Holy shite - Barbados may be hit by a hurricane for the

[malaise]

first time in 55 years - since Hurricane Janet.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT1+shtml/300242.shtml

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BARBADOS
* ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
* ST. LUCIA
* MARTINIQUE

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
* GRENADA
* DOMINICA


We have time here in Jamaica but Tomas is sure on a track in our direction at is supposed to be south of us as a Cat3.

[texastoast]

1. Board it up and head to the hills

Stay safe.

I'm going to be down your way in January! I'm so excited. It will be my first visit.

[malaise]

3. Very cool

Let me know.
Tomas is days away from us.

[AsahinaKimi]

2. stay safe!!

if you are there!

[malaise]

5. I'm far from Barbados

thankfully.

[murray hill farm]

4. Stay safe down there!

We need you!!!!

[malaise]

6. Thanks

Hopefully it will not hit Jamaica.

[Wednesdays]

7. Hmm. Barbados, St. Lucia, Martinique...

Site of the deadliest hurricane in history.

[malaise]

12. You know that after that hurricane many of the French

people in Martinique and Grenada moved to Trinidad and started planting cocoa in the hills of Santa Cruz.

[MuseRider]

8. Barbados is one of my favorite islands

and the Grenadines are so beautiful. I hope the area comes out the other side without much damage.

malaise, take care. I am glad you have some time to prepare.

We had a DUer that lived in St Lucia for a while, I have lost track of her, she caught me up a little on that island. Such pleasant places. Do you remember her? She may have come back to the states by now.

[HipChick]

9. my parents are down in st lucia..

Thanks for posting..I kinda thought we were done with Hurricane season..guess not

[malaise]

11. St Lucia is already feeling the impact

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.

[greytdemocrat]

13. You best keep a close eye on this one.

I was on St. Thomas during Bertha but this might be much worse if it hits you.
Stay prepared/safe!

[malaise]

16. I'm more worried for Haiti

We're still watching though.

[HipChick]

14. Lots of damage, landslides reports coming in from St.lucia

Parents called on cell..power is still out, so is electric and no water

[malaise]

15. Lots of damage in Southern St Lucia

and Northern St Vincent. A few deaths in St Vincent.
This station is operating with a generator until 8.00pm.
The Trinidad Express and Barbados nation have good updates we well.
Radio 100 Helen FM - people are calling in.
http://www.htsstlucia.com/Radio_100/live_radio.htm

http://www.caribbeannews.com/
Most of the papers

add

[HipChick]

18. Some of the more rural areas down south are cut off..

due to large landslides

[malaise]

20. Photos here

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=239477&id=123712035193

[Wednesdays]

10. Speaking of hurricanes, do you not get the impression that wingnuts

got a hold of the editing of the Wikipedia article on Katrina? :mad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

[malaise]

17. How did that happen

Damn!

[Odin2005]

19. This storm is unprecedented. Stay safe, Malaise!

:hug:

[malaise]

23. Sure is

Our worries are later in the week.

[xchrom]

21. Kick

[xchrom]

22. Kick

[malaise]

24. Latest report

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Hurricane-Tomas-kills-12-in-St-Lucia
<snip>
Prime Minister Stephenson King had earlier said that an American visitor whose named was not disclosed, drowned on a north east coast beach while a 31 year-old woman died after her vehicle ran off the road and fell down a precipice.

King said he had taken an aerial survey of the storm damage and it is clear that there had been extensive damage.

“From the air, the southern town of Vieux Fort appeared to have received the brunt of Tomas’s fury and we will have to go into this area which was still blocked by landslides and virtually inaccessible to carry out a more detailed account of the damage,” he added.

Prime Minister King said that there were other persons missing from the town and that search and rescue teams were in the affected area.
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Serious devastation in St Lucia.
Someone might tell me what the American tourist was doing swimming in the middle of a hurricane.

[HipChick]

25. American Tourist seem do that all the time...I know of 3 cases where they rented a car from the

airport...drove on the high precipice roads..of course in St.Lucia, they drive on the OTHER side of the road and went right off the edge..in the dark..Death toll is about 12 but rising..people buried under rubble..Dennery took a bit of a hit too..and they just had bad floods and landslides a few weeks back:cry:

[malaise]

26. It's very, very bad in St Lucia

Here'a an email from a friend.
Severe landslides have cut off several sections of the island.
Soufriere looks like a war zone and help has only been getting to them today. It is cut off from all ends and the only route there is via sea. From all looks the damage there is the unimaginable. They're trying to get the stranded tourists out from Ladera, Jalousie, Anse Chastnet and Jade Mountains. It's just so hard. No communication lines so haven't been able to reach anyone down there.

[HipChick]

27. yep..South of the island bore the brunt