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part. i know you talked to that man in st. croix. i don t know how you can be as prepared as you can get for category 5 landfall. i know you think you re ready but, boy, hours and hours of wind speeds 160 miles per hour for that island st. croix and then into puerto rico. it stays either a 4 or 5, right on the edge. 157 is the edge. it goes from 155 to 160 and back and forth. close enough for me. direct landfall near puerto rico, up to st. croix or even farther north. here is the u.s. virgin islands, the bvi. i think less likely down near ponce. we ll continue to watch it, still in the cone. the cone turns right. the cone does turn away from the u.s. at the very last minute, turks & caicos in the bahamas. that s where irma went.

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