Beta a possible tragic event

[Jim Cantore]

Slow Moving hurricane + mountainous area = Problems

Remember Mitch?

[brunota2003]

Plus the NHC hasnt been able to get in contact with their gov't either...

[Jim Cantore]

I just hope its not a Mitch like event with 10-20,000 possibly dead

[thunderchief]

Stan allready killed 1000 people in the region with mudslides.

[johngaltfla]

This would be very, very sad.

[rainydaze]

This world does not need another tragedy

[Vandora]

Oh no. I hope they get ahold of them.

[Josephine96]

Can you say retired?

[El Nino]

I'm afraid we'll hear about another tragedy in the next days.
A cat3 storm for Nicaragua is really too much.

[wxmann_91]

I'm afraid we'll hear about another tragedy in the next days.
A cat3 storm for Nicaragua is really too much.

Especially one that is moving as slow as this one and has the potential to produce catastrophic floods just weeks after another storm produced a catastrophic flood in roughly the same area.

All this spells trouble. The only saving grace might be the small size of Wilma, but nevertheless many areas will get pounded. This could be the worst storm for Nicaragua since Joan in 1988.

[Derek Ortt]

Nicaragua typically handles the major storms well... if they do not move slower than Wilma did over the Yucatan, as this one could. Joan in 1988, a cat 4, did not kill that many in Nicragua, most deaths, I believe, occurred in Venezuela

[El Nino]

Then how could it be possible with Mitch ?

[wxmann_91]

Then how could it be possible with Mitch ?

As Derek said, if one moves slow (like Mitch, and in this case, Beta) then the death toll could be high. But he is very much wrong about Joan not killing many in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua typically handles the major storms well... if they do not move slower than Wilma did over the Yucatan, as this one could. Joan in 1988, a cat 4, did not kill that many in Nicragua, most deaths, I believe, occurred in Venezuela

From the Wikipedia article on Hurricane Joan:

Relatively weak for most of its life, it was a tropical storm until it reached hurricane strength while off the coast of Colombia, and made landfall at Bluefields, Nicaragua. Joan killed 148 people in Nicaragua alone, with the large death toll is in part blamed on residents' resistance to evacuation. Joan had strengthened rapidly in the day before landfall, and was a Category 4 storm when it slammed into Central America.

Joan killed another 68 people in other affected nations. Damage in Nicaragua was estimated at 840 million US dollars.

[WxGuy1]

Then how could it be possible with Mitch ?

As Derek said, if one moves slow (like Mitch, and in this case, Beta) then the death toll could be high. But he is very much wrong about Joan not killing many in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua typically handles the major storms well... if they do not move slower than Wilma did over the Yucatan, as this one could. Joan in 1988, a cat 4, did not kill that many in Nicragua, most deaths, I believe, occurred in Venezuela

From the Wikipedia article on Hurricane Joan:

Relatively weak for most of its life, it was a tropical storm until it reached hurricane strength while off the coast of Colombia, and made landfall at Bluefields, Nicaragua. Joan killed 148 people in Nicaragua alone, with the large death toll is in part blamed on residents' resistance to evacuation. Joan had strengthened rapidly in the day before landfall, and was a Category 4 storm when it slammed into Central America.

Joan killed another 68 people in other affected nations. Damage in Nicaragua was estimated at 840 million US dollars.

I think he was using "did not kill many" relative to storms that have killed many hundreds or thousands (like Mitch).

[wxmann_91]

Then how could it be possible with Mitch ?

As Derek said, if one moves slow (like Mitch, and in this case, Beta) then the death toll could be high. But he is very much wrong about Joan not killing many in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua typically handles the major storms well... if they do not move slower than Wilma did over the Yucatan, as this one could. Joan in 1988, a cat 4, did not kill that many in Nicragua, most deaths, I believe, occurred in Venezuela

From the Wikipedia article on Hurricane Joan:

Relatively weak for most of its life, it was a tropical storm until it reached hurricane strength while off the coast of Colombia, and made landfall at Bluefields, Nicaragua. Joan killed 148 people in Nicaragua alone, with the large death toll is in part blamed on residents' resistance to evacuation. Joan had strengthened rapidly in the day before landfall, and was a Category 4 storm when it slammed into Central America.

Joan killed another 68 people in other affected nations. Damage in Nicaragua was estimated at 840 million US dollars.

I think he was using "did not kill many" relative to storms that have killed many hundreds or thousands (like Mitch).

I meant the part about most being killed in Venezuela, note that 68 was killed in other areas compared to 148 in Nicaragua.