Hurricane Beryl coming for me...!

TammyJ

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The angle at which Beryl scraped Jamaica had everything to do with who and where got worse hit. In St. Andrew Parish where I live, we got the tropical storm force winds and not the devastating hurricane force winds, and even so, we had some loss, damage to buildings and roofs and power loss. The Parishes going West after St. Andrew - St. Catherine, Clarendon, Manchester, St. Elizabeth (worst hit) and Westmoreland - they got the real Cat 4 deal. Right now a search is ongoing for 11 missing fishermen. People are homeless and in despair and the authorities are lacking in resources to assist. It's really a bad scene, but overall and compared with little Carriacou and other islands in the Grenadines, we could have been a whole lot worse.
 

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Kerry and I both are very happy for you Tammy. We were genuinely worried about you. You aren't 26 anymore!! LOL

You got lucky girl!

I reached out to the place in Negril that we stay yesterday and Shinnel said that they suffered very little damage in the resort, and there are no concrete structures there, only wood buildings and treehouses. They were expecting to be back at 100% by Monday.

Hey, why is Bloody Bay so high? The comments seem to suggest that the tides rose in Feb and haven't gone back down. They say the water is halfway up the beach towards the road. Do you know why?
 

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Kerry and I both are very happy for you Tammy. We were genuinely worried about you. You aren't 26 anymore!! LOL

You got lucky girl!

I reached out to the place in Negril that we stay yesterday and Shinnel said that they suffered very little damage in the resort, and there are no concrete structures there, only wood buildings and treehouses. They were expecting to be back at 100% by Monday.

Hey, why is Bloody Bay so high? The comments seem to suggest that the tides rose in Feb and haven't gone back down. They say the water is halfway up the beach towards the road. Do you know why?
No idea! 😐
 

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Kerry and I both are very happy for you Tammy. We were genuinely worried about you. You aren't 26 anymore!! LOL

You got lucky girl!

I reached out to the place in Negril that we stay yesterday and Shinnel said that they suffered very little damage in the resort, and there are no concrete structures there, only wood buildings and treehouses. They were expecting to be back at 100% by Monday.

Hey, why is Bloody Bay so high? The comments seem to suggest that the tides rose in Feb and haven't gone back down. They say the water is halfway up the beach towards the road. Do you know why?
Jeff, I have been thinking about your question as to why the water level has risen. I am guessing two possibilities. One is GW. Ask @Tom about that one, 😜. The other more ominous and unthinkable but possible reason is that sometimes, we enterprising Jamaicans steal each other's beaches. When the sand is gone, the sea takes its place.
 

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My mind is on EllieMay in Texas. I don't know what part of the state she lives in but a hurricane would still affect everything.

She'll get a decent amount of rain but I think she's far enough away from the coast that it'll be more thunderstorm than tropical storm/hurricane by the time it reaches her.
 

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She'll get a decent amount of rain but I think she's far enough away from the coast that it'll be more thunderstorm than tropical storm/hurricane by the time it reaches her.
I worry more about tornadoes caused by the storms. They're unpredictable. Unlike hurricanes. I've actually been through the other affects of hurricanes from Florida and here in Ohio coming up from Florida. I could tell it was headed our way because I know the feel of the wind during a hurricane and could feel it coming. I'll be glad when Beryl bites the dust.🤞
 

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We are supposed to be getting bad weather soon because hurricane Beryl is headed our way now. High winds, rain, etc etc and what have you. G ma ni die you dang thing!
 

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We are supposed to be getting bad weather soon because hurricane Beryl is headed our way now. High winds, rain, etc etc and what have you. G ma ni die you dang thing!
My son's just out of Dallas/Ft. Worth and they just got wind and rain - not much to write home about.
 

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Rose and I are north bound on I-75. We are just staying south of the storm. I guess it was a good thing. That we stayed in Macon Georgia for 2 nights. I had a rough time and couldn't get out of bed yesterday. So we stayed a extra day. I am still struggling today, but not as bad. I keep hearing from Rose..... I told you so!
Glad everything worked out for you Tammy.
 

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