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Hurricane Matthew set to pummel Caribbean, SE Atlantic coast.

Does not look good, folks.

Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful Atlantic tropical storm in almost a decade, was gearing up Monday to deliver a potentially devastating blow to the Caribbean as wary U.S. authorities began preparing for a possible landfall on the Atlantic Coast late in the week.

Well before its expected arrival late Monday or early Tuesday, Matthew was already pouring torrential rain on Haiti, where “staggering rainfall totals are possible,” said Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center.

Stay safe, everybody.  It’s been a while since we had this kind of a whammy: so take it seriously, OK?  Or at least don’t do anything dumb.