SinceWarMemorial Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) Sickeningly enough, although I am not surprised...most of the news services are talking up this HUGE HURRICANE and mentioning every place it is expected to hit.......and most of them are forgetting we have a very large Naval Base directly in the way of this storm. Gitmo is on the eastern most part of Cuba, with this ferocious storm heading right for it.....and I am hearing that families and non-essentials are being air lifted out....there will be plenty of our folks still there that must ride this out. The problem is many parts of Gitmo are a few feet above sea level, and it's going to take a direct hit. I'm worried about this one for them. Edited October 3, 2016 by SinceWarMemorial
B-Man Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 We should pray for them every night, not just now.
John from Riverside Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 You want them on that wall....you NEED them on that Wall
mead107 Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 We pray for all who serve and have served. Thank you.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 Say a prayer that it doesn't ride all the up the coast from the tip FLA. My sister is in St.Lucie... I asked her a couple of days ago if she has a plan. Best one can hope is it stays out to sea (but still will affect coast on damaging ways), but it will then graze GA and Carolinas. All indication, the models are pulling it further west towards the FLA coast due the the Highs (clockwise rotation) out in the Atlantic steering Matthew to the west. We shall see. Plenty of time to prepare. Amazing if this beast hits right before election... :-/
Marv's Neighbor Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 Isn't Gitmo mostly Marines? They'll be fine.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 Isn't Gitmo mostly Marines? They'll be fine. True. It may be Haiti that needs the prayers. The storm is east "loaded" and passing between Jamaica/Cuba and Haiti. It is going very slow and may appear.to stall over The Bahamas too.
Marv's Neighbor Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 Good time to test the new waterboarding technique? :thumbsup:
/dev/null Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 (edited) Looks like Matthew is pathing further to the west, which means the East Coast might be getting slammed this weekend from Florida up to New England Stay safe Edited October 4, 2016 by /dev/null
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 Amazing if this beast hits right before election... :-/ Seeing the election is five weeks from today I don't think we have to worry about that.
Nanker Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 I'm pizzed. Was planning on going boating this weekend. Now have to hope the floating dock at my marina doesn't get washed/blown away like it did with Sandy.
Chef Jim Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 I'm pizzed. Was planning on going boating this weekend. Now have to hope the floating dock at my marina doesn't get washed/blown away like it did with Sandy. First world problem there Thurston.
shrader Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 What the deal with all these hurricanes reaching the northeast coast in recent years? It seems like there's been 1 a year for 4 or 5 years in a row now.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 (edited) Seeing the election is five weeks from today I don't think we have to worry about that.Not if it is Katrina esque. The cone of uncertainty is now 50% further west over the whole Pennisula... What happens if it marches up the Eastern Seaboard... Winds not expected to dip under 100mph until around Georgia. Speaking of Katrina... Aren't people still living in Conex boxes down there? ;-) ;-) Edited October 4, 2016 by ExiledInIllinois
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 What the deal with all these hurricanes reaching the northeast coast in recent years? It seems like there's been 1 a year for 4 or 5 years in a row now. Am I correct, one hasn't hit Fla since 2005? That might change.
DC Tom Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 What the deal with all these hurricanes reaching the northeast coast in recent years? It seems like there's been 1 a year for 4 or 5 years in a row now. Global warming.
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