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Alpha 3, Victor with the X-ray. Yeah, and that's indeed what it was. The only fortunate thing is that it struck the western half of Jamaica. So, I don't know how familiar people are with Jamaica, but essentially it hit south of Montego Bay, which is on the north side of Jamaica, but on the western half of the island. So it struck on the southern side of Jamaica, almost immediately south of Montego Bay. Ras Kingston, which is the capital of Jamaica and the largest city, that's basically on the eastern side of Jamaica. So Kingston saw tropical storm, category 1 force winds, but that's where it topped out. Whereas the cone of maximum intensity, that was more or less centered over far western Jamaica, unfortunately. And the damage there was absolutely catastrophic. And we're going to get into all that. Let me cycle it.
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