Hurricane Melissa tore into Jamaica on Tuesday with a sustained windspeed of 185 mph (295 kph), tying the record for the strongest winds at landfall of any Atlantic basin storm.
It is Tuesday. Wrote 29 minutes ago. So that's happening currently but they are writing it in past tense. I suppose that same text needs to live on the internet forever.
Sorry. I wouldn't tear into them if I didn't just have the most spastic series of notices pop up before being able to see any text. I really do hate news websites.
What would your survival strategy be if you were on Jamaica when it hit?
No hurricanes in my region, but from what I had read on the topic not even concrete buildings are a 100% defense from 185mph winds (Chatgpt confirms: "Estimated qualitative probabilities (for a generic mid-rise concrete building, assuming typical non-tornado-specific construction): Total collapse or catastrophic structural failure: high (≥50%) Major structural damage requiring demolition/repair: very high (70–90%) ...").
So I would try to evacuate from the path of the eyewall where the fastest winds are, and looked for a shelter in a reinforced concrete building on a higher ground in a region reasonably far from the path of the eyewall (from the yesterday's livestream link it looks like Kingston wasn't hit much).
Hurricane Melissa live updates: storm makes landfall in Cuba; ‘extensive’ damage in parts of Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the southern coast of eastern Cuba on Wednesday as a category three hurricane, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.
Melissa was located about 60 miles (95 km) west-southwest of Guantánamo, Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 120mph (195 kph), the Miami-based forecaster said.
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It is Tuesday. Wrote 29 minutes ago. So that's happening currently but they are writing it in past tense. I suppose that same text needs to live on the internet forever.
Sorry. I wouldn't tear into them if I didn't just have the most spastic series of notices pop up before being able to see any text. I really do hate news websites.
What would your survival strategy be if you were on Jamaica when it hit?
No hurricanes in my region, but from what I had read on the topic not even concrete buildings are a 100% defense from 185mph winds (Chatgpt confirms: "Estimated qualitative probabilities (for a generic mid-rise concrete building, assuming typical non-tornado-specific construction): Total collapse or catastrophic structural failure: high (≥50%) Major structural damage requiring demolition/repair: very high (70–90%) ...").
So I would try to evacuate from the path of the eyewall where the fastest winds are, and looked for a shelter in a reinforced concrete building on a higher ground in a region reasonably far from the path of the eyewall (from the yesterday's livestream link it looks like Kingston wasn't hit much).
New liveblog:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/29/hurricane-melissa-live-updates-strengthens-cuba-extensive-damage-parts-of-jamaica