Hurricane Irma
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cupid_stunt
Merry fecking Christmas.
It seems to have disappeared off that page, to me anyway, but found a decent video interview, and picture gallery, here:
Island of Barbuda 'literally under water' after Hurricane Irma
The PM reports the situation as being a complete disaster, the island is basically under water and virtually uninhabitable, considering evacuating everyone from the island.
They have no idea whether, when or how their guests are going to be evacuated, nor whether they'll be going with them. They've lost everything.^same person I was talking about up thread^
Satellite phone call received, all safe
"No apartment or hotel left"
Focus on the important stuff eh
Tropical Storm Jose has intensified into a category 1 hurricane and is on the way
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
St Martin "almost destroyed"
Doesn't bode well for its neighbours, Anguilla, St
Barts, Saba and so on.
Trying to balance these reports with they were made in the immediate aftermath when recovery is still in full swing, hopefully when day breaks today things aren't quite as bleak as they first appeared.
Poor bastards.
Doesn't bode well for its neighbours, Anguilla, St
Barts, Saba and so on.
Trying to balance these reports with they were made in the immediate aftermath when recovery is still in full swing, hopefully when day breaks today things aren't quite as bleak as they first appeared.
Poor bastards.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Waiting to hear from family and friends in Antigua. Friend in Barbuda evacuated to Antigua before the storm but undoubtedly her house is flattened. Her workplace (school) was the hurricane shelter but she doubted that would cope with the intensity of Irma, hence evacuating when things started to look like they were going to get very bad indeed. Havent heard anything from her since but I'm guessing she'll be ok in Antigua.
There's very little medical cover on Barbuda if anyone is injured - no doctor, anything that cant be dealt with by a nurse goes to Antigua (like me when I broke my cheekbone/split my eyebrow there - that was a fun flight I can tell you)
There's very little medical cover on Barbuda if anyone is injured - no doctor, anything that cant be dealt with by a nurse goes to Antigua (like me when I broke my cheekbone/split my eyebrow there - that was a fun flight I can tell you)
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felixthecat
are we there yet?
Storm surge has been an issue as far south as St Lucia - had a call yesterday to say the sea was huge and the surge had swamped some of the small fishing villages
UK government response in Anguilla is being compared very unfavourably to that of the French government in St Martin & St Barthelemy. Apparently the French had a response in place before the hurricane hit while Anguilla had nothing and only in the last 24 hours has Priti Patel done anything
All the talk is that they have to evacuate the island before Jose arrivesBarbuda has been left uninhabitable
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Let's be a bit fair here, St Martin is as much part of France as Corsica or Brittany, Anguilla is not part of the UK, in fact to get there you have to fly to St Martin and get a hopper flight or boat, and St Martin airport is FUBAR. Hopefully the British government can pull its head out of its arse for five minutes and see that they need to be doing something to help, right now!
felixthecat
are we there yet?
There should be a British naval presence in the southern caribbean - there always is during the hurricane season. They've just got to get there whilst avoiding Jose and Katia
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
RFA Mounts Bay is in the area with supplies, marines and army engineers but y'know, I reckon they'll need more than one ship...
felixthecat
are we there yet?
This is true. Fine for the usual season but not for something quite as unprecedented as this
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
There is a RN ship in the area that specialises in disaster relief, needs to be more than just one though.
Death toll is ten so far - one in Anguilla, one (a two year old ) in Barbuda and eight in St Martin. Expected to rise.
Not seen much from the BVI or USVI but suspect communications not been reestablished yet.
Mandatory evacuations have been issued for coastal areas of Florida. Six southernmost islands of the Bahamas are being evacuated to Nassau, the largest storm evacuation in the history of the Bahamas.
Eye of the storm is passing just north of Hispaniola now. I could be wrong but it looks to me as though it is more northerly than had been feared, meaning the Dominican Republic & Haiti won't be quite as badly hit as had been feared. Still bad though.
Turks & Caicos Islands, the Bahamas and parts of Cuba are next in line
) in Barbuda and eight in St Martin. Expected to rise.Not seen much from the BVI or USVI but suspect communications not been reestablished yet.
Mandatory evacuations have been issued for coastal areas of Florida. Six southernmost islands of the Bahamas are being evacuated to Nassau, the largest storm evacuation in the history of the Bahamas.
Eye of the storm is passing just north of Hispaniola now. I could be wrong but it looks to me as though it is more northerly than had been feared, meaning the Dominican Republic & Haiti won't be quite as badly hit as had been feared. Still bad though.
Turks & Caicos Islands, the Bahamas and parts of Cuba are next in line
moonsi til
worked it out now!
It's just so sad. A good friend lives in Antigua whom is also a journalist held a radio show for 20 hours trying to keep people updated/give support.
Two of Turks & Caicos islands were evacuated Tuesday evening.
Two of Turks & Caicos islands were evacuated Tuesday evening.
Many years ago I visited the Museum of the Northern Territory in Darwin and stood in a completely dark room listening to a recording of Cyclone Tracy, which levelled the city at Christmas 1974. I don't think I've ever listened to something that's scared me quite so much before or since. Just looked it up and Tracy was probably only a category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale...
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
i'm sure it's been linked already but this is a good link for satellite images and forecasts: Hurricane Irma
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
but next time god decides to answer a similar prayer, a tornado or lightning strike would suffice.
not-bono-ever
meh
Luckily his pile of money is safe in non hurricane Switzerland
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
yeh. working on a
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
however, i have some sad news for people hoping auld dead eyes richard's house would go the same way
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