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  1. olafminesaw
    Yikes. This solid brick church was completely destroyed in Black River, like a bomb went off. The kind of damage only storm surge can do https://x.com/nwadeema/status/1983342714986082750/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1983342714986082750&currentTweetUser=nwadeema
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    Footage from black River. Looks like roofs ripped off and surge https://x.com/Met4CastUK/status/1983435662100705503
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    Probably only borderline a major hurricane at this point, but a much wider area of hurricane force winds
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    https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1983245789158642173
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    Even with the eye collapsing the symmetry it had maintained is incredible. It may not have suffered much structurally, although I wouldn't expect any restrengthening once it gets back over water (probably at cat 3 strength)
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    Like an angry hornet and Jamaica just stepped on it's nest
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    If we go off the assumption that the 11 am center fix from NHC is correct, it tracked a hair East of what satellite is showing. Also a close up of where the line is
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    Sooo close. He experienced the max winds that's for sure. Start to be concerned about surge in his location. The caveat is that satellite is a little off from reality based on the curvature of the earth I believe
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    The center of the eye is likely to pass very close to White house (maybe just East)
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    Without a nearby radar it's hard to say for sure, but his location is just West of the 11 am fix, so I think it's likely he got into the eye
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    Black River looks to bear the brunt of the right eyewall. Population 4,261. Looks to me like more of a local residential area with not as many resorts
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    That's my concern. There are tons of homes scattered among the hills if you look on satellite, that aren't marked as towns on the map
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    Dorian gives some hope, because a lot of the structures are similar: solid cinder block construction. The concern is the roofs blowing off.
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    Treasure Beach may take the brunt of the surge
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    Jaw on floor
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    The next recon should make another pass in an hour or so
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    Thank you! Glad Kevin was able to grab an image. Yeah, Melissa's core has been one of the most resilient I can remember since perhaps Dorian and Irma at such a high intensity. It's one of the biggest gaps in weather forecasting, we don't really have any good metrics for predicting ERCs. The hurricane models actually usually do a pretty good job and were spot on in predicting a stable eye through landfall once it reached cat 4 strength
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    That pressure gradient is insane. Reading 992 MB at this point
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    I mean per the 5 pm track, it could track within (to the West side) the cone and the center could still miss landfall West of the island, so per the NHC it is well within the realm of possibility
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    Recon has taken off, should get some more data in a couple hours
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    Of course not, I just mean totals are a 4 standard deviation instead of a 5 standard deviation event, or whatever.
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    Lots of parallels to Helene in western NC from a flooding standpoint. Somewhat similar topograph/rainfall amounts/duration. Jamaica can probably handle it a little better with heavy rainfall from tropical systems being much more common in that part of the world
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    Definitely making the turn
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