Hurricane Irma

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Due to hit the Caribbean today, category five, the worst there is. Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Anguilla, Saint Martin, St Barts & Saba right in its path.

Hoping as many people as possible can stay safe

 

[cupid_stunt]

My thoughts are with those in the Caribbean.

 

[Spymaster]

180mph winds!

 

[Pickman's model]

Not sure the beautiful weather 90% of the time makes up for having this sort of shit so frequently

 

[cupid_stunt]

180mph winds!

That's me after 12 pints & a curry.

 

[Spymaster]

Not sure the beautiful weather 90% of the time makes up for having this sort of shit so frequently

Like dining at the best restaurant in town for 11 months straight, but two or three times a year the place gets blown up.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Let's also not forget this:

Flooding in India, Nepal, Bangladesh affecting 16 million children: UNICEF - Times of India

 

[Pickman's model]

Let's also not forget this:

Flooding in India, Nepal, Bangladesh affecting 16 million children: UNICEF - Times of India

yes, there's a thread about it

Floods kill over 1,200 in India, Nepal and Bangladesh

 

[2hats]

Hi res imagery from the new GOES-16 satellite:



Now seeing sustained winds of 185mph.

A friend of mine is in Haiti right now. Looks like she'll just get tropical storm force based on current modelling.

Those models have it veering north hugging the east coast of florida to make landfall around Savvanah, GA.


E2a: ECM predicted path from latest run somewhat west of GFS, HWRF, HMON...

 

[felixthecat]

For anyone interested the National Hurricane Centre site is brilliant
National Hurricane Center

It's been a source of fascination for years, going back to the days when we'd track hurricanes and storms in pencil on a map

 

[ferrelhadley]

Now seeing sustained winds of 185mph.

That is a straight up all time monster for this basin.

Good luck to all those in its path. They are poor countries blighted by disasters and poor infrastructure.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

It's more a function of the sensitivity of seismometers these days than the magnitude of the storm, but its approach is detectable that way too

 

[2hats]

Latest ECM doesn't look good for Cuba, Florida.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Remarkably, there's a working webcam on Saint Bartelemy. At trhe time of posting, there's tree getting blown about to fuck, but apparently the eye is approaching.

 

[dessiato]

I've been through three hurricanes. I didn't like the experience at all. My thoughts are with all those going through this.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Fucking hell. This is going to cause devastation. Fuck, fuck, fuck!

 

[felixthecat]

And.... Jose is hurrying along behind Irma. Very similar path predicted.

talk about adding insult to injury

I've friends in Antigua, Barbuda and St Kitts Nevis. Barbuda in particular is going to be completely devastated - its highest point is about 120' above sea level so no buffer from the winds and the centre of the island is already a salt water lagoon. Christ, I've been through a couple of low category hurricanes and that was bad enough. I can't imagine this.

 

[2hats]

And.... Jose is hurrying along behind Irma. Very similar path predicted.

Models currently prognosticate José on a more northerly+easterly track.

Some models already hinting at the next two storms after that (Katia, Lee) forming out in the eastern mid Atlantic.

 

[8den]

Hard to overstate how bad this seems, any metrologist I follow on twitter is talking about this in almost apocalyptic tones.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Live updates here: Hurricane Irma hits Barbuda and heads to Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico - live

 

[not-bono-ever]

Fucking hell. This is going to cause devastation. Fuck, fuck, fuck!

Haiti again by the look of things

 

[JTG]

My mate's son and his partner are in Sint Maarten, which is sitting right in the path of Irma. They appear well prepared from what I can tell but I still feel for her - communications have now been severed and it's time to wait it out. Fingers crossed for everyone out there

 

[nuffsaid]

We should have taken off and nuked it from orbit, when it was further out in the Atlantic - it was the only way to be sure.

Too late now.

 

[nuffsaid]

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[CRI]

FEMA Is Almost Out of Money and Hurricane Irma Is Approaching

Can't imagine there will be much aide from the US for the rest of the Caribbean impacted if they haven't even got much for Florida, US Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico. Oh, and the wildfires in California. No money for those, either.

 

[nuffsaid]

Bet he won't be standing there for long....Branson on his private Island, which the eye is going right over.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Saint Martin



Jesus.

 

[not-bono-ever]

that is horrifying

 

[Yossarian]

Rush Limbaugh thinks the storm is a conspiracy like climate change, cooked up by people who want to sell more batteries and bottled water, going to be a silver lining to this storm if his house gets trashed.

Rush Limbaugh Claims Hurricane Irma Is Part Of A Vast Conspiracy

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

'kin hell