Oops: The worst is unfolding. Seriously, I'm speechless. "This is your last chance to save your life at all costs"—that's the National Hurricane Center's report. Melissa is about to make landfall at its peak intensity. A humanitarian disaster is imminent. Hurricane hunters recorded 252 mph wind gusts 300 feet above the surface. Maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, with gusts exceeding 220 mph in the eyewall, are on the verge of devastating the Black River region.