11 September 2017
The Green Is Gone in the BVI
Posted by Dan Satterfield
NASA released some images from the Landsat 8 satellite today showing the before and after of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands. What a stunning difference; There are no green leaves left…
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And now, after Irma’s 160 mph winds.
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Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.
I was on Tortola some years ago during Hurricane Bertha, at the time a Cat 1. We also were in the eye for 90 minutes. I was on the more protected north shore.
The amount of trees, branches and leaves blown off and broken was astounding. It almost felt like you were walking on a carpet of leaves.. I cant imagine what another 100 mph winds above what we had was like..