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Hurricane Dorian leaves Bahamas in ruins, Helicopter Footage It's Gone
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Posted on 09/03/2019 11:57:15 AM PDT by mplc51

WOW, this video is unreal. Many people have to be missing or killed.


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KEYWORDS: bahamas; dorian; hurricane; hurricanedorian
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To: mplc51
Doesn't look like CAT5 damage. 185mph sustained winds with 220mph gusts would have scoured that place to the bedrock.

Example F5 tornado damage

F5 Tornado aftermath

41 posted on 09/03/2019 12:49:50 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Coming in from the cold .... been a LONG while.)
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To: thoughtomator

“The radar footage is unreal...”

Yes, but the video shows cause for some hope. I also expected to see nothing but bare ground after 24 hours of grinding Cat 5 winds and 25 foot storm surges, but there are more buildings standing than I would have thought. It seems the shantytowns were washed away, but a lot of the infrastructure and larger businesses are still there.

I like the few Bahamians I’ve met, and the PM seems to be a lot more capable than the Gov of PR and the mayor of San Juan, so they will get a couple of bucks from me.


42 posted on 09/03/2019 12:50:57 PM PDT by VanShuyten (Er"...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: mplc51

There are several private islands owned by cruise lines in the Bahamas. It appears very few cruise ships will be visiting the Bahamas at those islands until probably middle 2020.


43 posted on 09/03/2019 12:54:34 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: mplc51

It’s pretty much fried.

Watch “Dr. No” for a step back into memory lane.


44 posted on 09/03/2019 12:56:21 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: sjm_888
Wow. These people need help and they need it now. This is a crisis.

US Coast Guard already there.

45 posted on 09/03/2019 12:56:21 PM PDT by Ingtar (Funds Robbed from Everyone Else. F.R.E.E.)
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To: mplc51

Dear Lord.

What a mess.

It looks like the aftermath of a tidal wave.

It’s not so amazing that so much was so thoroughly destroyed.

What boggles the mind is the number of houses that look virtually untouched.

Someone made some pretty well built houses there.


46 posted on 09/03/2019 12:57:47 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Ingtar

The Coast Guard was there yesterday.

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/25ca314

MIAMI ­— Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, forward deployed to Andros Island, medevaced 19 people from the Marsh Harbour Clinic to Nassau International Airport, Monday.

Four Jayhawk aircrews completed five medical evacuations of 19 people, ranging in ages from children to elderly, from the Marsh Harbour clinic to Nassau emergency medical personnel at the Nassau International Airport in various medical conditions.

As Hurricane Dorian began to make it’s way toward the Bahamas, the Coast Guard pre-positioned several surface assets in Key West and positioned Jayhawk helicopter crews on Andros Island to be able to respond to the devastation created by Hurricane Dorian.

The Coast Guard plans to continue it’s search in the Bahamas at first light Tuesday.


47 posted on 09/03/2019 1:00:10 PM PDT by abb
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To: PGR88
It looks like a war zone

Those are the only words to accurately describe the total destruction. The people left on the islands are going to have a very difficult 2 - 3 weeks with limited shelter, water and food. After that they will have a difficult slow time recovering. The basic resources are gone! Everything needs to be rebuilt.

48 posted on 09/03/2019 1:00:15 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: I want the USA back

They were before it even hit - caused by climate change and PDJT unwillingness to do anything about it.


49 posted on 09/03/2019 1:00:40 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: mplc51

Yeah hurricanes cause damage and havoc.

And hyperbole.


50 posted on 09/03/2019 1:00:48 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: thoughtomator

It looks a lot better than Biloxi did after Camille.


51 posted on 09/03/2019 1:05:01 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: mplc51

Some buildings fared pretty well, most did not. I was there in port overnight and recall going ashore briefly for provisions. Many of the buildings back then were not even close to hurricane standards. That combined with a monster stalled storm and rebuilding will take years. Not sure if very many folks there had any kind of flood/storm insurance.


52 posted on 09/03/2019 1:07:07 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: mplc51

Oh my goodness that’s horrible. What can we do for these people?


53 posted on 09/03/2019 1:07:49 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: fidelis
Not to sound callous, but periodic disasters like this are the price of having bragging rights to living in a tropical "paradise." Most other times we envy these people. Not today.

I was raised south of Houston. Don't live there anymore for exactly this reason.

54 posted on 09/03/2019 1:08:02 PM PDT by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Bookmark


55 posted on 09/03/2019 1:08:35 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: BenLurkin

I remember the lighthouse in Hopetown, moored overnight in the bay there in the early 80’s on a sailboat.


56 posted on 09/03/2019 1:08:58 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: kaktuskid

She has sent a message of sympathy and prayers. Not being in control of the British government, she cannot offer much in the way of material aid.


57 posted on 09/03/2019 1:09:30 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: sjm_888

The USCG is on the scene. I am sure more aid will follow shortly. Since Florida is going to be spared, maybe they will be in a grateful and giving mood.


58 posted on 09/03/2019 1:11:33 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: mplc51

Bookmarking


59 posted on 09/03/2019 1:12:34 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: sjm_888

The UK should hop on the stick.


60 posted on 09/03/2019 1:13:37 PM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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