OK Zeta and her outer bands are still creating havoc in Jamaica

[malaise]

A major downpour with wind, lightning, thunder and blinding rain started at about 12.58pm across Kingston and St Andrew and much of the South Coast. It's covering the entire island now. The island is already saturated after days of rain (none as heavy as this).
Several roads are flooded, trees are falling (indeed one is blocking one of the entrances to the University of the West Indies). There are landslides everywhere. Radio stations are keeping us updated about where not to attempt to drive.

It's like a tropical storm here now and after all the rain, there will be even more landslides mudslides and homes coming down the hills.

This is bad. For the record our neighborhood is safe, although there is a lot of water on the road outside. Staying put - lots of food and drink here.

The bad news - the band affecting us is also affecting eastern Cuba and will affect South Florida.
http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/imagemain.php?&basin=atlantic&sat=g8&prod=irn

[Zoonart]

1. Holy smokes... stay safe Mal.

[malaise]

4. Thanks

Safe here

[Iliyah]

2. Stay safe . ..

[JohnnyLib2]

3. Good wishes for safety

[marie999]

5. This is not a good year weather wise for our Gulf states.

[malaise]

6. This is also going to affect early voting in the Carolinas

as well but damn the Gulf states have had it hard this season

[soldierant]

41. Or for pretty much anywhere else.

[SheltieLover]

7. Stay safe, Malaise!

[malaise]

9. Let me put it this way

This neighborhood is neither high nor low - we're the lucky ones. We're not the big fancy homes but we're as sturdy as they come - tried and true.

This is not true of many of the poor in the city and the poor neighborhoods near the gullies.
Spare a thught for the squatters on the gully banks and hillsides.

[SheltieLover]

11. Of course!

Safe vibes on the way! 💓💓💓

[msongs]

8. your drought situation has vanished nt

[malaise]

10. The dams and reservoirs are literally overflowing

This should be over by Tuesday

[2naSalit]

12. I was wondering about that and how you

were doing. Stay safe!

[malaise]

14. Doing OK - staying inside

[2naSalit]

16. I saw that.

I am staying inside too but because it's too fricken chilly to be outside long. At least this early in the winter season, didn't have time to adjust yet. Today our high temp is +10F. At least it isn't snowing anymore, though it was a windless event so it was pretty but it's still close to three feet of the stuff.

After a couple weeks of it I'm fine with just a jacket, hat and mittens but right now you'd think it was -50F the way I bundle up to go out for a few minutes. It's supposed to warm up to the 50s in a few days, that'll turn into a major mess, like having a foot of rain flooding everywhere.

[malaise]

19. Its lovely and cool here

and when the clouds disappear the hills and mountains will be green again hiding much of the damage from all this rain. Outside of a hurricane, I can't remember flood rains like this since 1979. Tropical Storm Nicole in 2012 would be closest.

[Miigwech]

13. Oh No, beautiful Jamaica, stay safe

I remember the Mountain roads that would get washed out ... all the rocks washed down during regular heavy rain. Not a direct hit is good news anyway.

[malaise]

15. Ding ding -Gordon Town Road is blocked

by rocks and trees - others by silt - or collapsed roads and bridges. You know the drill.

[Miigwech]

23. Bad lucky but hope not much

give the folks 5 min around after the rain come and they will all get out and straighten it up faas, I pray my old friends are safe too.

[malaise]

32. Indeed

Humans are resilient creatures

[Grammy23]

17. Malaise, we're staying informed since we are in the cone --again.

I don’t think the wind will be really bad if you go by the current forecast. But after the storms we’ve had already we have a lot of weak trees and dangling limbs. It won’t take a hurricane to bring more trees down. We had a guy out to give us an estimate for removing a 1/2 dead tree from our backyard and remove dangling limbs. He can do it but is booked up solid for several months, so this storm might be a nail biter. I’m thinking our home owner’s insurance company won’t be eager to hear from us since we just received the check from the last storm. They don’t cover trees unless they’re on the house. 😳 We haven’t even made repairs from Sally.

[malaise]

21. I can't believe you're int he cone again

This is beyond unfair. We've had a few years of peace and quiet so it's our turn - we'll do what we always do - take time and recover.
And yes the ground is saturated so trees won't need too much wind to come down.
Stay safe - hopefully it will be Cat 1 or even a TS because it's is stationary now so it will whip up the water for a long time and cool it down a bit. Stay safe hurricane sister

[Grammy23]

40. Thanks!

Sticking together! Who knew this year would be so crazy?? !

[panader0]

18. Please take care sister.

It's just the opposite here --- so very dry, way too dry.

[Solly Mack]

20. Yikes! Keep safe!

Landslides/mudslides are terrifying.

[malaise]

22. My turn - you've been carrying the burden this year

[Solly Mack]

24. I don't want anyone having a turn at disaster weather.

Zeta looks to miss me and I'm grateful but I had hoped she'd weaken and die out.

[malaise]

27. It might - the longer it sits out there stirring up the water

is the more likely it will cool down and prevent serious strengthening. Right now it's stationary.

[NRaleighLiberal]

25. yes, general!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1133&pid=27723

[malaise]

31. LOL

It wasn't me

[JDC]

26. Stay safe

[spanone]

28. ⭐️⭐️⭐️K&R ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[malaise]

38. Road not too far from me in pic

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20201025/several-roads-island-wide-impassable-due-flooding-landslides-debris

[Sherman A1]

29. WOW

Stay safe, I am watching this as well, with family in Nola.

[csziggy]

33. Yeah, the spaghetti models show it hitting Louisiana - again

That state does not need another hurricane or even a tropical storm!

https://www.cyclocane.com/spaghetti-models/

[malaise]

39. The good news for you is that it is stationary

and when it starts moving it is expected to be very slow so it wil have days to whip u the water and ool it down so a weaker system should reach you (if it stays on course).

[HipChick]

30. Stay safe sis..

[malaise]

35. Thanks everyone

Now hearing the rain will end on Wednesday.

[Roy Rolling]

34. Stay safe

It’s been a typical 2020-like year for hurricanes, too. Zeta? Sheesh.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

36. Stay safe, malaise we need you here

[malaise]

42. Thanks everyone

[Warpy]

37. Low 70s here

but we're supposed to wake up to 3 inches of snow on the ground tomorrow, with snow showers until Wednesday. Mother nature tends to throw big switches in the desert these days.

Looks like a bad week for that Cancun vacation, I just hope western LA and eastern TX don't get hit for a third time, which is what it's now projected to do.

Stay safe, the northeast side of a hurricane is always a bad place to be, even if you're too far out to worry about a storm surge.

[paleotn]

43. Good thoughts and stay safe, malaise!

Zeta. We've run out of names and now we're about to run out of single letters. What's the next storm this season? Alpha Alpha?

[malaise]

44. Not likely - the Greek alphabet has 18 more to go

Don't think we'll reach Omega but then this is 2020 so who knows.

Thanks

[Tommymac]

45. Please be extra careful, heard there's a Tsunami Warning out there...

A Blue Tsunami.


Seriously, take care of you and your loved ones. Storms are no jokes.

Strong warm thoughts sent out to you.



Peace

[BumRushDaShow]

46. Hope it doesn't get worse with the rain

That thing is like some of the others that formed in the Caribbean and the Gulf - lots of blobby convection and rain. As of 8 pm EDT, it's up to 50 mph sustained. Also hope you keep your power too! Stay safe!

[malaise]

47. Several parts of the island are without power

Rain is coming down by the bucket load now - the outer band ocvering us and Eastern Cuba is almost as big as Zeta (with less wind).


The worst part of this is that most of the schools, colleges and universities are holding virtual classes and no power means no internet so this will be one hell of mess come tomorrow.

[BumRushDaShow]

49. What a mess 2020 has become.

[malaise]

48. Several parts of the island are without power

Rain is coming down by the bucket load now - the outer band ocvering us and Eastern Cuba is almost as big as Zeta (with less wind).


The worst part of this is that most of the schools, colleges and universities are holding virtual classes and no power means no internet so this will be one hell of mess come tomorrow.