Monday 20 August 2007

Hurricane update - 20 August

Hurricane Dean has left a trail of destruction across Jamaica, worth about $1 billion. The death toll is fortunately not as high - the current tally stands at 8. Remarkable, bearing in mind the ferocity of this storm.

Dean is now making for southeastern Mexico and is affecting Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua. On making landfall near Cozumel tonight, storm surge flooding up to 18 feet / 5.4 metres is possible. Having traversed the Yucatan Peninsula, Dean will reemerge over the open waters of the Bay of Campeche and reinvigorate before making landfall near Tampico on Tuesday.

The hurricane is dominating the headlines, but my regional paper hashed up its spelling in all the excitement. Is this a case of "hopping it"?
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous20 August 2007 at 20:11

    That's one heck of a hurricane.  I'm so glad many were spared from death.  Hurricanes are a nasty business.

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  2. Anonymous21 August 2007 at 06:52

    They just got carried away with all their 'ea' combos, is all... lol

    be well,
    Dawn
    http://journals.aol.com/princesssaurora/CarpeDiem/

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  3. Anonymous21 August 2007 at 19:27

    I cannot even imagine a hurricane! Jamaica will be a mess for a long time now I'm sure. They probably don't have the money to clean up the mess in a timely manner. Thank goodness the death toll wasn't too high. I thought it would be higher.
    Pam

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