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I'm not really sure if the jamaicans sacrificed virgins to the great god HURRIKANE. Someone must be asleep at the switch, because we've got 3 named storms in a row doing incredible damage.
Harvey
Irma
Jose
Barbuda was completely destroyed by Irma, 185 mph sustained winds and gusts up to 225 mph... the eyewall went directly over the island. I say blame the vestal virgins, someone on that island has pissed that old god off. And look, just in case they still haven't got the message, Jose is giving them a 2nd helping, and Jose is a category 4 hurricane... the eye came real close, I can't tell if they got nailed twice in a row, but Jose hit 'em with 130 mph winds, minimum.
So if you were thinking about that old Beach Boys song and romancing about moving to Antigua, I say first thing to do is work on hurricane counseling; those people have definitely pissed off their god and there's nothing left of their islands to move to.
Irma did a squeeze play under the jetstream and now looks to be headed for the Gulf of Mexico - more open waters, and this time, even hotter water. It's anyone's guess where Irma goes next. Irma just spent 2 days ripping up the entire northern coast of Cuba. It got so bad last night, the eye was half on shore to almost entirely onshore for hours, plugging along at 10 mph with a 30 mile wide eye; the hurricane was at 160 mph sustained winds when it decided to dip slightly south and engage the coast. So after running parallel with the coast for 24 hours; try to imagine the storm surge when it veered into the coastline; I'm guessing 25 feet of water. Of course it is Cuba, so nobody cares. There will be no reporting and no relief effort. Irma was still a category 3 storm @ 125 mph sustained eyewall winds, when she headed back out to sea, but as of this typing, she is still headed west/northwest, hasn't turned north yet. If Irma continued straight ahead on her present course, she will slam straight into Houston.
Jose looks to be turning north in front of the jetstream - like Irma was supposed to do. Jose may have delivered his only blow; Barbuda is just now starting to see sunny skies again... I wonder how the island looks now? I wonder how many people made it through Irma but didn't make it through Jose?
Harvey
Irma
Jose
Barbuda was completely destroyed by Irma, 185 mph sustained winds and gusts up to 225 mph... the eyewall went directly over the island. I say blame the vestal virgins, someone on that island has pissed that old god off. And look, just in case they still haven't got the message, Jose is giving them a 2nd helping, and Jose is a category 4 hurricane... the eye came real close, I can't tell if they got nailed twice in a row, but Jose hit 'em with 130 mph winds, minimum.
So if you were thinking about that old Beach Boys song and romancing about moving to Antigua, I say first thing to do is work on hurricane counseling; those people have definitely pissed off their god and there's nothing left of their islands to move to.
Irma did a squeeze play under the jetstream and now looks to be headed for the Gulf of Mexico - more open waters, and this time, even hotter water. It's anyone's guess where Irma goes next. Irma just spent 2 days ripping up the entire northern coast of Cuba. It got so bad last night, the eye was half on shore to almost entirely onshore for hours, plugging along at 10 mph with a 30 mile wide eye; the hurricane was at 160 mph sustained winds when it decided to dip slightly south and engage the coast. So after running parallel with the coast for 24 hours; try to imagine the storm surge when it veered into the coastline; I'm guessing 25 feet of water. Of course it is Cuba, so nobody cares. There will be no reporting and no relief effort. Irma was still a category 3 storm @ 125 mph sustained eyewall winds, when she headed back out to sea, but as of this typing, she is still headed west/northwest, hasn't turned north yet. If Irma continued straight ahead on her present course, she will slam straight into Houston.
Jose looks to be turning north in front of the jetstream - like Irma was supposed to do. Jose may have delivered his only blow; Barbuda is just now starting to see sunny skies again... I wonder how the island looks now? I wonder how many people made it through Irma but didn't make it through Jose?
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