To the masses that are about to face Dean.

[Lazie]

Mek sure unuh have some bully beaf, bread and bout 2 dutty gal. Mek the best of a bad situation.

Stay safe.

[Pepsi]

hold tight massive,together we can overcome.nuff luv.

[Mosiah]

Thanks! But bully beef?! Rather dead!

Latest charts are indicating a change of course!

[Sickko]

Rain has started in Mobay, about 20 minutes ago but I am talking to a friend in Portland and he says no rain there yet...

[Sickko]

Yes it looks like dean dipping a bit to the south, hopes he goes down tere and stay there too... we can deal with some rain and wind but not the full force of a Cat 4 hurricane..

[Mosiah]

But they say it will be a 5 by the time it gets here. So, even a glance will be devastating.

Stay safe!!!

[Mosiah]

This is downright scary!

Category Five Hurricane: Winds greater than 155 mph (135 kt or 249 km/hr). Storm surge generally greater than 18 ft above normal. Complete roof failure on many residences and industrial buildings. Some complete building failures with small utility buildings blown over or away. All shrubs, trees, and signs blown down. Complete destruction of mobile homes. Severe and extensive window and door damage. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the center of the hurricane. Major damage to lower floors of all structures located less than 15 ft above sea level and within 500 yards of the shoreline. Massive evacuation of residential areas on low ground within 5-10 miles (8-16 km) of the shoreline may be required. Only 3 Category Five Hurricanes have made landfall in the United States since records began: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Hurricane Camille (1969), and Hurricane Andrew in August, 1992. The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane struck the Florida Keys with a minimum pressure of 892 mb--the lowest pressure ever observed in the United States. Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast causing a 25-foot storm surge, which inundated Pass Christian. Hurricane Andrew of 1992 made landfall over southern Miami-Dade County, Florida causing 26.5 billion dollars in losses--the costliest hurricane on record. In addition, Hurricane Wilma (pdf) of 2005 was a Category Five hurricane at peak intensity and is the strongest Atlantic tropical cyclone on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

[Peter R]

If you believe in prayer, join me in asking for divine intervention... and hope that Dean makes a left hand turn.

Anyway you look at it somebody's gonna get hurt, and Ivan was just three years ago.

My thoughts and prayers are with the yard massive at this time. Mek sure unuh batten down good.

pr

[Exile]

Here's why...a stray band...will animate

[Pepsi]

to me it going NE,between the jamaica channel.