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Don't know if this is true...

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But if this is accurate?? Oh. My. God.

Anyone know?

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RAMOSS said:
I suspect so.

Here is a webcam of st martin's

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Going to a wedding on the 30th. They WERE going on their honeymoon there. Cancelled, of course, there's nothing left.
 
MaggieD said:
Going to a wedding on the 30th. They WERE going on their honeymoon there. Cancelled, of course, there's nothing left.
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Honestly, this hurricane scares the crap out of me, and I am no where near it.
 
Of course it's true.
 
MaggieD said:
But if this is accurate?? Oh. My. God.

Anyone know?

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That seems to be accurate. Irma certainly will be one of the largest and probably strongest.

I just heard that Irma set the record for sustained cat 5. Something like 37 hours and still going strong.
 
MaggieD said:
But if this is accurate?? Oh. My. God.

Anyone know?

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Here ya go.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- There have been very few cyclones stronger than Hurricane Irma. And there have been some that lasted longer.

But no other storm in recorded history has maintained top winds of 185 mph for 37 hours.

Colorado State University hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach says that breaks the previous record, held by Typhoon Haiyan, which had similar top winds for 24 hours before it hit the Philippines and killed 6,000 people in 2013.

Irma also has been the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, measured by its barometric pressure of 914 millibars.

From CBS. Cat 5 is 157 or better wind speed. 185 for 37 hours is a bunch.
 
MaggieD said:
Going to a wedding on the 30th. They WERE going on their honeymoon there. Cancelled, of course, there's nothing left.
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We were planning a family vacation to Sint Maarten next October. I'm seriously reconsidering. After the photos I've seen of the damage, I'm wondering how much will be rebuilt in a year.
 
molten_dragon said:
We were planning a family vacation to Sint Maarten next October. I'm seriously reconsidering. After the photos I've seen of the damage, I'm wondering how much will be rebuilt in a year.
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First thing that comes to mind is that their tourist industry is so vitally important that they will do everything humanly possible to rebuild. I don't blame you for reconsidering, though because humans can only do so much. Fortunately, you have some time to reconsider.
 
MaggieD said:
First thing that comes to mind is that their tourist industry is so vitally important that they will do everything humanly possible to rebuild. I don't blame you for reconsidering, though because humans can only do so much. Fortunately, you have some time to reconsider.
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Yeah, I know they'll do their best. And I know that having the support of the Netherlands means their rebuilding efforts will be more effective than somewhere like Haiti. I'm just not sure it's possible to recover from that kind of damage in a year. Especially since it's looking likely they'll get hit by Jose too.
 
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