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-There she blows - still going (Original Post) malaise 14 hrs ago OP
Glad to see you post! Marthe48 14 hrs ago #1
The worst ever for some parts of JA malaise 13 hrs ago #3
😢 surfered 12 hrs ago #5
Blackriver in ruins malaise 7 hrs ago #17
Glad you came through unharmed. KS Toronado 12 hrs ago #6
Shows the amazing power of Melissa! spanone 14 hrs ago #2
Nature is boss malaise 12 hrs ago #7
There you are! peacebuzzard 13 hrs ago #4
We feel guilty in Kingston malaise 12 hrs ago #8
so sorry about your island. peacebuzzard 12 hrs ago #9
Just don't. BattleRow 12 hrs ago #10
Hope any damage you suffered was minimal PJMcK 11 hrs ago #11
Zero damage malaise 9 hrs ago #16
Thanks for posting Alice Kramden 11 hrs ago #12
It is post-tropical now BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #13
Indeed I was looking at that malaise 9 hrs ago #15
Glad to see you are ok. appleannie1 11 hrs ago #14

malaise

(290,606 posts)
3. The worst ever for some parts of JA
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 08:56 AM
13 hrs ago

St Elizabeth is devastated -but my parish escaped most of it

malaise

(290,606 posts)
17. Blackriver in ruins
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 02:45 PM
7 hrs ago

By the way Blackriver was the first town in Jamaica to have electricity 1893




Holland Bamboo

malaise

(290,606 posts)
7. Nature is boss
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 10:06 AM
12 hrs ago

Humans are crazy to mess with it.
Our oceans and seas are way too hot

peacebuzzard

(5,731 posts)
9. so sorry about your island.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 10:13 AM
12 hrs ago

it took a beating like no other weather event. the facts will unfold.

BumRushDaShow

(162,518 posts)
13. It is post-tropical now
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 11:04 AM
11 hrs ago

but all the ones I have followed over the years, I don't think I recall one that suddenly accelerated on the jet stream to 48 mph!

They usually speed up to maybe 25 - 30 mph but this one is like sprinter!

malaise

(290,606 posts)
15. Indeed I was looking at that
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 01:31 PM
9 hrs ago

Over its lengthy journey it was stationary to 3mph for freaking days just below us.
Melissa will long be remembered.

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