Dean is lookig uglier by the minute, and drawing a bead on Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Sending loads of prayers and phin power their way.
And safe flying for our Hurricane Hunter friends.
(CNN) -- An "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Dean intensified Saturday as it muscled across the Caribbean and headed toward Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center said Saturday.
The Jamaican government issued a hurricane warning late Saturday morning, meaning a hurricane is expected within 24 hours.
Forecasters fear Dean will be a destructive Category 5 monster packing 155-mph winds by the time it reaches the island.
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Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
No reports of fatalities in China so far - seems they evacuated well - hope the same for Jamaica.
THE powerful typhoon Sepat hammered into south-eastern China early today after officials had relocated nearly a million people to safer areas.
Sepat landed in Quanzhou city east of Fujian province at 2am (0400 AEST), the Xinhua news agency said, after pounding Taiwan yesterday with torrential rain, powerful winds and mudslides.
More than 900,000 people in southern and eastern Chinese provinces had earlier been relocated, including more than 540,000 people in Fujian, Xinhua said.
In Zhejiang province, nearly 300,000 people had been evacuated to safety and 27,704 vessels called back to harbour. In Guangdong, around 70,000 people, including fishermen and residents in low-lying areas, had been evacuated.
Chinese meteorologists have issued the highest-level warnings for Sepat, which was moving north-west at a speed of 15 kph to 20 kph.
All the entries of expressways in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian, were closed, while 109 domestic and international flights at Fuzhou airport were cancelled yesterday.
Xiamen and Jinjiang cities also cancelled outbound flights, Xinhua said.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs has sent 3000 tents to evacuated people in Fujian. Downpours have been forecast to hit the coastal areas of Fujian and neighbouring Zhejiang province.
Lets not forget Cozumel, and Cancun either. Cozumel was hit extremely hard by Wilma a few years ago. Cat 5 storm sitting over the island for like 60 hours if I remember correctly.
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I wasn't "forgetting" or leaving out other places....
Knowing lots of people here have friends and concerns in Jamaica, I just thought I'd focus on the next places this particular storm is headed, that's all...
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I wasn't "forgetting" or leaving out other places....
Knowing lots of people here have friends and concerns in Jamaica, I just thought I'd focus on the next places this particular storm is headed, that's all...
I know that, and since this storm is moving pretty dang fast it not taking long to go from one island to the next. I guess that's the only positive thing you can say about this hurricane. It's going to pass you by quickly.
I've been following the preparations and departures of my Real Fake Friends in Playa del Carmen (opposite Cozumel) on the www.playa.info forum... they are ready, but hoping it will veer south.
Lots of thoughts from here for our friends in the DR, Jamaica and Yucatan...
Philly Phin Power to all those in harm's way. Especially our Jamaican friends who can't leave the island. We have traveled there and have become friendly with some on the island, really worried about them and their families...... more prayers and thoughts go out to them...
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