Posted on 08/18/2007 5:11:25 AM PDT by stm
CASTRIES, St. Lucia — Hurricane Dean barreled across the eastern Caribbean Saturday and took aim at Hispaniola, Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, with forecasters saying it could turn into a monster Category 5 storm within 72 hours.
With sustained winds now at 150 mph, Dean left behind floods, debris and at least three deaths on the islands of St. Lucia, Martinique and Dominica on Friday.
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season, the Category 4 Dean was expected to gain power as it moves across the warm waters of the Caribbean through the weekend. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said its winds could surpass 155 mph as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico on Monday.
By Wednesday, there is a chance Dean could threaten the U.S., though it is expected to lose some of its punch as it travels over the Yucatan.
The immediate danger, however, comes Saturday as the storm passes south of Hispaniola, the island shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti — both particularly prone to devastating floods.
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Let’s hope it stays south of our oil platforms, 10 % of my income to get back and forth to work is more than enough.
Was reading this mornings advisory ... man, this puppy is strong!
By Tuesday sustained winds above 160 mph with gusts up to 200! Jeepers ..... this is going to wipe any land it finds clean off the map.
Can't we get Rove and his weather machine to send this thing over parts of Massachusetts, New York and California where it could do some good? ;-D
Jamaica might be history!
Bad news, oh no {heheheheheheh}, Bush's fault...global warming...Rove's last official act with the weather machine.
It sure won’t be funny when Kingston is wiped off the map. If they are lucky enough to survive the storm, looting and gunfire will surely follow. Not a friendly place.
Prayers for Jamaica.
Yes, it looks like poor Jamaica is going to get the worst of it.
With no ill wishes toward the people in Cozumel and Cancun, we'd better hope Dean crosses over the Yucatan. It is dangerously close to threading the needle between Cuba and the Yucatan, which would be very bad news for Texas.
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