Hurricane A Threat, Hurricane Watch Issued
[Updated] Hurricane Joaquin — which is a category 4 — is a “potential threat” to Bermuda, the Bermuda Weather Service said, with its closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hrs is forecast to be 252 nautical miles to the west north west at 8.00pm on Sunday, October 4.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said, “At 800 AM EDT [1200 UTC], the center of Hurricane Joaquin was located near latitude 23.4 North, longitude 74.8 West. Joaquin is drifting toward the northwest near 3 mph [6 km/h].
“A faster northward motion is expected to begin later today, followed by a turn toward the northeast and an increase in forward speed tonight and Saturday.
“On the forecast track, the core of the strongest winds of Joaquin will continue moving over portions of the central and northwestern Bahamas today. Joaquin will begin to move away from the Bahamas tonight and Saturday.
“Maximum sustained winds are near 130 mph [215 km/h] with higher gusts. Joaquin is a dangerous category 4 hurricane on the Saffir- Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are possible during the next 24 hours. Slow weakening is expected to begin on Saturday.
“Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 50 miles [85 km] from the center and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 205 miles [335 km].”
Update 12.34pm: The latest update from the BWS, at 12 noon, continues to day the hurricane remains a “potential threat” to us, and its closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hrs is forecast to be 193 nautical miles to the west north west at 10.00pm on Sunday October 4th.
Update 6.40pm: The BWS has changed the status from “potential threat” to “threat” and also issued a Tropical Storm Watch.
Update 7.10am: The BWS issued a hurricane watch
This hurricane is getting closer and closer. I have a friend overseas who’s employed at a weather station and based on their models, Bermuda is looking more like Monday morning.
This system is forecast to
move slowly eastward with a non-tropical low forming along the
front during the next couple of days. While this occurs, a mid- to
upper-level low currently centered near 30n 64w should move
west-northwestward to the north of Joaquin. These developments
should steer Joaquin northward for the next few hours, followed by
a turn toward the northeast. The track guidance is now in good
agreement that Joaquin will move generally northeastward between
the United States and Bermuda, with a short-lived northward turn in
the 48-72 hour period. Eventually, the cyclone is expected to
move into the westerlies and move quickly east-northeastward across
the North Atlantic. The new forecast track is similar to the
previous forecast and now lies near the consensus models.
Run forest, run
I don’t think many people will find you humorous at all. Giving the facts the devastation it leaves behinds for many family and communities
We are looking for volunteers to assemble at Dockyard on Sunday at 8.00pm to help steer this one out to sea. A strong set of lungs and a lot of hot air need only apply. Refreshments will be served.
Good one trooof,………
MPs will form the front line.
And the backside !!
If you get 36 dislikes, you know where they came from
But…won’t a lotta hot air only fuel the fury of ms Joaquin. ..??
Hit us…please! I want school to be cancelled!
Then skip school. obviously you have no idea how much stress and devastation this causes families
Lol…Only trolling. Tried to see how many dislikes I could get- 54 and counting!
Quo fata ferunt!
Government workers will call out sick. Wait all this is on Sunday. Well they’ll call out sick Monday lol
@somuchless Really? Stop stereotyping. I use to be a Government worker; a hard working one at that! I hope Joaquin blows a wind up ya a– so you can shut up with ya stupid talk!
Your comment is so dumb and adds no value to the story about a possible hurricane that could affect us. Chances are you are on financial assistance and you rely on the same people you criticize to get a monthly allowance.Get a job fool.
Does that include the ones who go out immediately after the storm has passed to make sure that the danger has passed to make sure that YOU will be safe? Think before you blog your inane drivel.
Yeah just like all the OBA members…..out sick cause you never hear from them…COLE SIMONS…
@somuchless. Such a hateful comment. Guess the police, fire, regiment and the countless of other Government workers, including Public Works who help cut away fallen trees, helping with flooded homes, damaged roofs, handing out free tarpaulins etc just all stay at home in masse after a hurricane hits huh? These folks are workimg around the clock to keep our island safe before, during and after a storm strikes. When you wake up in the morning after a storm much of the debris on the major roads have already been cleared away. I have always been grateful for those who worked hard while I slept during the night of a storm. Who do you think is a part of doing all of those things that your priviledged self takes for granted? Most are Governemnt workers! I agree with the comments against you. Think before you speak.
People grow up and have a sense of humor. Obviously I’m not speaking about the police, etc. think before you talk. And no I’m not on financial assistance. I work 6 to 7 days a week.
Here, take another dislike…you deserve it!
My Bermuda people’s and family be safe and prayers are definitely in order for all of you while you all buckle down and hope and pray for the best through this natural disaster of a hurricane. May God cover the island with his blood !!!!!!
Bless
AND THE INNOCENT SHALL SUFFER FOR THE GUILTY!
Could All These Hurricanes Be The Breath of My Ancestors?
It is a longstanding myth among Africans that hurricanes are a curse for slavery! They do generate off the African coast (just like the African dust which blows to Bermuda http://www.sciencecodex.com/african_dust_forms_red_soils_in_bermuda-118452; http://www.livescience.com/23320-bermuda-red-soil-source-found.html) and sweeps through much of the Middle Passage (the Caribbean & Southern US).
“Breath of My Ancestors”
(The Hurricane)
There’s this truth must be told
its force can’t be contained
About the history and the mystery
in the rage of hurricanes
For you must know the reasons
why the gale force winds do blow
And disburse their vicious vengeance
on southeastern States below
See the bodies of my people
through the Middle Passage came
As cargo in slave ships
so a beast could lay quitclaim
And their limbs were battered and broken
by a heathen with no shame
Who stole us from our homes
then promptly changed our names
Now the laws of cause and effect
so appropriately germane
Come collecting unpaid taxes
in the form of hurricanes
You thought our spirits were beaten
you thought our spirits were tamed
But instead of us defeatin’
God’s temper you inflamed
Now retribution comes to visit
on the winds of hurricanes
Storm clouds gather over Africa
full of slavery’s suffering and pain
They marshal their momentum
full of vengeful hard black rain
Dead-set upon America
as if possessed, insane
Since all those cries for mercy
fell on deaf ears in vain
You must feel the wrath
and the fury of hurricanes
For the girls you stole from Senegal
and the boys from the Ivory Coast
The spirit of their ancestors
haunt Carolinians most
Cause of all the slave-ship harbors
in the many ports of call
Yours were the most insidious
the evilest of them all
And for all you island dwellers
to whom this verse pertains
Your shores made shelter for sellers
of human beings in chains
Thus the Breath of My Ancestors
forge a spiritual weather vane
That plots a course of sorrow
via the gale of hurricanes
In cargo holes
you laid 80 million souls
Like spoons in kitchen cabinets
But now the winds blow down
your trailer towns
Leaving tents to pitch and maggots.
And the law of just requital
extracting its just do
Says you must pay
for the games you play
Virginia and Florida too
So, if the next gale wind you hear
evokes real fear
And the terror seems inhumane
It’s just the Breath of My Ancestors
in the spirit of the hurricane.
Copyright Ty Gray-EL September 2000
No. Hurricanes are just storms, like any other. They are nothing at all to do with your ancestors, my ancestors, or anyone else’s.
Keep your stupid racist ideas to yourself, you racist.
My god , woman . You must lead one awfully miserable and tormented life .
Maybe your perception of whites would improve if you tried to make yourself a little more approachable than a porcupine in full tilt defense mode.
My my. Even the posting of prose is threatening so called ‘racist’ behavior now?. Why the sharp responses?? @Zevon By the way a person of colour can never be a racist. I suggest you research that concept before being so quick to accuse. The reaction is similar to her so called controversial sign sometime back which rings true by the way, I challenge anyone to refute the meaning behind it. Naysayers once again miss the point of her messaging and prefer to pounce with their claws out without seeking to understand. If anything most whites would do well to make the effort to understand the underlying sensibilities of Black oppression and that would certainly help in attempts at some racial harmony. Some. I understand where she is coming from and I suggest that her expressions come from a liberation of a knowledge of self and her surroundings. Not misery. Too deep for some I know and when certain truths get too deep it becomes threatening. The stifling of racial dialogue in Bermuda and our typical head in the sand approach to it will only worsen situations if it is not dealt with. @Toodle-oo. That’s the approach that is needed. If eyes were opened and there was a better understanding you wouldn’t see porcupine thorns at all.