Terrifying picture - island of Barbuda in the eye of Irma last night - radar image

[NRaleighLiberal]

Lots of Irma news - the latest - including predictions on where in the US it is most likely to impact here

https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/category-5-irma-hits-leeward-islands-peak-strength

[klook]

1. God damn.

I've never seen the color black on one of these images before -- it's like 3rd-degree burns.

Absolutely terrifying.

[kentuck]

2. Why is it egg-shaped?

Aren't most hurricanes more circular??

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. It's moving forward, and very dynamic - rotating constantly - so any snap pic could pick up

an irregularity to the shape

[Useless in FL]

4. It almost looks like a chambered nautilus.. (n/t)

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Foreshortening because that's a real view from a geostationary satellite, perhaps

and it's slightly north of the equator, rather than directly underneath the satellite?

[KelleyKramer]

6. That is a frigging monster

God help all the people in its path