Hurricane Melissa

Category 5

I agree. It sounds absolutely horrendous for people. I hope there is adequate shelter around

Worst storm this year. Hope they can shelter in place.

Must be truly frightening when there is no where to go. I hear the Cubans are better prepared for when it gets there.
Praying for Jamaica.

It's reported as likely to be the worst storm ever, not just this year. I cannot imagine how the Jamaicans are feeling, it must be petrifying.

Absolutely awful. Heading up to Cuba and parts of the Bahamas now.

How frightening. How on earth do people survive this . Surely no property can remain standing. Poor souls

I've just watched a film of it. The power of the wind is intense

I really hope for the best for everyone there and in the countries it hits afterwards.

I hope everyone takes the best shelter they can - there were some people being interviewed who were carrying on working and saying they would be ok....I know they still need to earn money but not at the risk of their life?

When you see some of the makeshift homes in the Caribbean, they don't look as though they'd withstand a gusty wind, let alone something of this magnitude.

I don't know that the infrastructure of some of these Caribbean islands can provide any substantive support for people who will inevitably lose their homes and belongings.
It must be very frightening.

Scary stuff I ve only once been in a hurricane and it was terrifying and nothing like as bad as this one
Poor people I really feel for them and hope beyond hope they are all safe

Why on earth were airlines still flying in tourists to Jamaica when this hurricane has been forecast for at least the last five days?

BlueBelle

Scary stuff I ve only once been in a hurricane and it was terrifying and nothing like as bad as this one
Poor people I really feel for them and hope beyond hope they are all safe

Yes we were caught in a hurricane in Florida with out two youngest children, scary, but no where near as severe as this one is expected to be.

It looks terrifying. If any of us have family over there, I hope they are ok.

It looks terrifying, I hope the predicted landslides and flash flooding don’t result in deaths, and that the devastation is minimal.

It looks absolutely terrible.
Praying.

This is horrific.

If anyone has family there, I hope they're safe.

My partner has family there, he is busily texting and keeping an eye on all the news channels.

rafichagran

My partner has family there, he is busily texting and keeping an eye on all the news channels.

Fingers crossed his family all get through this ok. Have they been evacuated away from the coast, do you know?

At the moment they are OK, although he cannot contact one relative, and one reports water in the house. They are not in the worst hit areas.
Thankyou for asking Doodledog

Toetoe

How frightening. How on earth do people survive this . Surely no property can remain standing. Poor souls

Meanwhile - there's people speculating that "That's the whole idea - left flattened like Hawaii - all ready for a 'smart city' ".

The jury is out on that one - but there's one heck of a lot of weather manipulation going on the last few years.

Fingers crossed for them indeed all round - as I've seen some of the clips and it looks bad...

The East of the island has no been hit as badly, as far as I know.

It does look very frightening.

We were in a Hotel in Florida Keys when Hurricane Katrina hit the area. It wasn't in the "eye" just off but the whole area was completely trashed, it was an experience, Palm trees in the swimming pools was a sight, we never imagined, no electricity etcI wouldn't want to do again. That one went onto New Orleans and destroyed most of the area with loss of life.
Thoughts with everyone in the area, as it's moving up into Cuba and the Bahamas.

On the news, a whole family was over there for a celebration. So frightening for them and not what they were expecting.
Let’s hope the storm passes without too much damage and no loss of life.