Horror Report

Tag: hurricane maria

  • Dominica leveled

    Dominica leveled

    The fears are true.. the island of Domica, as the leader of the nation states, has lost just about everything that money can buy..  No word at this time as to the devesatation to life and limb.. Property, however, is destroyed..


    The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning that Maria, now moving away from Dominica, had regained Category 5 strength, after briefly dropping to Category 4. The “potentially catastrophic” storm is expected to approach the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Wednesday, the center said.

  • Category 5 Maria decimates Dominica

    Category 5 Maria decimates Dominica

    Maria made landfall on Dominica, an island of 72,000 people in the Lesser Antilles, at 9:15 p.m. ET, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. 
    The island’s prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, wrote on Facebook that his roof was gone, that his home was flooded and that he was “at the complete mercy of the hurricane.” A few minutes later, he reported that he had been rescued. 
    “Initial reports are of widespread devastation,” Skerrit said in a later post. “So far we have lost all what money can buy and replace. So far the winds have swept away the roofs of almost every person I have spoken to or otherwise made contact with. The roof to my own official residence was among the first to go and this apparently triggered an avalanche of torn-away roofs in the city and the countryside.”
    Meanwhile .. the storm is building up strength again and heading for Puerto Rico..

    Puerto Rico has imposed a rationing of basic supplies including water and baby formula as Hurricane Maria approaches as a Category 5 storm.

    Officials said Monday that the rationing is necessary to ensure everyone has access to basic items such as batteries, milk, canned foods, flashlights and other supplies. It does not apply to gasoline or other fuels.

    Shelves at many stores were emptying out quickly as people rushed to finalize hurricane preparations. Many posted desperate pleas on social media for help in finding certain items.

    It is truly amazing to see how quickly this storm formed, how fast it turned into a category 4 and then 5.. and how much of an overnight monster-status it has achieved.
    At this time, if it stays on course, it will be the strongest storm to hit Puerto Rico since 1928. The vast majority of people alive on the island never saw a storm this strong in their collective lifetimes..
  • Maria about to become an historic storm of epic proportions..

    Maria about to become an historic storm of epic proportions..

    The year of the hurricane continues ..  

    As of 11 a.m., Maria had grown into a “rapidly intensifying” Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph and was about 60 miles east of Martinique, a French island that is home to some 400,000 people, the National Hurricane Center said. 

    Maria could grow into a “major hurricane” by Monday night or early Tuesday as it takes aim at Puerto Rico’s southern coast, the hurricane center said…

    This will be he first time since 1928 that Puerto Rico had a cat 4 or 5 storm hit it.. 

    And then? Looking more like landfall along the United States east Coast may occur.. 

  • Maria tracks Irma’s early path

    Maria tracks Irma’s early path

    Watch this storm ..

    Jose is meandering around the East Coast.. may or may not graze a few cities, but even if so will not be a strong category.

    All bets are off for Maria, which is now following a freakily similar path to what IRMA did — right over some of the worst hit islands of the Caribbean.. places still regrouping and trying to figure out how to rebuild lives and property..

    The latest on Maria:

    A Tropical Storm watch was in effect for St. Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
    “Hurricane conditions are possible within the hurricane watch area by Monday night or Tuesday, with tropical storm conditions possible on Monday,” the National Hurricane Center said.
    Although forecast tracks can change dramatically over the coming week, maps on Saturday show the storm moving on an Irma-like path over Puerto Rico on Wednesday and Hispaniola Thursday morning heading straight toward the Florida Keys.

    Keep in mind how horrible a situation right now some of these islands are facing.. Places like Barbuda .. places like the once beautiful St. Martin..

    From the MIAMI HERALD:

    Ten days after Hurricane Irma turned St. Martin into a jigsaw of ripped metal and shattered wood, residents were still struggling with an existential question: Should they cling to an island that can barely support 

    life or start over elsewhere?
    Irma hit the shared Dutch and French Caribbean island as a Category 5 hurricane with winds in excess of 200 miles an hour, turning the picturesque tourist haven into a sweltering trash heap without power, water or communications. What the hurricane didn’t steal, looters often did.

    Now the bullseye again exists on them and other places attempting to recover…
    From there? Maria may hit the Carolinas in a long range outlook..
    And it’s not over with her.
    After Maria, another impressive wave that just emitted from the Continent of Africa looks enterprising in nature and strong in convection. An early named storm may result.. And that one, more than any this year, should be watched.