Hurricane Seas 2007 #2: Dean (cat.5) slams Yucatan

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REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO AT LEAST 135
MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DEAN IS NOW A CATEGORY FOUR
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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DATA FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY
INVESTIGATING HURRICANE DEAN INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAVE INCREASED TO 145 MPH...CATEGORY FOUR ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE SCALE.

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FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 20.0N 85.5WMAX WIND 140 KT...GUSTS 170 KT.

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Op zaterdag 18 augustus 2007 12:05 schreef Fredo55 het volgende:
Een cat. 5 hurricane zal natuurlijk nooit lang zijn enorme kracht handhaven...

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STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVERJAMAICA...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES.

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Op zaterdag 18 augustus 2007 20:33 schreef Caesu het volgende:
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Dean gezien vanuit ISS

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THERE COULD BE VERY UNCERTAIN DAYS AHEAD SINCE THE GFDL HAS HAD A VERY
RELIABLE TRACK RECORD.

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Op zaterdag 18 augustus 2007 22:45 schreef -CRASH- het volgende:

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Wel ff de foto omdraaien.....

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Bush approves emergency declaration before Dean

By Carlos Barria

KINGSTON/CRAWFORD, Texas, (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday approved a pre-landfall emergency declaration for Texas in case the state is hit by Hurricane Dean, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said.

The emergency declaration, which was requested by the governor of Texas, will allow the federal government to move in people, equipment and supplies now in the event the state is hit by the hurricane, he said.

Hurricane Dean was on the verge of becoming a rare Category 5 storm on Saturday as it took aim at Jamaica, Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and the oil- and gas-rich Gulf of Mexico after pounding the eastern Caribbean, where it was blamed for at least three deaths.

Millions of people were under storm alerts in some of the most populous areas of the Caribbean, including parts of vulnerable Haiti and its teeming capital, Port-au-Prince, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and all of mountainous Jamaica, which was in the direct path of the powerful hurricane.

With sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kilometres per hour), Dean was a Category 4 storm, the second highest level on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity.

It was expected to become a Category 5 storm within two days, with sustained winds of more than 155 mph (250 kph).

Jamaica's government urged people to flee low-lying and landslide-prone areas, buses were marshalled to transport evacuees and police and troops were put on alert.

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With long-range computer models showing Dean turning north after striking Mexico, officials in Texas and Louisiana launched preparations for a possible midweek landfall.

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency Friday and activated the state's emergency response center. Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Dean an imminent threat and took steps to deploy emergency responders to the coast.

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The forecast path has the storm making landfall again late Wednesday near the Texas-Mexico border. But because of the unpredictable movements of hurricanes, forecasters cautioned that the storm could strike anywhere in the western Gulf.