I don't pray...

[seawasp]

... but I'm sending all the good-luck thoughts I can to those in Jamaica. 

Hurricane Melissa is now in the top five strongest storms ever in the Atlantic, with central pressure at 896mb and sustained winds over 180, with a record measured gust of 241mph. 

This is basically an F-4 tornado many miles wide surrounded by F-3 tornado winds for a long, long ways. It will be dumping more than five FEET of rain on some parts of Jamaica over the next couple days. 

 

Comments

[sturgeonslawyer]

I do pray. I will also be sending money via Red Cross or whoever seems best. (As I always say sometimes, "Thoughts and prayers without positive action are merely lies and blasphemies.")

[claidheamhmor]

Sounds terrifying. :(