Hurricane Dorian - August/September 2019 #1

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Live: Tracking Hurricane Dorian

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Operations suspended at Charleston International Airport
From CNN’s Rebekah Riess

All operations at Charleston International Airport have been suspended as of 3:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the airport said on its website.

Depending on weather conditions, airport operations are expected to resume Friday morning, the airport said.

The airport recommended that passengers stay in contact with their airlines for up-to-date information on flight operations and cancellations.

Hurricane Dorian is churning in the Atlantic about 150 miles from Charleston, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. advisory.

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian threatens the US after devastating the Bahamas - CNN

 

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Hurricane Dorian could make landfall 'anywhere in the Carolinas'
From CNN Senior Meteorologist Dave Hennen

The National Hurricane Center's latest 5 p.m. track continues to show the dangerous core of Hurricane Dorian approaching the coast of South Carolina Thursday morning near Charleston, and then traveling along the coast through the Carolinas through Friday.

Landfall could occur Friday anywhere in the Carolinas. The NHC warned “it should be noted that the track is close to and almost parallel to the coast of the southeastern United States, and any deviation to the left of the track could bring the center onshore anywhere in the Carolinas.”

NHC continues to warn of “life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds, regardless of the exact track of Dorian’s center.”

Follow CNN's storm tracker here.

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian threatens the US after devastating the Bahamas - CNN

BBM. This is not good.

 

[JudgeJoe]

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Incredible story. Their house is inland- and NOT IN AN EVAC ZONE!!! After the water came in & he, wife, 2 teens, 3 dogs (including 16 yo blind pet) made a break for it during the eye. After which he went back out & drove a DOZER to rescue others by picking up & carrying in the bucket. Think Tremors rescue in flood hurricane conditions. Unfathomable! Shaking head!

 

[Inthedetails]

Congratulations to the couple on the birth of their new baby!

I must say boo-hiss on the name. It's their choice, of course, but I don't understand why anyone would want to name their baby after a hurricane that has caused so much devastation and death.

I wish Baby Dorian a long life of Peace, Love, and Joy.

I predict Baby Dorian will grow up to be strong and stubborn....but probably not a fast runner.



Nice to have good news in the midst of all this.

jmo

 

[SoCalDavidS]

Congratulations to the couple on the birth of their new baby!

I must say boo-hiss on the name. It's their choice, of course, but I don't understand why anyone would want to name their baby after a hurricane that has caused so much devastation and death

I know. People name their children after positive things, or perhaps someone famous or that they admire. But after a tragedy?

I wonder if they will ever tell the child, or wait to see if they ever find out, and make the connection. So every year on the anniversary of this horrific event, they're going to celebrate?

 

[PayrollNerd]

Tropical Tidbits with Levi:

Tropical Tidbits

Tropical Tidbit for Wednesday Evening, September 4th, 2019

Wednesday evening video update: Dorian Reorganizing on Approach to South Carolina and North Carolina

 

[?mysterian?]

Hurricane Dorian Public Advisory

...LIFE THREATHENING STORM SURGE WITH SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING
IS EXPECTED ALONG A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC
COASTS OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...


SUMMARY OF 800 PM EDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...30.9N 79.8W
ABOUT 130 MI...210 KM S OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 255 MI...410 KM SSW OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 345 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...959 MB...28.31 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

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STORM SURGE: The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the
tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by
rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water could
reach the following heights above ground somewhere in the indicated
areas if the peak surge occurs at the time of high tide...

Isle of Palms to Myrtle Beach SC...5 to 8 ft
Savannah River to Isle of Palms SC...4 to 7 ft
Myrtle Beach SC to Cape Lookout NC...4 to 7 ft
Cape Lookout NC to Duck NC, including Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds
and the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers...4 to 6 ft
North of Mouth of St. Mary's River to Savannah River...3 to 5 ft
Flagler/Volusia County Line FL to the Mouth of St. Mary's River...2
to 4 ft
Duck NC to Poquoson VA, including Hampton Roads...2 to 4 ft

Water levels could begin to rise well in advance of the arrival of
strong winds. The surge will be accompanied by large and
destructive waves. Surge-related flooding depends on the how close
the center of Dorian comes to the coast, and can vary greatly over
short distances. For information specific to your area, please see
products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast
office.

RAINFALL: Dorian is expected to produce the following rainfall
totals through Friday:

Coastal Carolinas...6 to 12 inches, isolated 15 inches.
Far southeast Virginia...3 to 6 inches.
Atlantic Coast from Daytona Beach, Florida to the Georgia-South
Carolina border...2 to 4 inches, isolated 6 inches.

This rainfall may cause life-threatening flash floods.

 

[PayrollNerd]

In my Facebook memories today up popped my post from Irma 2 years ago. I was asking for prayers for the island people, and especially my daughter. I cannot stress to you how much it bothers me when I hear of people stating “oh, I’m staying. I’ll be fine.” Then, you find out they have little ones who have no concept of the danger their parents have put them in. These children are traumatized forever from the howling winds and sounds of objects bouncing off their homes. Their screams are drown out by the sounds they hear. I often wonder if their parents thought about their decision later, and realized it wasn’t worth it. Just my opinion of course.

I nearly lost my daughter in Irma, and she was 24, at grad school at UVI. They closed the airport 3 days beforehand and no one could evacuate. Only the tourists were allowed to board the cruise ships. She huddled under a twin mattress, wrapped her body around the toilet, and wedged herself next to the tub. She screamed, sobbed, and prayed while the roof lifted and slammed back down multiple times. Drywall pieces from the ceiling falling on her. When the eye crossed 20 miles from her, she crawled down the stairs and peeked out a window. The vegetation was literally shaved clean from the ground. The debris was everywhere, windows blown out, doors blown off. She was so scared she ran back up the stairs and crawled back under the mattress. She stayed there for hours praying asking God to spare her - why? Because she was supposed to fly home in 2 weeks, to take care of ME, during my bone marrow transplant. She wanted to live, to take care of her mother.

My adult child has PTSD from a stupid hurricane. The aftermath was a war zone. That’s another part of the story I’ve shared a little bit of in a previous post on this thread.

Can you even imagine what the Bahamian people are going thru? Do you know someone who is keeping their child with them and “riding it out?” Please encourage them to leave, evacuate, let you take their kids, whatever. Just don't stay. Please don't stay.

 

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A man bought 100 generators to help the Bahamas. They're being delivered by boat

(CNN)A man walked into a Costco in Florida and left with 100 generators, all of which are heading to The Bahamas.

His receipt read $49,285.70 and most of that came from paying $450 a pop for 100 generators. Peas, beans, coffee, salt, pepper and other essentials made up the rest of his mega purchase from a Costco in Jacksonville, Florida, on Wednesday.
All of it is going to those in need on the hard-hit islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, he said.

"About 100 generators and a truck load of food and chainsaws are all going over by boat on Thursday to Marsh Harbour in The Bahamas. It's terrible and I'm sure you've seen the photos," a farmer from Jacksonville told CNN on Wednesday.

The man wishes not to be named. He said he doesn't want the attention and would rather that people focus on helping those affected by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.

"It's important that we help each other out. It's better than just sitting there," he said. "You see a need and you fill it."

A man bought 100 generators to help the Bahamas. They're being delivered by boat - CNN

 

[Momof4RN]

Hurricane Dorian could make landfall 'anywhere in the Carolinas'
From CNN Senior Meteorologist Dave Hennen

The National Hurricane Center's latest 5 p.m. track continues to show the dangerous core of Hurricane Dorian approaching the coast of South Carolina Thursday morning near Charleston, and then traveling along the coast through the Carolinas through Friday.

Landfall could occur Friday anywhere in the Carolinas. The NHC warned “it should be noted that the track is close to and almost parallel to the coast of the southeastern United States, and any deviation to the left of the track could bring the center onshore anywhere in the Carolinas.”

NHC continues to warn of “life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds, regardless of the exact track of Dorian’s center.”

Follow CNN's storm tracker here.

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian threatens the US after devastating the Bahamas - CNN

BBM. This is not good.

Oh For The Love Of GOD go away already Dorian!
All my prayers headed south tonight.

 

[Whitehall 1212]

I am moved by some of the posts on this thread. The UK, with great fortune, does not suffer from such extreme and devastating climatic events and I appreciate how forunate we are.

As a very new member of WS I have been brought to this thread by a fellow sleuther 'CharlstoneGal' as I believe that she is in the current path of the hurricane.

I just wanted to send my good will and prayers to all those who have been so terribly affected in the Bahamas and to those of you in the U.S.A. who are waiting anxiously, I pray that you will keep safe and that the hurricane will alter course and avoid making landfall.

 

[Inthedetails]

In my Facebook memories today up popped my post from Irma 2 years ago. I was asking for prayers for the island people, and especially my daughter. I cannot stress to you how much it bothers me when I hear of people stating “oh, I’m staying. I’ll be fine.” Then, you find out they have little ones who have no concept of the danger their parents have put them in. These children are traumatized forever from the howling winds and sounds of objects bouncing off their homes. Their screams are drown out by the sounds they hear. I often wonder if their parents thought about their decision later, and realized it wasn’t worth it. Just my opinion of course.

I nearly lost my daughter in Irma, and she was 24, at grad school at UVI. They closed the airport 3 days beforehand and no one could evacuate. Only the tourists were allowed to board the cruise ships. She huddled under a twin mattress, wrapped her body around the toilet, and wedged herself next to the tub. She screamed, sobbed, and prayed while the roof lifted and slammed back down multiple times. Drywall pieces from the ceiling falling on her. When the eye crossed 20 miles from her, she crawled down the stairs and peeked out a window. The vegetation was literally shaved clean from the ground. The debris was everywhere, windows blown out, doors blown off. She was so scared she ran back up the stairs and crawled back under the mattress. She stayed there for hours praying asking God to spare her - why? Because she was supposed to fly home in 2 weeks, to take care of ME, during my bone marrow transplant. She wanted to live, to take care of her mother.

My adult child has PTSD from a stupid hurricane. The aftermath was a war zone. That’s another part of the story I’ve shared a little bit of in a previous post on this thread.

Can you even imagine what the Bahamian people are going thru? Do you know someone who is keeping their child with them and “riding it out?” Please encourage them to leave, evacuate, let you take their kids, whatever. Just don't stay. Please don't stay.

I don't know first-hand what the Bahamans are going through now, but when I read this, I know you raised a great daughter. I can tell she is strong in many ways. Well done.

I wish her peace. I'm sure all the hurricane coverage is hard.

 

[Whitehall 1212]

In my Facebook memories today up popped my post from Irma 2 years ago. I was asking for prayers for the island people, and especially my daughter. I cannot stress to you how much it bothers me when I hear of people stating “oh, I’m staying. I’ll be fine.” Then, you find out they have little ones who have no concept of the danger their parents have put them in. These children are traumatized forever from the howling winds and sounds of objects bouncing off their homes. Their screams are drown out by the sounds they hear. I often wonder if their parents thought about their decision later, and realized it wasn’t worth it. Just my opinion of course.

I nearly lost my daughter in Irma, and she was 24, at grad school at UVI. They closed the airport 3 days beforehand and no one could evacuate. Only the tourists were allowed to board the cruise ships. She huddled under a twin mattress, wrapped her body around the toilet, and wedged herself next to the tub. She screamed, sobbed, and prayed while the roof lifted and slammed back down multiple times. Drywall pieces from the ceiling falling on her. When the eye crossed 20 miles from her, she crawled down the stairs and peeked out a window. The vegetation was literally shaved clean from the ground. The debris was everywhere, windows blown out, doors blown off. She was so scared she ran back up the stairs and crawled back under the mattress. She stayed there for hours praying asking God to spare her - why? Because she was supposed to fly home in 2 weeks, to take care of ME, during my bone marrow transplant. She wanted to live, to take care of her mother.

My adult child has PTSD from a stupid hurricane. The aftermath was a war zone. That’s another part of the story I’ve shared a little bit of in a previous post on this thread.

Can you even imagine what the Bahamian people are going thru? Do you know someone who is keeping their child with them and “riding it out?” Please encourage them to leave, evacuate, let you take their kids, whatever. Just don't stay. Please don't stay.

Thank you for this. It gave a lucky Brit a sense of how terrifying such an experience is.

I pray that your daughter can soon find healing from her PTSD.

 

[JudgeJoe]

In my Facebook memories today up popped my post from Irma 2 years ago. I was asking for prayers for the island people, and especially my daughter. I cannot stress to you how much it bothers me when I hear of people stating “oh, I’m staying. I’ll be fine.” Then, you find out they have little ones who have no concept of the danger their parents have put them in. These children are traumatized forever from the howling winds and sounds of objects bouncing off their homes. Their screams are drown out by the sounds they hear. I often wonder if their parents thought about their decision later, and realized it wasn’t worth it. Just my opinion of course.

I nearly lost my daughter in Irma, and she was 24, at grad school at UVI. They closed the airport 3 days beforehand and no one could evacuate. Only the tourists were allowed to board the cruise ships. She huddled under a twin mattress, wrapped her body around the toilet, and wedged herself next to the tub. She screamed, sobbed, and prayed while the roof lifted and slammed back down multiple times. Drywall pieces from the ceiling falling on her. When the eye crossed 20 miles from her, she crawled down the stairs and peeked out a window. The vegetation was literally shaved clean from the ground. The debris was everywhere, windows blown out, doors blown off. She was so scared she ran back up the stairs and crawled back under the mattress. She stayed there for hours praying asking God to spare her - why? Because she was supposed to fly home in 2 weeks, to take care of ME, during my bone marrow transplant. She wanted to live, to take care of her mother.

My adult child has PTSD from a stupid hurricane. The aftermath was a war zone. That’s another part of the story I’ve shared a little bit of in a previous post on this thread.

Can you even imagine what the Bahamian people are going thru? Do you know someone who is keeping their child with them and “riding it out?” Please encourage them to leave, evacuate, let you take their kids, whatever. Just don't stay. Please don't stay.

Thank you for putting this horror into words. I think sometimes people see rescue or aftermath photos & get the destruction- still without comprehending the process, the terror, the danger. It makes me so mad officials basically trapped people in VI. I’m so glad your daughter survived!

 

[MimosaMornings]

Dorian-Hit Bahamas Terminal Appears Okay

 

[Steph8angels]

Safe in Florida
Thank you all here.
However I just have one large pine tree down. No big deal.
We are now getting supplies to those hit the hardest. Helping the evacuated get back to life as they know it. They are all going home.
I have loved one's in the Carolinas.
I was there for a resent 2 week vacation.
Friends and loved one all up and down the coast. This monster unleashed fury on Bahamas. It is so heart wrenching. Until our next Hurricane warning I bid you all heart felt peace, love and a big appreciation for all of you on this thread. You help me keep my sanity.

 

[MimosaMornings]

Glad you are safe @Steph8angels
I will be waiting on updates from loved ones in Beaufort, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington as Dorian approaches.
Prayers to all

 

[Steph8angels]

Glad you are safe @Steph8angels
I will be waiting on updates from loved ones in Beaufort, Myrtle Beach and Wilmington as Dorian approaches.
Prayers to all

Thank you, I find the best of the best information and caring REAL people here.
It calms my soul.
Hanging in here with you.
My prayers Also
Amen