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Well-defined eye, north of the coast of Hispaniola. Poor, benighted Haiti may have dodged a bullet (for once).

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Sympathy for the smaller islands (Barbuda or St Marten, for example)
They are practically wiped off the map!
 
voluptuary_manque said:
If I lived in Florida I'd be looking and a quick vacation in, say, North Dakota!
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Fortunately, it looks like those of us in the far western panhandle will be spared from even rain with this one. Doesn't look good for the rest of the state though. :(

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Lest ye forget—
Jose
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is out there.




A double whammy?
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for...
* Antigua, Barbuda, and Anguilla
* St Maarten
* St. Martin
* St. Barthelemy​

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...EYE OF IRMA CONTINUES MOVING OVER THE CAMAGUEY ARCHIPELAGO OF CUBA AS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE...


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Hurricane Irma
...700 AM EDT POSITION UPDATE... ...NORTHERN EYEWALL OF IRMA REACHES THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS...
7:00 AM EDT Sun Sep 10
Location: 24.4°N 81.5°W
Moving: NW at 8 mph
Min pressure: 929 mb
Max sustained: 130 mph

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From left to right (the four largest islands):
St. Thomas (USVI), St. John (USVI), Tortola (BVI), Virgin Gorda (BVI)

Before Irma
After Irma

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Richard Branson's Necker Island is at the top right corner north of Virgin Gorda (BVI).

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Maria is currently aimed at Martinique, Dominica and Guadeleoupe.


Dominica is desperately poor while the French islands can always look to France for assistance.


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Dominica is very, very poor. Because it is a volcanic island, it lacks the white sand beaches that attract tourists to other Caribbean islands.

The island has world-class dive sites and is a fantastic place for whale watching (including sperm whales who use the area as a breeding ground).




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...Dominica is especially vulnerable to hurricanes as the island is located in what is referred to as the hurricane region. In 1979, Dominica was hit directly by category 5 Hurricane David, causing widespread and extreme damage. On 17 August 2007, Hurricane Dean, a category 1 at the time, hit the island. A mother and her seven-year-old son died when a landslide caused by the heavy rains crushed their house. In another incident two people were injured when a tree fell on their house. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit estimated that 100 to 125 homes were damaged, and that the agricultural sector was extensively damaged, in particular the banana crop. In August 2015, Tropical Storm Erika caused extensive flooding and landslides across the island. Multiple communities were evacuated and upwards of 30 people were killed...​
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Dominica is a desperately poor island that was all but demolished by Maria. Because it is volcanic in origin, it lacks the white sand beaches that attract tourists. It has world class dive sites and whale watching as there are sperm whale breeding grounds in the adjacent offshore.


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In Devastated Dominica Ham Operators Become Vital Communications Link

When Hurricane Maria smashed into the tiny island of Dominica in the Eastern Caribbean earlier this week, phone service went down, virtually cutting off the island. But within hours, amateur radio operators got on the air and have been providing a vital link to the outside world.

Speaking to ABS Television/Radio in his first interview since Maria made landfall, Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, on a visit Antigua, said at least 15 people were dead and at least 20 others missing amid "unprecedented" destruction.

An estimated 95 percent of roofs on homes in some towns were blown off in the 160 mph winds brought by the hurricane, which topped out at Category 5 when it hit the island. Debris-strewn roads are impassable, he said. "We have to access villages by sea and also by helicopter," said Skerrit, whose own home was among those severely damaged in the storm.

"Every village on Dominica, every street, every cranny, every person was impacted by the hurricane," he told ABS, saying that the main hospital in the capital Roseau is without power because authorities are afraid of starting back-up generators due to extensive flooding.

"It has been brutal. We have never seen such destruction. Unprecedented," he said...


more...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...ominica-hams-become-vital-communications-link


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2018 Atlantic tropical cyclone names:

1. Alberto ×
2. Beryl ×
3. Chris ×
4. Debby
5. Ernesto
6. Florence
7. Gordon
8. Helene
9. Isaac
10. Joyce
11. Kirk
12. Leslie
13. Michael
14. Nadine
15. Oscar
16. Patty
17. Rafael
18. Sara
19. Tony
20. Valerie
21. William



2017 Tropical Storm Tracks:







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