Lion Heart 15,041 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Spoiler Miami (AFP) - Hurricane Matthew rapidly gained power Friday, escalating to a powerful Category 4 storm as it moved over the open Caribbean sea just south of Jamaica, US forecasters said. A hurricane watch was issued for Jamaica due to the approaching storm, and forecasters warned of tropical storm conditions for Haiti and Cuba over the next two days. Packing wind speeds of 140 miles (220 kilometers) per hour, the storm moved in a western direction about 465 miles southeast of Jamaica. The hurricane watch issued for Jamaica indicates that hurricane conditions are possible by Monday. "Some additional strengthening is possible tonight," said the National Hurricane Center. "Matthew is expected to remain a powerful hurricane through Sunday." Matthew became a Category 1 hurricane on Thursday afternoon, the lowest on a 1-5 scale, then swiftly rose to Category 4 a day later. https://www.yahoo.com/news/hurricane-matthew-powers-category-4-major-storm-us-210936158.html?ref=gs ----------------- Projected Path: Hurricane Matthew, once again a Category 4 hurricane hammering the northwest Bahamas, is hours away from beginning a potentially catastrophic, rare Category 4, perhaps even Category 5 siege on Florida's east coast, with dangerous storm surge, destructive winds and flooding rainfall stretching into Georgia and South Carolina by the weekend. The eyewall may deliver the strongest, most destructive winds anyone in parts of the northeast and east-central Florida coast has seen in their lifetime. The last, and only, Category 4 hurricane to make landfall anywhere in northeast Florida or the Georgia coast was an 1898 hurricane south of St. Simons Island, Georgia. According to the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, Florida, "Some of the lowest barrier islands will be completely overtopped with large battering waves and life-threatening flooding. Barrier islands are likely to be breached and it is extremely possible that new inlets will be cut off in the worst affected areas." This will be a much greater storm surge than the New Jersey shore saw during Superstorm Sandy in Oct. 2012, the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, Florida, says. https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-matthew-bahamas-florida-georgia-carolinas-forecast UPDATE: LIVESTREAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Riz1vKLhqI&feature=player_embedded PERISCOPE: https://www.periscope.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/1YqxoXlOYMXKv? ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilly 475 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 poor dat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,650 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Scary how quickly it became a Category 4 storm wow.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 UPDATE: It is now a Category 5 Storm ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,650 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Just now, Lion Heart said: UPDATE: It is now a Category 5 Storm Holy **** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted October 1, 2016 Author Share Posted October 1, 2016 1 minute ago, Morphine Prince said: Holy **** Seriously. This storm came out of nowhere and is now headed to E Jaimaca and Cuba. I don't get why this isn't getting that much coverage. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,650 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Just now, Lion Heart said: Seriously. This storm came out of nowhere and is now headed to E Jaimaca and Cuba. I don't get why this isn't getting that much coverage. If it was headed for Florida it would be plastered all over the news. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,650 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 @Lion Heart Interesting story: So I follow a traveler on Snapchat. His name is Drew Binsky. He is currently in St. Lucia which is near Barbados, so to the northeast of the Venezuelan coast. This is where the storm started forming. Literally 2 days ago he snapped how the power was out and all the rain and the place they were at had a bit of flooding. A tropical storm. Now it's category 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeka 12,372 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 This is going to become an awful noreaster type hurricane. It's going to hit Jersey and New York right on. I know it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,442 Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 13 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said: If it was headed for Florida it would be plastered all over the news. I remember Hurricane Jeanne...that thing went along a similar path as Matthew, did a 360 in the ocean, then turned and went right over my house 2004 was an interesting year. Pray for me tbh. Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 52,842 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 On 2016-09-30 at 11:31 PM, Lion Heart said: Seriously. This storm came out of nowhere and is now headed to E Jaimaca and Cuba. I don't get why this isn't getting that much coverage. On 2016-09-30 at 11:32 PM, Morphine Prince said: If it was headed for Florida it would be plastered all over the news. This! American news is very Centralized. Stuff outside America (unless its terrorrism or something really massive) will only get a quick news mention sometimes even just on the letters Canadian and European News is far more global Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,650 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 1 minute ago, Economy said: This! American news is very Centralized. Stuff outside America (unless its terrorrism or something really massive) will only get a quick news mention sometimes even just on the letters Canadian and European News is far more global And now that it's headed for Florida it's all over the news lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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