Evacuation and relief flights for hurricane Dean

looks like i'd want to hurry up and get out of kingston as soon as possible by the looks of those updates!!! not sure if i will before the storm hits though...

This is so great Bob. Thanks for initiating the aid to the region.

I see lots of people flying already. Way to go SPA.

Naresh

THE CARIBBEAN SEA...
ATTENTION REMAINS FOCUSED ON POWERFUL CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE
DEAN. DEAN WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
THROUGH TUE NIGHT. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 1-3 INCHES...25-75 MM...AND GUSTY WIND OF 40 KT IN PUNTA
CANA WITH THE OUTER BAND OF DEAN...AS WELL AS HIGH AND BREAKING
WAVES ALONG THE SOUTH COAST. GUATANAMO IN CUBA IS NOW REPORTING
VICINITY SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 33 KT. A BAND OF SHOWERS
WITH EMBEDDED TSTMS IS OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN NEAR THE COLOMBIAN
COAST ASSOCIATED ALSO WITH THE OVERALL CIRCULATION OF DEAN.
UPPER LEVEL OUTFLOW FROM DEAN IS NOW NOTED E OF 80W. ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS OF RAIN OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN
HISPANIOLA WITH MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF 10 INCHES. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
JAMAICA...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES. AMOUNTS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

I think there must be somethin up with my FS real world weather...its giving me clear skie, unlimited vis and no wind??? it was the same when i arrived in kingston earlier??

Here is the <a href="www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/flt/t1/loop-vis.html" target="_blank">latest image loop from space. 8-)

I was disappointed that the weather was severe clear when I arrived. I expected a lot worse. Maybe the simulator weather updates are not current with the current conditions.

<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: Robert_Thompson, Aug 19, 2007 - 05:06 PM</em><!-- end editby -->

It seems to be the only place where this is happening..any where else i go with real weather is at least giving me some weather...i'm ready to get movin out of Kingston...but it seems kind of pointless leavin the place (accordin to FS) which has the best weather in the world