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Irma is going to gain strength, back to a Cat 5, as it heads into Miami on Saturday afternoon. If you live in South Florida PLEASE take this seriously and get to higher ground on Saturday. The storm surge flooding will be bad along the coast. A direct hit from a Cat 5 will flatten everything in its path. The most likely path of Irma is now up the east coast. South Carolina may be hit hard on Monday.
Hurricane Jose is about a week behind Irma. It should stay north of the islands and it will not be as strong. I'm a bit concerned that a few models have it making a western turn and heading into the Gulf of Mexico. Too early to worry about Jose now.
San Juan, PR was lucky not to take a direct hit from Irma. Over two million people live there. Many smaller islands were not so lucky.
Read: https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurri ... ng-n799086
The next EPG Cruise departs from San Juan on January 28, 2018 with stops in St. Thomas, Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and Barbados. St. Thomas does have a lot of damage from Irma. Antiqua and St. Kitts had some damage. No damage on St. Lucia and Barbados. If you are cruising with us this year don't worry. There is plenty of time for repairs and RCL will adjust the itinerary if necessary.
Hurricane Irma - Look Out Miami
Hurricane Irma - Look Out Miami
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group
Re: Hurricane Irma - Look Out Miami
Industry prepares for Hurricane Irma as Texas refineries recover. Platts.
Fuel retailers across Florida reported sporadic shortages Wednesday but expect more outages as residents from across the state, especially those in the southern parts, evacuate ahead of the Category 5 hurricane. The state depends on barge shipments rather than pipelines for 97% of its refined products. Refined products are shipped regularly into Port Everglades, on the southeast coast. Petroleum throughput at Port Everglades was 121.07 million barrels in 2016, according to the port's website. South Florida ports were open Wednesday. At least one offshore oil producer, BP, is already evacuating nonessential personnel in the US Gulf of Mexico ahead of Irma.
Fuel retailers across Florida reported sporadic shortages Wednesday but expect more outages as residents from across the state, especially those in the southern parts, evacuate ahead of the Category 5 hurricane. The state depends on barge shipments rather than pipelines for 97% of its refined products. Refined products are shipped regularly into Port Everglades, on the southeast coast. Petroleum throughput at Port Everglades was 121.07 million barrels in 2016, according to the port's website. South Florida ports were open Wednesday. At least one offshore oil producer, BP, is already evacuating nonessential personnel in the US Gulf of Mexico ahead of Irma.
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group