NATL: MELISSA - Local reports, videos, pictures

[Beer Belly]

Post any local Videos/Pics or links to Videos/Pics of the impact of Melissa.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flat+Bridge/@18.0900286,-77.1810271,65375m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x8edb123dd2ba2211:0x7bba4c6f8687c62f!8m2!3d18.0612295!4d-76.9844839!16s%2Fm%2F05mw3qh?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Lt_iev8x4

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https://www.google.com/maps/place/Carib+5/@17.9678807,-77.1213061,103848m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x8edb3f98f3cfa0eb:0xc28c65430202a617!8m2!3d17.9926926!4d-76.7886414!16s%2Fg%2F1tcv_gtw?authuser=0&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6C03WtBJE

[chris_fit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov6mC9CdGVE

Live Chaser - "Covering Hurricane Melissa from Jamaica with Veteran Storm Chaser Bryce Shelton." They are in the crosshairs.

[MEANINGLESS_NUMBERS]

Storm chaser in Santa Cruz, Jamaica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psWnPJfuuZU

About 7 miles inland east of Black River Bay, 30 meters elevation.

[MEANINGLESS_NUMBERS]

Treasure Beach webcam: https://www.youtube.com/live/z2HfoQ_HMfY

[cycloneye]

From Montego Bay.

 https://x.com/Tornadair/status/1983372885604417825

[Nimbus]

LarryWx wrote:
For anyone interested, here’s an updated stormchaser Jeff P. (with his host) livestream link from Ground Zero. This is from decimated Black River on the coast. Jeff was just saying they need helicopters there ASAP because there are a whole lot of folks who are injured and need to be airlifted to a hospital:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eXN7D6JdSPI



"All but three hospitals across Jamaica remain open and are operating in emergency mode, while all health centres remain closed, the Ministry of Health and Wellness said Wednesday. "While hospitals remain open, they continue to operate in emergency mode to provide critical and life-saving care only."

That is normally only a couple hours up B6 from Black River but its all forested and probably impassable from tree falls now. Doctors riding in on dirt bikes with some medical gear to set up a mobile site was mentioned.

Also if you start from the beginning of the video you see there were helicopters circling and a small boat rescue operation underway. Jeff said he was on Starlink with a rescue official somewhere. They usually want to secure the landing sites for rescue boats and helicopters first so those don't get swarmed. Surge in Black River was about 15 feet due to the shape of the coastline. Surge couldn't escape east and was driven miles inland by the strongest eyewall winds blowing North and Northwest.

[cycloneye]

 https://x.com/WeatherNation/status/1984030549204451349

[cycloneye]

Fatalities up to 19.

 https://x.com/JamaicaGleaner/status/1984053748872987038

[ljmac75]

NOAA image.

https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/meli ... 38/-77.556