Comments on: Hurricane Dorian – Day 9

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:50:55 +0000

Dorian had the second highest wind speed of any Atlantic hurricane on record. It is prime time for the Atlantic season, so a major hurricane isn’t a surprise, but it is the fourth Category 5 on Trump’s watch.

Juanita, as Badtux notes, you don’t stay in the path of a storm like Dorian unless you have no way of avoiding it. The people on Grand Bahama have been mugged. The storm has no steering force at the moment and is stuck in place by the Bermuda High and another high in the middle of the US. It would turn to the North and then Northeast if it could.

By: Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 03:40:31 +0000

Juanita, most of those who decided to stay in the Bahamas had no choice in the matter, they’re too poor to go anywhere else and all t hey can do is go to the highest part of the highest island and hope. The highest part of Grand Bahama is around 40 feet above sea level so should be above the storm surge, but the wind is going to be the problem. We’ll have to see how many people survive after the storm finishes with them :(.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:41:48 +0000

Bryan, it’s good to know that you are well out of this mess. It looks like we’ll be so far west of it that we won’t be even getting rain from it. Unless of course, it decides to change direction. Just think, it’s just the start of hurricane season, and we get this monster of a storm.

Kryten, hope things are going well for you “down under”. And yes, I can’t imagine what they are going to find when the storm clears. It will certainly seem like an apocalypse to whomever decided to stay.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:25:20 +0000

Mom earth is seriously peeved its seems. I thought the same as you both about those Islands & the US coastal region in Dorian's path. The media have started calling Dorian "apocalyptic"! They may not be wrong. 20 million Americans urged to act as ‘apocalyptic hurricane’ Dorian rolls in

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 03:12:05 +0000

In reply to JuanitaM. You are correct. if you aren't on a second floor of a very strong building you will drown. Evacuation is the only safe choice.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 19:42:39 +0000

Am I correct that the whole place is only about 15 feet above sea level? If so, then the entire island could be covered with the surge, right? Lord, have mercy.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 18:16:04 +0000

In reply to JuanitaM. Those islands are going to get scrubbed. The storm surge and waves will knock down anything that was erected. I hope everyone left because there is not going to be much of anything left.

By: JuanitaM

JuanitaM — Sun, 01 Sep 2019 15:05:21 +0000

Those poor islanders. I sat through a high cat 2 once when Bob came through the Outer Banks, and I wouldn’t want to stay through anything higher than that. I can’t even imagine a cat 5. What in the world do they do with those that are hospitalized? I know a lot of people just left on their boats and headed west.