Major Hurricane Melissa - 892mb - 185mph Jamaica landfall

[olafminesaw]

Footage from black River. Looks like roofs ripped off and surge

https://x.com/Met4CastUK/status/1983435662100705503

[CoastalWx]

Some nasty images starting to trickle in. 

[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

 

[jconsor]

Severe damage in Montego Bay: https://x.com/rj_smith_3/status/1983506193994666304

[klw]

Center of circulation seems to be mostly over water again

 

http://www.insmet.cu/asp/genesis.asp?TB0=PLANTILLAS&TB1=RADAR&TB2=../Radar/04Camaguey/cmwMAXw01a.gif

[stellarfun]

10 hours ago, Coach McGuirk said:

Looking at Cuba stats.  In 2015, 11.2 million people lived in Cuba.  In 2025, it was 10.9 million people.  I guess people don't like communism so much. 

Loss of population is not unique to Cuba.  For example, in 2015, Greece's population was approximately 10.8 million, while the 2025 population is estimated to be around 9.9 million.  Over the same timespan, Greece lost more people than Cuba.

Italy's population was approximately 60.9 million in 2015 and is estimated to be around 58.9 million in 2025. The population has been declining, with a projected further decrease to about 50 million by 2050.

Countries lose population when they have a low birth rate, and the number of immigrants is low.  This is a world-wide phenomenon, except in Africa. 

 

 

 

 

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Some nasty images starting to trickle in. 

Gonna see some big damage pics.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CiE4g8FRs/

[Chinook]

Guantanamo Bay American base had a wind gusts 61kt-75kt

 

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MUGM 290651Z 12044G61KT 3/4SM RA BR BKN015 OVC030 27/26 A2947 RMK AO2 PK WND 11075/0623 SLP977 P0031 T02720256 $

 

 

[GoAPPS]

View of Melissa’s eye at peak intensity.

Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite.

[olafminesaw]

26 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Gonna see some big damage pics.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CiE4g8FRs/

Goodness looks like a tornado came through 

[dan11295]

25 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Gonna see some big damage pics.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CiE4g8FRs/

That's some of the first video I have seen in the landfall zone. You can tell by how the trees were snapped and the overturned vehicles that extreme winds were experienced. 

[Wannabehippie]

[wxeyeNH]

15 minutes ago, dan11295 said:

That's some of the first video I have seen in the landfall zone. You can tell by how the trees were snapped and the overturned vehicles that extreme winds were experienced. 

The video with all the trees stripped was from Bluefields organic blueberry farm.  They are 1/2 mile inland on a hill.  The towns around them must be wiped off the map.  

[olafminesaw]

5 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

The video with all the trees stripped was from Bluefields organic blueberry farm.  They are 1/2 mile inland on a hill.  The towns around them must be wiped off the map.  

Yeah there's a ton of clusters of houses along the back roads  through the hills that don't look like much on the map but account for thousands of residents. Similar to the Appalachians in that way. Hill tops along the path of the eye could have easily had gusts over 180 mph. These people could be cut off for weeks without shelter, water etc.

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, dan11295 said:

That's some of the first video I have seen in the landfall zone. You can tell by how the trees were snapped and the overturned vehicles that extreme winds were experienced. 

Before/After

[WxWatcher007]

 

[RaleighNC]

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Gonna see some big damage pics.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CiE4g8FRs/

But we were told straightline winds arent that big a deal...

[TheDreamTraveler]

53 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

 

I'm absolutely impressed with the buildings in Jamaica. Other than the roofs being blown off and destroyed most of the buildings are completely intact which is really good to see. I have a feeling if their homes weren't made with solid concrete that they would not have survived this well.

[olafminesaw]

[adk]

24 minutes ago, TheDreamTraveler said:

I'm absolutely impressed with the buildings in Jamaica. Other than the roofs being blown off and destroyed most of the buildings are completely intact which is really good to see. I have a feeling if their homes weren't made with solid concrete that they would not have survived this well.

Two things - one, you are likely seeing a lot shells. Everything inside is shredded and there is no confidence the shell isn't damaged. Two, what isn't / wasn't concrete is gone. So you might be seeing 30% of the pre-existing structures. 

[Wannabehippie]

Between Jamaica and Cuba, Melissa got torn apart a bit. Pressure is up to 976, definitely not as healthy as it was yesterday.

[WolfStock1]

17 minutes ago, adk said:

Two things - one, you are likely seeing a lot shells. Everything inside is shredded and there is no confidence the shell isn't damaged. Two, what isn't / wasn't concrete is gone. So you might be seeing 30% of the pre-existing structures. 

 

Yeah this.   Despite having the look of most-structure-still-standing - I would venture those videos are showing well over 90% actual destruction.   When you include the cost of cleanup - it may cost more to clear-out-and-rebuild those areas than it cost to build them in the first place.

[WxWatcher007]

From Michael Lowry

[Ginx snewx]

Best eye pic ever Sentinel 3 Sat

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, adk said:

Two things - one, you are likely seeing a lot shells. Everything inside is shredded and there is no confidence the shell isn't damaged. Two, what isn't / wasn't concrete is gone. So you might be seeing 30% of the pre-existing structures. 

Also probably tons of flood damage inside near the coast where any surge reached. In my experience in Sandy that’s exactly what happened. From the outside the house looked relatively okay, inside totally devastated.

[NorthHillsWx]

1 hour ago, WxWatcher007 said:

From Michael Lowry

If Jamaica hadn’t been in the way this would’ve easily been top 3 too