Reply #11: St Lucia is already feeling the impact

[malaise]

SUMMARY OF 800 AM AST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...13.1N 60.1W
ABOUT 70 MI...115 KM SE OF ST. LUCIA
ABOUT 70 MI...115 KM E OF ST. VINCENT
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...993 MB...29.32 INCHES

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We have been listening to radio in Barbados and are shocked at the damage. Clearly no one in the Eastern Caribbean learned a damn thing from Grenada's devastation from Ivan. Lots of roofs off, houses damaged and trees and power lines down in Barbados. Collective memory has disappeared since Janet in 1955.
I'm betting that all standards will improve after this - imagine if Tomas was a major hurricane.