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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTROPICAL STORM ISAIAS - Puerto Rico currently catching fresh hell.....
PR is the little rectangle inside that very nasty red eye......From: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.php (Atlantic Views / Caribbean / IR / Image)
Current (5:00am) forecast cone......
Source: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/085346.shtml?cone#contents
Thoughts and best wishes go out to all our friends in Puerto Rico and beyond in the path of this storm.
KY.........
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TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS - Puerto Rico currently catching fresh hell..... (Original Post)
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2020
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malaise
(269,201 posts)1. Nah it's not hell with 60mph winds
Last edited Thu Jul 30, 2020, 09:06 AM - Edit history (1)
but there is a lot of rain. Additionally Isaias is moving at 21 mph so it will not stick around to do much damage.
We here in Jamaica are desperate for some of that rain.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)2. Well, judging she's roughly 500 miles away, your wish should come true....
in about 24 hours (give or take) as I assume you'll benefit from the outer bands......
(Water vapor satellite shot)
With regard to PR, I was thinking of flooding and mudslides like they've suffered from so many times before. I hope it's like you say and not as serious as it looks.
KY
unc70
(6,121 posts)3. I believe PR has been in severe drought
There have been recent reports of the difficulty With inadequate water for washing required by Covid.