The National Hurricane Center declared Hurricane Dorian, currently headed toward Florida and the Bahamas, as a category 5 storm on Sunday morning.
Many of the most recent projections have this monster staying off shore; may it be so.
Yikes. 200 mph is cow-flying territory.
Word.
This storm is incredibly dangerous. About the only thing it isnât is radioactiveâŚyet.
I hope everyone stays safe and gets out of the way of this thing.
If Dorian was a tornado, it would now be classed as F-4 - but with a duration measured in hours and not minutes.
Although the GOP has cheapened this phrase - my sincerest thoughts & prayers go out to the people in the Bahamas experiencing a direct hit from this monster - they will need help to recover from this disaster.
I also hope this storm stays offshore of the mainland US and that people heed the warnings - the winds, waves and rain will be dangerous even if the storm stays at sea.
Devin Nunes has his barn on lock down. Bossie and Lulubelle are with him in their âspecial bunkerâ
stalling over the Bahamas for a day with likely rainfall of 20in⌠one of the weather guys said the warm waters of the ocean are âhot tubâ level âŚ
Link to current projections: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at5+shtml/145814.shtml?cone#contents
But even if it stays offshore it will lose energy much less rapidly as a consequence and the storm surge coupled with tides will be yuuuge. Coastal areas will be at ever increasing risk as time goes by, hurricanes get more powerful and the oceans warm.
Itâs gonna drag the coast all the way up to DC, maybe even further north.
ETA
Perhaps, Trump will wish he went to Poland after all.
I was in the Bahamas years ago and saw beachfront homes missing the entire front part. You could see inside like it was a diagram. Probably from surge and not wind but still.
I bet theyâre picking the lock so they can get out and take their chances with the storm.
P.S. The above sentence is political satire and constitutionally protected.
Sadly, youâre right.
The barrier islands along the coast will be devastated - not only hurting the local ecology, but these islands form natural breakwalls that protect the mainland coastline (including productive marsh lands) from the full force of storms. Already under threat from rising sea levels, the increasing power of hurricanes will accelerate their destruction.
And I do not doubt that he will get a round or two of golf in later today.
Thoughts and prayers are more than appropriate when thereâs really nothing you can do to prevent a tragedy, as in this case. Itâs abusive, however, when itâs all you offer when real solutions are actually available.
category 5 storm
Damn. Maybe I should watch my TV on occasion.
The âMâ on the cone is for Major Hurricane. All the way up the peninsula coast line. Look out!
So, what does the government say?
If Republicans say thereâs no global warming, they lie. The government says so.
Will there be anything left after this storm ravages the Bahamas? 175mph winds!