor of Trinite on Martinique

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/tropical_weather

 

[MissieMt]

Well, I'm praying for all of those who have been and will be impacted by Dean. I haven't seen any links here to wunderground-it's my favorite place to go for storms, lots of info!
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200704.html#a_topad

 

[Buzz Mills]

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES...295 KM.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM AST POSITION...14.6 N...62.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 21 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...964 MB.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 200 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 PM AST.

5 DAY CONE
JAMAICA IS RIGHT IN THE PATH FOR A DIRECT HIT ON SUNDAY MORNING
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/143525.shtml?5day?large#contents

 

[STO4]

As of the 11 am advisory, Hurricane Dean is a category 2 storm and is projected to cross through the caribbean into the gulf of mexico by early next week. I just looked at the models and it is forecast to be very near Texas or Louisiana by mid next week as a category 3 or stronger hurricane. I advise everyone that lives in these areas to start gathering supplies this weekend and avoid the rush. This storm has the potential to be as bad if not worse than Katrina, so plead head this warning. I will keep you all updated as the days go on but I am worried about the safety and care of all of you, as we are all like family here.

I also suggest this thread becomes a sticky so I can edit this information as soon as I get it and this thread doesnt get pushed off the page. This is a important warning and caution and I hope that people here will heed the warning and start preparing / gathering supplies as necessary.

Here is the latest projected track:

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200704_5day.html

 

[Buzz Mills]

As of the 11 am advisory, Hurricane Dean is a category 2 storm and is projected to cross through the caribbean into the gulf of mexico by early next week. I just looked at the models and it is forecast to be very near Texas or Louisiana by mid next week as a category 3 or stronger hurricane. I advise everyone that lives in these areas to start gathering supplies this weekend and avoid the rush. This storm has the potential to be as bad if not worse than Katrina, so plead head this warning. I will keep you all updated as the days go on but I am worried about the safety and care of all of you, as we are all like family here.

I also suggest this thread becomes a sticky so I can edit this information as soon as I get it and this thread doesnt get pushed off the page. This is a important warning and caution and I hope that people here will heed the warning and start preparing / gathering supplies as necessary.

Here is the latest projected track:

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200704_5day.html

STO4, you can post Dean info on the following thread:

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52291&page=2

 

[Amraann]

Thanks for the update St0

 

[NewMom2003]

As a resident of Texas, I thank you for the thread ST04.

 

[STO4]

As of the 11 am advisory, Hurricane Dean is a category 2 storm and is projected to cross through the caribbean into the gulf of mexico by early next week. I just looked at the models and it is forecast to be very near Texas or Louisiana by mid next week as a category 3 or stronger hurricane. I advise everyone that lives in these areas to start gathering supplies this weekend and avoid the rush. This storm has the potential to be as bad if not worse than Katrina, so plead head this warning. I will keep you all updated as the days go on but I am worried about the safety and care of all of you, as we are all like family here.

I also suggest this thread becomes a sticky so I can edit this information as soon as I get it and this thread doesnt get pushed off the page. This is a important warning and caution and I hope that people here will heed the warning and start preparing / gathering supplies as necessary.

Here is the latest projected track:

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...0704_5day.html

 

[MissieMt]

Ugh-that's all I can say right now. Thank goodness I work at the walmart-so I can stock up tonight after I clock out!!

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Some forecasters even said as high as 180mph--can you imagine??

--that's hard to imagine but RITA(2005) had 185 mph sustained winds for a day or two while in the Gulf--1935 Labor Day hurricane struck the Florida Keys with estimated 200 mph--and Wilma(2005) had 175 mph sustained winds in the Gulf,which luckily weakened to 100 mph before slamming us, but 100 mph was quite enough lol--really incredible

 

[Buzz Mills]

Dean is now a Category 3

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 MILES...295 KM. BANDS OF HEAVY SQUALLS ARE STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES AND ARE APPROACHING PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.

REPEATING THE 145 PM AST POSITION...14.8 N...63.6 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 22 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...961 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM AST.

5 DAY CONE
JAMAICA IS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF DEAN
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/143525.shtml?5day?large#contents

 

[AmandaBrown23]

I am in Lake Charles Louisiana and we are all praying that it misses us, not that we want it to hit anyone else either but we are just now getting everything back to the way it was. My family was lucky that our house was ok but I dont think it will make it through another. Go away Dean!! haha

 

[MissieMt]

Amanda -I am about 3 and a half hours east of you-if you need somewhere to go and we are not in the path-you're more than welcome to head this way!!!!

 

[AmandaBrown23]

Well thanks thats so sweet!

 

[Buzz Mills]

I am in Lake Charles Louisiana and we are all praying that it misses us, not that we want it to hit anyone else either but we are just now getting everything back to the way it was. My family was lucky that our house was ok but I dont think it will make it through another. Go away Dean!! haha

Amanda, and MMt; unless Dean hangs a hard right, you're going to be OK. By next Tuesday/Wednesday we'll all have a lot better idea.

 

[Peter Hamilton]

wow--125 mph with gusts to 155 mph

 

[Buzz Mills]

wow--125 mph with gusts to 155 mph

they just showed new predicted stats on CNN --150mph before it hits Jamaica on Sunday.....and if that isn't bad enough, they said the last wobble was towards the North (may go right--Amanda, and Mt). More later.

 

[AmandaBrown23]

Ahhhhhhh no! I hate waiting to know.