10-02-2016, 12:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2016, 12:02 PM by rastagirl777.)
As of last night's projections the storm is moving east from Jamaica and looking to make a direct hit on Haiti, then Cuba.
That's good news all around - the eastern part of the island is going to get fairly mashed up but not as badly as it would have had the storm made landfall on Kingston as previously projected.
I do believe the storm has now been downgraded to a Cat 3 but that seems to change hourly.
Negril will be spared the worst of it. Our friends will experience rain and wind similar to a tropical storm. There will be storm surge, 3-5' I think they were saying. It will not in any way shape or form devastate the way Ivan did 12 years ago.
I remember both Gilbert and Ivan, Ivan in particular since I was on-island 6 weeks after the storm. Things were still somewhat surreal - still shortages on certain food items (not a banana to be seen that entire season for example), Catcha Falling Star in ruins - looking very mad-max (before it was sold to the current owner). Ricks completely gone and not to return for another year. What struck me most was the tree-line, or lack thereof after that storm. My friend has a 4 story house on Hylton Ave. You could see the sea just from that 4th story/roof deck before Ivan - after Ivan my friend who lived on the 3rd floor had a clear view of the Carribean. Also, it was dry as a bone. After Ivan it did not rain in Negril for 9 months.
Thankfully the houses in my yard were not too mashed up but several "new" blow holes opened up around the property. That might happen again with this storm...or at least expand the ones already there.
That's good news all around - the eastern part of the island is going to get fairly mashed up but not as badly as it would have had the storm made landfall on Kingston as previously projected.
I do believe the storm has now been downgraded to a Cat 3 but that seems to change hourly.
Negril will be spared the worst of it. Our friends will experience rain and wind similar to a tropical storm. There will be storm surge, 3-5' I think they were saying. It will not in any way shape or form devastate the way Ivan did 12 years ago.
I remember both Gilbert and Ivan, Ivan in particular since I was on-island 6 weeks after the storm. Things were still somewhat surreal - still shortages on certain food items (not a banana to be seen that entire season for example), Catcha Falling Star in ruins - looking very mad-max (before it was sold to the current owner). Ricks completely gone and not to return for another year. What struck me most was the tree-line, or lack thereof after that storm. My friend has a 4 story house on Hylton Ave. You could see the sea just from that 4th story/roof deck before Ivan - after Ivan my friend who lived on the 3rd floor had a clear view of the Carribean. Also, it was dry as a bone. After Ivan it did not rain in Negril for 9 months.
Thankfully the houses in my yard were not too mashed up but several "new" blow holes opened up around the property. That might happen again with this storm...or at least expand the ones already there.
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