Hurricane Dean
Lucky break for Martinique as Dean slipped by just to the south so that hurricane force winds only hit the southern half of the island. It is still a Cat 2 with 105 mph winds and still heading West at 20 mph.
The forecast further out is changing which could be good news for Cozumel, but bad news for Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and the Texas Gulf Coast. Two of the models have shifted north bringing the storm as a Cat 4 directly over Jamaica and the Caymans and entering the Gulf just north of the Yucatan as a major hurricane.
Update: At 1:45PM EDT Dean was upgraded to Cat 3 with 125 mph winds and is expected to become a Cat 4 later today. It is still headed West at 21 mph.
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I don’t like predicting hurricanes. I feel really terrible to think about when I’m right. On the other hand, the Caymans get hit by more hurricanes more often than anyone else in the world, I think. Someone will be rebuilding early the next day.
On the other hand, it’s now a projected Cat 5 over there. Not good, not good.
I hope there’s something left to rebuild. Hurricanes can destroy coral reefs.