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Beryl bears down on Jamaica as a record-breaking Category 5 hurricanehttps://abcnews.go.com/International/after-beryl-strengthens-category-5-hurricane-warning-effect/story?id=111600461
hlthe2b
(113,516 posts)We wait to hear from you when all has passed.
Marcus IM
(3,001 posts)Cuba will be there for Jamaica if need be.
OAITW r.2.0
(31,932 posts)wendyb-NC
(4,657 posts)I know this isn't your first hurricane, Malaise, and you are no doubt getting ready for it. Please take every precaution. We are all concerned, it's a major one. Holding you and everyone there, people, animals, plants, living earth, water, etc., in the light to be safe and survive mightily.
cachukis
(3,827 posts)electric_blue68
(26,693 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,127 posts)Solly Mack
(96,759 posts)nolabear
(43,850 posts)Stay safe, girl. You know what to do.
bdamomma
(69,476 posts)batten down the hatches!!! be safe
orangecrush
(29,825 posts)Please stay safe.
You're one of my favorites.
bluestarone
(21,958 posts)Be careful. take care!!
BadgerMom
(3,404 posts)Well be thinking of you and your fellow Jamaicans.
malaise
(295,052 posts)He king out standby stuff
We expect about 12 hours of madness.
BumRushDaShow
(168,282 posts)It may be like Hurricane Maria and what that did to Puerto Rico, if this one cuts across the island.
malaise
(295,052 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 2, 2024, 06:37 PM - Edit history (1)
will be serious damage. The good news - its moving at 22mph - a hit and run. Recovery will start quickly.
BumRushDaShow
(168,282 posts)I am shocked how fast it is moving and has been doing so for an extended time too. They normally move at 12 - 15 mph and only hit that faster speed if they manage to get captured in a jetstream. Hopefully it will be in and out quick.
malaise
(295,052 posts)Fast moving storms dont usually intensify like this one - one for the record books in more ways than one.
nolabear
(43,850 posts)Use water from the toilet tank or if you can bleed the hot water heater. Charge everything you can from the car. Help one another.
Im out here sending storm-pushing vibes!
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)FM123
(10,353 posts)I remember all the times you checked in on us here in FL - now it's our turn to check in on you and make sure that YOU are okay too, my dear. Let us know, we really care.
ShazzieB
(22,464 posts)Sure glad to see it's been downgraded!
Keep safe, malaise!
DinahMoeHum
(23,524 posts)Lighting a candle for you and your peeps, Malaise. especially for tomorrow, Wednesday.
ancianita
(43,229 posts)Warpy
(114,547 posts)for weeks, maybe months. Airports will be shut down for everything but emergency supplies, harbors will be completely wrecked and need to be cleaned up before even yachts can safely come in.
It's a hard judgment call to make. Leaving will ensure survival, but there would be nothing left to return to. Staying is dangerous, but at least you'd be home, even if home is a blue tarp stretched over rubble and a daily scramble for bottled water and sandwiches, looking for things to salvage.
It's grim either way.
HeartsCanHope
(1,615 posts)Will be thinking of everyone there, but especially you!
CaptainTruth
(8,150 posts)Warpy
(114,547 posts)Current track has it going right through the middle of the island. This looks like it will be about as bad as it can get.
Bettie
(19,550 posts)this with minimal damage!
CaptainTruth
(8,150 posts)Beryl downgraded from a record-breaking Category 5 as it heads toward Jamaica
Hurricane Beryl was losing some steam Tuesday afternoon as it closed in on Jamaica.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Beryl was downgraded to a Category 4 from a Category 5, but its maximum sustained winds remained dangerous at 155 mph.
Beryl is forecast to continue to weaken as it moves through the Caribbean Sea but is still expected to be a major hurricane when it reaches Jamaica on Wednesday.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/after-beryl-strengthens-category-5-hurricane-warning-effect/story?id=111600461
malaise
(295,052 posts)😀
Bayard
(29,275 posts)Be safe!
highplainsdem
(61,348 posts)CaptainTruth
(8,150 posts)Looks like that's what cyclocane is predicting. Thinking of you!
https://postimg.cc/QHxtjqSq
malaise
(295,052 posts)We knew it was overdue
Kingston will be a freaking mess and and so will other coastaltowns
LeftInTX
(34,061 posts)AllaN01Bear
(29,165 posts)fingers and toes crossed .
Dave Bowman
(7,045 posts)malthaussen
(18,530 posts)... the hurricane should be afraid of Malaise, not the other way around.
-- Mal
malaise
(295,052 posts)Nature is boss 😀😂😀
Generic Other
(29,080 posts)And the wind behind you. Good Luck 🍀 and hopefully keep posting as long as you can. DU is a good place to weather a storm.
malaise
(295,052 posts)But there is another statistic that doesn't usually stand out, but you'll typically see on a graphic. A storm's forward speed can play a major role in the damage it is able to inflict.
According to NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, a hurricane's average forward speed is about 11 to 12 mph in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and tropical Atlantic Ocean from 10 to 30 degrees North latitude.
It's those hurricanes and tropical storms that move much faster or slower that can amplify its destructive potential. There have been a number of each of these recently
Beryl is a very fast mover 22mph now but it has intensified rapidly.
malaise
(295,052 posts)Thanks all😀
LeftInTX
(34,061 posts)This is one scary hurricane!
LeftInTX
(34,061 posts)You got this!
Jul 3 00:00 GMT 16.1 -71.7 150 mph 943 mb Hurricane 4

Malaise. Be safe.
LeftInTX
(34,061 posts)As is usual it appears to be gaining in size overnight. Was hoping it wouldn't hit Jamaica until late afternoon.

LeftInTX
(34,061 posts)It's a 145 mph Cat 4 bearing directly down on Jamaica.
