Dean packed sustained winds of 145 miles per hour (230 km per hour) and its eye was about 130 miles (210 km) east-southeast of Kingston at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT).

Hurricane-force winds began lashing Jamaica on Sunday afternoon, Waddington said. But the island avoided a direct hit when Dean's eye wound up passing just to the south Sunday night.

Out loud, talking to myself — ‘Michael, this is how it ends. Word’s going to get around. You stabbed Richard Dean Anderson…’ Until he came and talked to me, it was like my career was over.

Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hurricane Dean, packing maximum sustained winds near 145 mph, bore down on Jamaica Sunday, as forecasters warned of storm surge flooding and heavy rains.