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Over 1,000 Bahamas residents evacuated after Dorian as food, supplies are brought in
NBC ^ | Sept. 7,2019 | NBC

Posted on 09/08/2019 6:40:07 AM PDT by bgill

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line ship Grand Celebration transported more than 1,100 Bahamians to the United States, the line said in a statement.

Evacuees were taken to Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Florida, early Saturday, according to the cruise line. The ship was in the Bahamas on Thursday and Friday with nearly 300 first responders, 850 boxed lunches and a total of 225,000 pounds of supplies, including food and water, the line stated.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bahamas; commonwealth; evacuees; usa
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Cool, these new immigrants didn't even have to stand around at the hot desert border to get in. Not one word from the Commonwealth.
1 posted on 09/08/2019 6:40:07 AM PDT by bgill
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Most of the islands in the Bahamas were pretty much unaffected by the hurricane.

Why not send them there?


2 posted on 09/08/2019 6:43:10 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: bgill

The population of Florida continues to grow.


3 posted on 09/08/2019 6:50:43 AM PDT by Meatspace
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Was wondering the same thing.....probably due to the limited services & infrastructure of the other islands plus an inherent inability to cope with such a disaster?

The issue is, will they go home afterward? We here in Florida received 500,000+ Puerto Ricans who will never go back & will perpetually vote demoncrat. The next election will tell.

4 posted on 09/08/2019 6:52:12 AM PDT by LFOD (Formerly - Iraq, Afghanistan - back home in Dixie.)
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Not one word from the Commonwealth.

Good point.

5 posted on 09/08/2019 6:56:47 AM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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Trying their best to flip the state from Rep to Dem


6 posted on 09/08/2019 7:06:38 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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Send them back next week.


7 posted on 09/08/2019 7:08:30 AM PDT by conservative98
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Sign them up for freebies and they’ll never go back.

The only thing I can find that Queen Elizabeth has sent are condolences.


8 posted on 09/08/2019 7:11:06 AM PDT by bgill
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Rubio doesn’t even see that he’s falling into Trump’s plan to depopulate Abaco Island so he can buy up cheap land for another resort.

Do I really have to do a /s?


9 posted on 09/08/2019 7:21:34 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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Curious why are they not “evacuated” to England? That is their territory or am I wrong


10 posted on 09/08/2019 7:21:39 AM PDT by blitz88
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so they’ll wait in the US until someone rebuilds for them ?


11 posted on 09/08/2019 7:44:58 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Never let a crisis go to waste...


12 posted on 09/08/2019 8:00:32 AM PDT by Windflier (Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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How about sending them to Mexico?


13 posted on 09/08/2019 8:03:37 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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Lots of promises to them as they build a mega Trump resort.


14 posted on 09/08/2019 8:06:09 AM PDT by cnsmom (G)
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Independent country since 1973.


15 posted on 09/08/2019 8:06:14 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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One good thing is that they are mostly good Baptists. The Baptist Church can kick in some of the bucks they get from the Central American refugee program where they get millions.


16 posted on 09/08/2019 8:09:23 AM PDT by lone star annie
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It’d cause a delay of a couple days before they were jumping our southern border.


17 posted on 09/08/2019 8:17:07 AM PDT by bgill
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“Curious why are they not “evacuated” to England? That is their territory or am I wrong”

Probably because they aren’t muslim. No sarcasm tag.


18 posted on 09/08/2019 8:27:58 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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Send them home to England.

NOT here.


19 posted on 09/08/2019 9:06:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Canada should be doing something. I believe England has sent a ship with goods.


20 posted on 09/08/2019 9:16:42 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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