OMFG -Hurricane warning for Haiti

[malaise]

Please send some good vibes for the people of Haiti - where do you go when you're already in tents?

SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...15.4N 75.2W
ABOUT 295 MI...470 KM SW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI
ABOUT 210 MI...335 KM SSE OF KINGSTON JAMAICA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 6 MPH...9 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...

A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COAST OF HAITI.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING MAYAGUANA AND THE INAGUAS...AS WELL
AS FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* HAITI

A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS...AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* JAMAICA
* THE SOUTHERN COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM THE HAITI
BORDER EASTWARD TO BARAHONA
* THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...AND HOLGUIN
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/040243.shtml

[spanone]

1. thanks for the news....

damn

[Lost-in-FL]

2. You just noticed that?

I have been watching for about 4 days and it is looking better, believe it or not. Was supposed to enter Haiti as a major hurricane but now will be a Cat. 1 (trying hard to be positive, I'll rather not see anything like this happening but it looks like it will happen).

My deepest concern is that it looks like it will make a look back to Haiti! How horrible is that!!!! I can't say I pray but I have them in my thoughts.

[malaise]

4. We were on hurricane watch yesterday

We've been following this since it hit the Eastern Caribbean last week. It was too far away to make a call. We're going to get a swipe in the East.

[Lost-in-FL]

6. Be safe!

Things are not looking good. That thing looks like is going to make a loop back to DR and maybe affect Haiti twice. My husband and I have been watching this system.

[malaise]

7. It's one confused disorganized system

We're prepared and will deal with whatever comes.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Oh no ! :^( So many people there are lacking sufficient shelter (and other basic needs) as it is.

[Barack_America]

5. Oh God, that is just horrible.

How much more can that nation suffer?

I sincerely hope it misses them.

[XemaSab]

8. Unreal

:banghead:

[gateley]

9. Oh, no! Those poor people! nt

[suffragette]

10. Ah, damn

This is just brutal.
If any people need shelter from the storm, it's the people there.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. the last thing they need

[akbacchus_BC]

12. Hi Malaise, I was told by a colleague in Kingston that TS Tomas

downgraded and all is well in JA. Hope that is true. Keep well.

[malaise]

15. We're back on Tropical stoprm warning this morning

Schools are closed and evacuation centers are open.
Of course the incompetent government is scared shitless because they did not warn anyone about Nicole so we know a lot of this is because of the recent failure.

That said as long as Tomas continues moving NNW we are not out of danger.


I well remember TS Gustav was supposed to pass above us but he turned over night and ran right through the island from one end to the other.

[jimlup]

13. Oh Shit! I just looked at the forecast model and I'm very worried...

Here is a helpful storm tracking site. This doesn't look good folks. OMFG!

http://www.stormpulse.com/atlantic">stormpulse.com

[jimlup]

14. Current forecast models are MUCH better - it has jogged west.

It looks like they may just dodge this one!

http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/current">forecast models

[Eryemil]

16. Talk about shitty luck. They might as well throw themselves in the sea if this keeps up.

[HopeHoops]

17. You would THINK those people would move somewhere safe like Detroit or Newark.

Not to make light of their situation, but that is the basic GOP attitude and we'll be hearing a lot of it for the next two years. What is NOT the GOP attitude is doing something to help them after the storm. That was basically the point I was getting at. "They live there so they deserve what they get" - like they have any choice OTHER than to live where they are.

They are close neighbors and we're the country that should provide support and relief. "Will we" is another matter.