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5. We're kind of in the middle of it:

Mon Sep 18, 2017, 08:17 AM

Sep 2017

http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/loop.asp?data_folder=rmtc%2Frmtcbarir42&width=640&height=480

(the above will change over time)

But it's only Cat 1 so we're lucky.

the sahara dust
http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/salmain.php?prod=splitEW
does a lot to protect Barbados

As well, apparently, on a fyi side note, it carried spores, etc which helped transport some of Africa's vegetation to the Caribbean

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MARIA! [View all] MoonRiver Sep 2017 OP

It is just departing here (Barbados) Jarqui Sep 2017 #1

Happy you dodged the Maria bullet! MoonRiver Sep 2017 #3

We're kind of in the middle of it: Jarqui Sep 2017 #5

Stay safe! MoonRiver Sep 2017 #6

Thanks Jarqui Sep 2017 #14

Jesus! Maria y Jose! nt Xipe Totec Sep 2017 #2

It's horrible, but has been predicted for decades! MoonRiver Sep 2017 #4

+1 dalton99a Sep 2017 #9

The original phrase was one ofMy paternal granny's malaise Sep 2017 #13

The intensity in that graphic is way under done. nt B2G Sep 2017 #7

Yes it is, but I don't have a newer one. MoonRiver Sep 2017 #8

Found a newer one and posted. Thanks for the heads up! MoonRiver Sep 2017 #10

Thanks! B2G Sep 2017 #11

Yes, that one identified the islands. But, oh well... MoonRiver Sep 2017 #12