News from Barbados

[malaise]

Government is recommending that only essential services need to work today. and all non-essential services will be shut down by 10.00am. The island is shutting down at 10.00am because of feeder bands associated with Tropical Storm Dorian.bbThe Grantley Adams airport will be closed from noon.
All flights to and from Bim have been canceled. Two cruise ships have been rerouted and will stay in the Northern Caribbean. .


Dorian should be about 60mph as it crosses or comes very close to Bim. It is moving at 14mph.

http://vob929.com/listen-live-3/

From NOAA re warnings and watches

A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for...
* Barbados
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Dominica
* Martinique
* Grenada and its dependencies
* Saba and St. Eustatius

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Dorian should not be at hurricane strength for any of these islands - no nukes requires

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. It is ecxpected to gain strength however...

As it nears Puerto Rico.

Let's hope it is a Cat 5 by the time it reaches Mar-A-Lago, and blows the roof off, downs trees, and destroys that piece of garbage real estate Trump calls the Southern White House. Want to bet he has no insurance on that place, if he has bothered to pay the premiums.


One can only hope, for I have friends who live but a mile from that monstrosity. They bitch every time Trump is there because their movements are restricted due to tightened security.

[malaise]

3. Dorian should not be more than a Cat 1 as it approaches PR and DR

and should be a depression after that. We don't know if that depression will reorganize - we will see.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/114042.shtml?cone#contents

[monmouth4]

5. Me too, I live over the bridge in West Palm. Hate when he's here..n/t

[cwydro]

6. Wishing a Cat 5 storm on south Florida?

Nice.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. Just for Trump....Doubt that will happen though.

Storms no matter their intensity, are never good for Florida.

Though by the way the state is shaped, it does stick out there like a sore thumb.

[delisen]

31. Trump 17 million insurance claim-Wilma

except no one remembers any serious damage.

https://fortune.com/2016/10/24/donald-trump-hurricane-payout-mar-a-lago/

Trump’s description of extensive damage does not match those of Mar-a-Lago members and even Trump loyalists. In an interview about the estate’s history, Trump’s longtime former butler, Anthony Senecal, recalled no catastrophic damage. He said Hurricane Wilma, the last of a string of storms that barreled through in 2004 and 2005, flattened trees behind Mar-a-Lago, but the house itself only lost some roof tiles.

“That house has never been seriously damaged,” said Senecal, discussing Mar-a-Lago’s luck with hurricanes. “I was there for all of them.”

Just over two weeks after Wilma, Trump hosted 370 guests at Mar-a-Lago for the wedding of his son Donald Jr.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Trump will set off a nuke for the hell of it.

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[malaise]

4. He's an ignorant idiot

and a fucking lunatic

[FM123]

7. Thanks Malaise!

You know that I read your posts for so many reasons: they are informative, clever, funny as hell and of course you always keep us up to date on weather!

[malaise]

14. Thanks FM123

[flotsam]

8. Checked on my granddaughter's location...posted this on FB

Tropical storm Dorian is coming through the Caribbean islands hitting Barbados around noon. Of course I checked on the Virgin Islands where Maia is at school-it should pass thru there Wednesday with rain and winds only near 20mph. Looking at the weather map it shows temperatures no higher than 86 during the day and lows no lower than 78 for the next 15 days! This sounds very much like Paradise to me-I have to see what temperatures are like in the winter and whether I can afford to rent any hovel on the island...

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. My daughter and SIL, with kids in tow, are travelling to St. Thomas in Nov.

Just as Hurricane season winds down. My SIL has a childhood friend from Minneapolis who has lived there for over 12 years now. Saw him last in 2010 when they honeymooned there.

[malaise]

11. The Virgins will be OK with this one

The worst of Dorian will affect Bim and St Lucia overnight but the feeder bands will begin around noon which is why they are shutting down from 10.00am. I don't expect too much damage at 60mph moving at 14mph although storm surge could be a problem in coastal areas.

I just heard the news headlines in Bim - I laughed when David Ellis said US President 'Çon' claimed that China called. Everywhere people know this fucker is lying.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. so refreshing to see a government take charge for the welfare of their people !! It's

hard to remember having a government and leadership like that here. Without a dipshit making it political or blaming Africa for sending the hurricane our way.

[malaise]

13. Yep I agree

particularly since this is a tropical storm close to Cat 1 strength

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Are there cliffs on the entire east coast ?

[malaise]

16. Barbados - cliffs?

That is one flat ass island but you are correct about the North east being the highest part.

I love that it is called MOUNT Hillaby

https://www.barbadospocketguide.com/our-island-barbados/about-barbados/mount-hillaby.html


The peak of Mount Hillaby is the highest point on the Eastern Caribbean island nation of Barbados, in the parish of St. Andrew. It rests at a height of approximately 1.115 feet or 341m above sea level and immediately overlooks the Scotland District. Geologically it comprises of sandstone and chalk with a core of volcanic rock making it somewhat prone to soil erosion.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Cool...so much we didn't see. At Crane beach, the hotel was high

up...you had to take an elevator down to beach. But I guess it was more SE than due E. Anyway you look at it..risk of erosion and flooding

[malaise]

21. Yep - water and maybe soil erosion

When they move quickly (and 14mph is moving at a good clip) there is less time for soaking the earth and causing erosion.

This is preparation for the big one.

[Celerity]

22. Bim is not THAT flat, lolol. It isn't as hilly as Yard, but I could take you up

into some of the land my family (mostly my gran, she a land baron, lol) owns out in Saint Andrew and Saint Joes and it gets a likkle rugged. It is one of the few non volcanic Caribbean islands, at least in the southern part (Lesser Antilles).

[malaise]

23. See with me

I live in Jamaica

[malaise]

26. Oh I love your

likkle rugged - you clearly know Jamaica

[Celerity]

32. every summer when I was a wee pickney was down in Bim, and often went to other islands with my

auntie on her business trips, JA a couple times. The funny thing is, old Bajans call most other Westies 'low island people' but if you know Bajans, that really isnt talkin' bout the lack of hills, lololol. They can be a hateful lot, lolol. 400 plus years all ram up on that bloody rock.

[malaise]

34. Quite profound

giggle

[Celerity]

35. you listen to soca much?

wine up yuh bumpa!

[malaise]

36. Hahahahha - thanks

Reggae, soca, calypso, jazz - love music PERIOD

[Celerity]

37. +10000

[Celerity]

17. my family there is pretty calm, just a little irritated about the run on food/water at the Massy

stores in Warrens and Worthing. Then again, they are always irritated about something, a mobbaton of backchats, lolol.

[malaise]

19. They should be fine

My friends in both islands got their stuff on Friday. Bim is facing a Tropical storm - water should be the problem.
St Lucia is now on hurricane warning according the the news at noon in Bim.

[Celerity]

28. Tomas tore up the place a bit, that was the last time real damage for them

Christchurch got a proper whax-palax

[malaise]

30. Still it's been a very long time since Barbados got the first whack of the season

Give thanks it's a fast moving TS for it looks like a direct all island hit

[Celerity]

33. +10000

[Laura PourMeADrink]

20. Didn't know you had family there too. We were just

there for a week in July. Hope they all stay safe!

Love "Mobbation of backchats"

[Celerity]

29. yes, I am half bajan, my mum is from Christchurch, and I am pretty sure all will be fine

[FakeNoose]

24. Good luck and stay safe

I hope everybody gets through this one OK.

[malaise]

27. If Caribbean people can't handle a Tropical Storm or Cat 1, we are all dead at

Cat 3

[lpbk2713]

25. Trump had a case of paper towels loaded up on AF-1.

Just in case. What a guy.

[malaise]

38. The bad news - 2.00pm update

Dorian will be a hurricane when it reaches Puerto Rico and DR. It is not expected to be a major hurricane.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/174008.shtml?cone#contents



https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT05/refresh/AL052019_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/174008_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

[lpbk2713]

39. The good news ...

there's nothing else behind it.


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[malaise]

40. Yet

There will be another one by weekend or next week - it's just that time of year

[lpbk2713]

41. D'accord

It's still a good while until Nov 01. And there have been some that struck land after that date.