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Hurricane Matthew Update 10.4.2016

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From NCL:

 

Hurricane Matthew Update 10.4.2016

 

At Norwegian Cruise Line, the safety and security of our guests and crew is of the utmost importance. We are closely monitoring the path of Hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean. At this time, all of our ships are sailing as scheduled and are not impacted by the storm’s path. Our nautical operations team has identified alternate routes for ships that are scheduled to sail near where the storm may pass later this week and into the weekend, in the event that itineraries need to be adjusted to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all of our guests and crew. Should there be any updates, guests will be advised and updated information will be posted on http://www.ncl.com.

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They will either be back in on Saturday (most likely not) or they will delay arriving back in NYC on Sunday and come in Monday morning.

 

Keep checking the NCL website for updates and they may robo call all passengers Saturday about the cruise

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They will either be back in on Saturday (most likely not) or they will delay arriving back in NYC on Sunday and come in Monday morning.

 

Keep checking the NCL website for updates and they may robo call all passengers Saturday about the cruise

 

Last hurricane, the breakaway was back on Saturday for a early departure on Sunday.

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My mom, son, dil and grandbaby are currently on the Sky. They are due into Miami Friday morning. Just heard our weather station report that the hurricane is expected to hit Miami Thursday night or Friday morning. I wonder what will happen. They have to drive back to NH for work Monday night and it's about a 28 hour drive if they go straight thru. If their car even survives in the lot!

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My mom, son, dil and grandbaby are currently on the Sky. They are due into Miami Friday morning. Just heard our weather station report that the hurricane is expected to hit Miami Thursday night or Friday morning. I wonder what will happen. They have to drive back to NH for work Monday night and it's about a 28 hour drive if they go straight thru. If their car even survives in the lot!

Don't say that :eek:

The hurricane is NOT expected to hit Miami. The port is not closing and the airport is not closing.

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From NOAA:

 

ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL

TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM

 

TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK

NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

800 AM EDT WED OCT 5 2016

 

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

 

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Hurricane

Matthew, located between northeastern Cuba and the southeastern

Bahamas, and on Tropical Storm Nicole, located several hundred miles

northeast of Puerto Rico.

 

1. A tropical wave is producing a large area of disorganized showers

and thunderstorms several hundred miles east of the Windward

Islands. Development, if any, of this system is expected to be slow

to occur while the wave moves westward at 10 to 15 mph during the

next several days. Regardless of tropical cyclone development,

locally heavy rains and gusty winds are possible in the Windward and

southern Leeward Islands during the next day or two as the wave

moves through the area.

* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...10 percent

* Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent

 

Public Advisories on Nicole are issued under WMO header

WTNT35 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT5.

Forecast/Advisories on Nicole are issued under WMO header

WTNT25 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT5.

 

Forecaster Berg

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The Port of Miami has announced that it will be closed, as will 5 other ports.

FLL port is closed and so is the airport.

 

And they will all be open and operating tomorrow.

 

I live in Ft Lauderdale and at 2:30 PM EDT all we have is intermittent light rain with a gentle breeze.

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Haha - They have no power... we will never know.

 

Actually - Miami should be fine. looks like the storm is well north of Miami now.

 

-Sean

 

Below is a link to the live web cam outside The Elbow Room which is on Ft Lauderdale Beach. How does it look to you?

 

http://www.elboroom.com/page/patio-cam

 

http://www.elboroom.com/

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My mom, son, dil and grandbaby are currently on the Sky. They are due into Miami Friday morning. Just heard our weather station report that the hurricane is expected to hit Miami Thursday night or Friday morning. I wonder what will happen. They have to drive back to NH for work Monday night and it's about a 28 hour drive if they go straight thru. If their car even survives in the lot!

 

Have you talked to them? It looks/sounds like they got a great cruise - they went to Key West and Cozumel instead of crappy Bahamas!! I would've loved that cruise. Hope all is well with them and they get home safely with a great story to share.

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Hurricane Matthew Update - October 6 at 6:00 PM (10:00 PM UTC)

 

At Norwegian Cruise Line, the safety and security of our guests and crew is of the utmost importance. The company is continually closely monitoring weather systems, including the tropics, and all Norwegian Cruise Line ships offer state-of-the-art radar and weather equipment. In the event of inclement weather, we have the flexibility to sail a route around the affected area.

 

Currently, we are very closely monitoring the path of Hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean. To ensure a safe and enjoyable cruise for all we have made the following adjustments:

 

*Norwegian Sky's itinerary for the voyage that departed on Monday, October 3 was revised to call on Key West on October 4 and Cozumel on October 5, rather than her normal cruise to the Bahamas. We anticipate that there will not be an impact to the ship's return to PortMiami tomorrow.

 

*Norwegian Escape will not call on Nassau as scheduled tomorrow and will instead spend the day at sea.

 

*In order to avoid any potential bad weather associated with the storm, Norwegian Breakaway will depart from Bermuda tomorrow two hours earlier than scheduled, at 1:00 PM.

 

*At this time, there is no change to embarkation for Norwegian Sky on Friday, October 7 and Norwegian Escape on Saturday, October 8. Should there be any changes, guests will be advised via phone and text messages and updated information will be posted on http://www.ncl.com. We ask that guests embarking on Norwegian Sky do not arrive to the terminal until 11:00 am tomorrow.

 

Currently, the remainder of our ships are sailing as scheduled and are not impacted by the storm's path.

 

If you have a question about your upcoming cruise, please call our guest services team at 1.866.234.7350. Please be advised that wait times may be longer than usual, due to the storm.

 

Any further updates will be posted to http://www.ncl.com.

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I have to say I am still curious how they can say there are no changes to the Sky embarkation for today. With their late arrival coming in this morning, wouldn't that stall passengers getting off and new ones getting on? Seems NCL does an extremely poor job of staying on top of things. I would have thought they would at least suggested a later arrival time for checking in.

 

The webcam for the Miami port does show three ships currently coming in. I could tell one was Royal Caribbean, the second ship looked completely unfamiliar to me, third one looks to be the Sky.

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I have to say I am still curious how they can say there are no changes to the Sky embarkation for today. With their late arrival coming in this morning, wouldn't that stall passengers getting off and new ones getting on? Seems NCL does an extremely poor job of staying on top of things. I would have thought they would at least suggested a later arrival time for checking in.

 

The webcam for the Miami port does show three ships currently coming in. I could tell one was Royal Caribbean, the second ship looked completely unfamiliar to me, third one looks to be the Sky.

 

I thought NCL should have posted an update this morning on their website.

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I thought NCL should have posted an update this morning on their website.

 

They waited for the worst to pass and posted this at 11 am:

 

 

 

 

Hurricane Matthew Update - October 7 at 11:00 AM (3:00 PM UTC)

 

At Norwegian Cruise Line, the safety and security of our guests and crew is of the utmost importance. The company is continually closely monitoring weather systems, including the tropics, and all Norwegian Cruise Line ships offer state-of-the-art radar and weather equipment. In the event of inclement weather, we have the flexibility to sail a route around the affected area.

 

Currently, we are very closely monitoring the path of Hurricane Matthew. To ensure a safe and enjoyable cruise for all we have made the following adjustments:

 

*Norwegian Sky will have a slightly delayed embarkation today at PortMiami. The ship's three-day cruise departing today will not visit Nassau as scheduled and will instead remain at sea. Guests will receive a 50% credit towards a future cruise.

 

*Norwegian Escape will not call on Nassau as scheduled today and will instead spend the day at sea.

 

*In order to avoid any potential bad weather associated with the storm, Norwegian Breakaway will depart from Bermuda today two hours earlier than scheduled, at 1:00 PM.

 

*At this time, there is no change to embarkation for Norwegian Escape on Saturday, October 8. Should there be any changes, guests will be advised via phone and text messages and updated information will be posted on http://www.ncl.com.

 

Currently, the remainder of our ships are sailing as scheduled and are not impacted by the storm’s path.

 

Any further updates will be posted to http://www.ncl.com.

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They may have created that update at 11, but it certainly wasn't on the website at 11. When I posted at 11:14 the 10:30 message was still on the website. The Sky was just beginning to enter the Miami port and that was why I wondered how come they were still showing the embarkation of the Sky being on time, when it was already 11:15 and no ship in the port yet.

 

They didn't post that message until sometime after 11:15.

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