I'm watching " Beachfront Bargains " on HGTV right now...
I hear a bunch of homes are gonna flood the Bahamas market
I would hate to be in WPB right now waiting for this monster to hit the brakes and go right. It’s only about 150 miles away heading their way at 7-8 mph....
Hurricane goes thru and she says it looks like a tornado went thru?
The backside is worse. Those damaged buildings are going to completely collapse.
Moore , Oklahoma had wind speeds of 302 mph. Much more destructive to a much, much smaller area...
No kidding... seems like it’s going to be a very close call, at best. If that turns later than expected it could run right up the coastline.
Or Bay Country, Fl after Michael.
That reminds me of the electricity monster from the Johnny Quest cartoon series. off topic/
I can’t remember details about the Moore storm, just remember that it was devastating.
Tuscaloosa, Al had an E4 grind thru in 2011 that killed 64 peeps. Max winds were approx. 190 mph. It was some 1.5 miles wide during much of its 81 mile path.
IT shows in the editor, but doesn't show in my browser, so I'm not sure if anyone else sees it.
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Wind gusts of more than 220 MPH!!!! 
897
WTNT65 KNHC 011957
TCUAT5
Hurricane Dorian Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052019
400 PM EDT Sun Sep 01 2019
...CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 DORIAN POUNDING GREAT ABACO...
This is a life-threatening situation. Residents in the Abacos
should stay in their shelter. Do not venture out into the eye if it
passes over your location.
Hazards:
- Wind Gusts over 220 mph
- Storm Surge 18 to 23 feet above normal tide levels with higher
destructive waves
These hazards will cause extreme destruction in the affected areas
and will continue for several hours.
SUMMARY OF 400 PM EDT...2000 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...26.6N 77.3W
ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM E OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...185 MPH...295 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...910 MB...26.87 INCHES
$$
Forecaster Blake
897
WTNT65 KNHC 011957
TCUAT5
Hurricane Dorian Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052019
400 PM EDT Sun Sep 01 2019
...CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY 5 DORIAN POUNDING GREAT ABACO...
This is a life-threatening situation. Residents in the Abacos
should stay in their shelter. Do not venture out into the eye if it
passes over your location.
Hazards:
- Wind Gusts over 220 mph
- Storm Surge 18 to 23 feet above normal tide levels with higher
destructive waves
These hazards will cause extreme destruction in the affected areas
and will continue for several hours.
SUMMARY OF 400 PM EDT...2000 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...26.6N 77.3W
ABOUT 0 MI...0 KM E OF GREAT ABACO ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...185 MPH...295 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...910 MB...26.87 INCHES
$$
Forecaster Blake
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 275 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 KM/H
Guess not much north
Yeah, it's been wobbling along almost due west for the last 20+ hours.
Compare the three day track prediction to the five day.
The three day is significantly more on point.
Hope that holds.
Cumulative chances for hurricane-force winds:
Fort Pierce: 57 percent
Cocoa Beach: 53 percent
West Palm Beach: 42 percent
Mayport (Jacksonville): 28 percent
Daytona Beach: 19 percent
Fort Pierce: 57 percent
Cocoa Beach: 53 percent
West Palm Beach: 42 percent
Mayport (Jacksonville): 28 percent
Daytona Beach: 19 percent
Hurricane Dorian Causes 'Absolute Devastation' as Category 5 Storm Smashes across Bahamas
Jan Wesner Childs and Ron Brackett Published: September 1, 2019
As Hurricane Dorian continued to pound parts of the northwestern Bahamas on Sunday afternoon, reports of devastation began to make their way out of the battered islands.
"Pure hell" is how ABC News correspondent Marcus Moore described what he saw in Marsh Harbour, on Grand Abaco island, where Dorian made a second landfall.
"I have seen utter devastation here in Marsh Harbour. We are surrounded by water with no way out," Moore said, according to ABC News. "Absolute devastation, there really are no words it is pure hell here on Marsh Harbour on the Aboca islands in the northern part of the Bahamas."
Jenise Fernandez, a reporter with WPLG-TV in South Florida, was also in Marsh Harbour.
"I have never seen anything like this in my life," she said during her live report as the eye of the storm passed overhead. "The damage we are seeing right now is outstanding. It is astonishing, really."
Fernandez said the roof of the hotel where she and photographer Brian Ely were staying was ripped off and balconies were hanging from the side of the building.
Earlier Sunday, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis pleaded, "May God bless us all."
In a news conference Sunday, the Tribune reported that Minnis said many had not heeded his warning to evacuate from the cays and he hoped that would not be "the last time they heard his voice."
The dangerous storm made landfall at 12:40 p.m. on Elbow Cay with winds of 185 mph, making it the strongest hurricane in modern records to hit the area. It later made a second landfall in Marsh Harbour.
Reports from Marsh Harbor, just across from Elbow Cay on Great Abaco island, said the roof of the Island Breeze Hotel was badly damaged and people needed help, the Tribune reported.
Captain Stephen Russell of the National Emergency Management Agency said, "Tell them to get to safety, there's nothing anybody can do now. Just try to get to safety," when asked about the situation.
"This is a life-threatening situation. Residents in the Abacos should stay in their shelter. Do not venture into the eye if it passes over your location," said the National Hurricane Center in a forecast discussion.
Hurricane chaser Josh Morgerman was in Marsh Harbour when the storm arrived. He tweeted that he was holed up "with six others in concrete room with chairs against the door."
At 11:40 a.m. he wrote, "Pounding. CRASHING. Boards prying off windows. We're moving children to a safe space, wrapping them in blankets. 969 mg."
Minnis pleaded with residents in Grand Bahama to leave high-risk zones on that island while they still had time. "They will flood," he warned.
"The winds are howling like we've never, ever experienced before," Silbert Mill told the Associated Press. Mill and his family were riding out the hurricane with his family in the concrete home he built 41 years ago in central Abaco. He said trees and power lines were already down in the Abaco Islands and that some roads were impassable.
Images on social media showed water lapping against houses that had collapsed, flooded roads and waves battering piers.
Storm surge ripped apart docks in Marsh Harbour, the largest town on Abacos, the Washington Post reported. Seawater washed over sea walls, flooding roads. Parts of Abacos lost power as early as 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
"Gusts of wind are picking up, but I can hear the hallowing through the trees," Audrey Thompson-Tynes, who lives in Murphy Town, Abaco, told the Post. She said her government-supplied water was disconnected shortly after 10 p.m.
Most of Green Turtle Cay on Abaco was already flooded Sunday morning, Marcus Jones, a resident of the town, told The Tribune. He said the downtown area had 2 to 3 feet of water.
Schools in the northwestern Bahamas will be closed until further notice, Education Minister Jeff Lloyd said. According to the Tribune, these include New Providence, Andros, Eleuthera, Abaco and the surrounding cays, Grand Bahama and the surrounding territories, Bimini, Cat Cay and the Berry Islands.
Schools on Cat Island, Exuma, Long Island, Acklins, Crooked Island, Mayaguana, San Salvador and Rum Cay will open on Wednesday at the regular scheduled time, Lloyd said.
Many people on the string of islands that are home to about 400,000 people heeded the prime minister's warning before the storm hit.
"My home is all battened up, and I'm preparing right now to leave in a couple of minutes. ... We're not taking no chances," Margaret Bassett, a ferry boat driver for the Deep Water Cay resort who chose to leave her home, told the AP. "They said evacuate, you have to evacuate. It's for the best interests of the people."
Most major resorts closed as Hurricane Dorian neared the Caribbean nation's northwest islands. Any remaining tourists were sent to government shelters in schools, churches and other buildings.
American Jack Pittard decided to ride out the storm in the Abaco Islands. Despite traveling to the Bahamas for some 40 years, he said Dorian will be the first hurricane he will experience in his life.
"There's fear," he told AP in a phone interview Sunday. "I'm worried about destruction of property, but I don't believe there's going to be loss of lives here."
https://www.wunderground.com/news/news/news/2019-09-01-hurricane-dorian-impacts-bahamas
Jan Wesner Childs and Ron Brackett Published: September 1, 2019
As Hurricane Dorian continued to pound parts of the northwestern Bahamas on Sunday afternoon, reports of devastation began to make their way out of the battered islands.
"Pure hell" is how ABC News correspondent Marcus Moore described what he saw in Marsh Harbour, on Grand Abaco island, where Dorian made a second landfall.
"I have seen utter devastation here in Marsh Harbour. We are surrounded by water with no way out," Moore said, according to ABC News. "Absolute devastation, there really are no words it is pure hell here on Marsh Harbour on the Aboca islands in the northern part of the Bahamas."
Jenise Fernandez, a reporter with WPLG-TV in South Florida, was also in Marsh Harbour.
"I have never seen anything like this in my life," she said during her live report as the eye of the storm passed overhead. "The damage we are seeing right now is outstanding. It is astonishing, really."
Fernandez said the roof of the hotel where she and photographer Brian Ely were staying was ripped off and balconies were hanging from the side of the building.
Earlier Sunday, Prime Minister Hubert Minnis pleaded, "May God bless us all."
In a news conference Sunday, the Tribune reported that Minnis said many had not heeded his warning to evacuate from the cays and he hoped that would not be "the last time they heard his voice."
The dangerous storm made landfall at 12:40 p.m. on Elbow Cay with winds of 185 mph, making it the strongest hurricane in modern records to hit the area. It later made a second landfall in Marsh Harbour.
Reports from Marsh Harbor, just across from Elbow Cay on Great Abaco island, said the roof of the Island Breeze Hotel was badly damaged and people needed help, the Tribune reported.
Captain Stephen Russell of the National Emergency Management Agency said, "Tell them to get to safety, there's nothing anybody can do now. Just try to get to safety," when asked about the situation.
"This is a life-threatening situation. Residents in the Abacos should stay in their shelter. Do not venture into the eye if it passes over your location," said the National Hurricane Center in a forecast discussion.
Hurricane chaser Josh Morgerman was in Marsh Harbour when the storm arrived. He tweeted that he was holed up "with six others in concrete room with chairs against the door."
At 11:40 a.m. he wrote, "Pounding. CRASHING. Boards prying off windows. We're moving children to a safe space, wrapping them in blankets. 969 mg."
Minnis pleaded with residents in Grand Bahama to leave high-risk zones on that island while they still had time. "They will flood," he warned.
"The winds are howling like we've never, ever experienced before," Silbert Mill told the Associated Press. Mill and his family were riding out the hurricane with his family in the concrete home he built 41 years ago in central Abaco. He said trees and power lines were already down in the Abaco Islands and that some roads were impassable.
Images on social media showed water lapping against houses that had collapsed, flooded roads and waves battering piers.
Storm surge ripped apart docks in Marsh Harbour, the largest town on Abacos, the Washington Post reported. Seawater washed over sea walls, flooding roads. Parts of Abacos lost power as early as 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
"Gusts of wind are picking up, but I can hear the hallowing through the trees," Audrey Thompson-Tynes, who lives in Murphy Town, Abaco, told the Post. She said her government-supplied water was disconnected shortly after 10 p.m.
Most of Green Turtle Cay on Abaco was already flooded Sunday morning, Marcus Jones, a resident of the town, told The Tribune. He said the downtown area had 2 to 3 feet of water.
Schools in the northwestern Bahamas will be closed until further notice, Education Minister Jeff Lloyd said. According to the Tribune, these include New Providence, Andros, Eleuthera, Abaco and the surrounding cays, Grand Bahama and the surrounding territories, Bimini, Cat Cay and the Berry Islands.
Schools on Cat Island, Exuma, Long Island, Acklins, Crooked Island, Mayaguana, San Salvador and Rum Cay will open on Wednesday at the regular scheduled time, Lloyd said.
Many people on the string of islands that are home to about 400,000 people heeded the prime minister's warning before the storm hit.
"My home is all battened up, and I'm preparing right now to leave in a couple of minutes. ... We're not taking no chances," Margaret Bassett, a ferry boat driver for the Deep Water Cay resort who chose to leave her home, told the AP. "They said evacuate, you have to evacuate. It's for the best interests of the people."
Most major resorts closed as Hurricane Dorian neared the Caribbean nation's northwest islands. Any remaining tourists were sent to government shelters in schools, churches and other buildings.
American Jack Pittard decided to ride out the storm in the Abaco Islands. Despite traveling to the Bahamas for some 40 years, he said Dorian will be the first hurricane he will experience in his life.
"There's fear," he told AP in a phone interview Sunday. "I'm worried about destruction of property, but I don't believe there's going to be loss of lives here."
https://www.wunderground.com/news/news/news/2019-09-01-hurricane-dorian-impacts-bahamas
Wow, this is interesting. Now I am even more convinced that they have no freaking idea where this thing is going any more than 12 hours out.
Governor McMaster just gave us a mandatory evacuation in Charleston County. I’m ignoring it, he’s always wrong.
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