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2025-10-29 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Hurricane tracker shows Melissa is now stronger than Katrina as 'storm of the century' closes in on Jamaica: Live updates

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-10-29 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1797 views ] Top

1 From my contact in Jamaica -

Am safe, the worse part of the storm hit the western parts of Jamaica sadly a whole parish got wiped out hospitals destroyed and places under water 2 story buildings. But am thankful to be alive that was the worse storm I’ve ever witnessed in my life the winds were brutal days of lashings from the storm and the fact that the storm had reverse over the island before heading out to Cuba made it worse. Was a scary experience for us, were up this morning trying to clean and go back to normalcy the sun is out so that’s a good start to the day.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-10-29 10:03|| 2025-10-29 10:03|| Front Page Top

2 as of 2 pm, Melissa is north of Cuba, will endanger some of the Bahamas and likely go to the west of Bermuda

at Jamaica landfall (as the correspondent noted, landfall was on Western part of the island), the peak winds were estimated at 160 mph (subject to change after re-investigation). Katrina made landfall in Louisiana at 125 mph. Andrew made landfall at 165 mph.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-10-29 16:26|| 2025-10-29 16:26|| Front Page Top

3 I wonder how Cuba fared. Any news from Cuba?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-10-29 17:07|| 2025-10-29 17:07|| Front Page Top

4 ^
lots of flooding and structural damage in Cuba

the area struck (Santiago de Cuba and Holguin) was not highly populated but it had some mountain areas and those areas probably got 25"+ of rain, the port city of Santiago de Cuba is badly damaged; it will be weeks before reliable injury and fatality reports are finaled

Guantanamo NB evacuated civilian and some military personnel and relocated ships, planes, etc. before the hurricane hit. The winds reached about 60 mph there and it caused some damage but it hasn't been assessed yet.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-10-29 17:31|| 2025-10-29 17:31|| Front Page Top

5 Katrina: worse storm in history, but should have been easily handled by W.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-10-29 17:42|| 2025-10-29 17:42|| Front Page Top

6 I understand $3 Billion in upgrades resulted in Haiti

*ducks*

Posted by Frank G 2025-10-29 18:44|| 2025-10-29 18:44|| Front Page Top

7 but should have been easily handled by W

The federal law on the books at the time said the state governor had to ask first. They delayed and mucked around. After Katrina the Donks changed the law no longer requiring the request of a governor.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-10-29 19:42|| 2025-10-29 19:42|| Front Page Top

8 IIRC, the entire lower Mississippi River System had been hit by a series of storm before Katrina, a legitimate hurricane, dropped into the already inundated system.

There is a lot to not like about the W. tenure, and there seems to be more every day, but this was a frame job, just like The Greensburg Tornado was when Sebelius, remember her, delayed any real response for a few days while The Narrative set. Hurricane Maria vs. Puerto Rico during 45 would be another example, unlike Biden's Helene response getting buried by the mass media.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-10-29 20:26|| 2025-10-29 20:26|| Front Page Top

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