Hurricane Irma - Look Out Miami
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:37 am
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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.
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.