Hurricane Dorian - August/September 2019 #1

[Bravo]

Stay safe fellow Canadians and thank you for the webcam links ^

 

[CharlestonGal]

I had to take a break from the news coming out of the Bahamas. I feel guilty about it, but I just can't take it at the moment.

 

[JudgeJoe]

"For several years, the horses were cared for and protected by the local Ocracoke Boy Scout troop, the only mounted scout troop in the country. By 1959, the National Park Service had completed work on a soundside pen, which was large enough for the horses to roam, but protected them from the newly constructed highway.

While at one point the number of Ocracoke Wild Ponies on the island was estimated at 300, today only 17 horses remain of the original Spanish herd. But hopefully, with combined National Park Service (NPS) and local efforts, as well as a safe and protected environment, the horses will once again flourish on Ocracoke Island."

Wow. Only 17 left. That is sad. I hope they were able to find/swim to higher ground.

Ocracoke Wild Horses - OuterBanks.com

ETA: That link is full of fascinating information about the history of the Ocracoke ponies/horses.

Yes! Only 17! I know horses are expert swimmers, but swimming across a deep river in Montana is very different than storm surge & all the nasty things violently carried in the water. I’m not even a horse person, but totally wanting these guys OK!

 

[MsFacetious]

Hurricane Dorian: Assateague Island's Wild Horses Brave The Storm

Outer Banks' wild horse herd has survived 500 years of storms - OBX Today

 

[Bravo]

I had to take a break from the news coming out of the Bahamas. I feel guilty about it, but I just can't take it at the moment.

Don't feel guilty. I have had to take many breaks too. It's so overwhelming.

 

[MsFacetious]

Ocracoke Island

 

[CharlestonGal]

Still no word from @Lexiintoronto?

 

[CharlestonGal]

Ocracoke Island

From your link:

Our engineers have made some initial assessments on hurricane damage to NC12 on both Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands.

The picture below is from Ocracoke. There are two 500 foot sections of road in this condition. Obviously, these will take some serious repair work.

On Hatteras, the news is better....

More

 

[pugmom]

Still no word from @Lexiintoronto?

Nova Scotia Power is reporting that 237,186 customers are without power, so maybe that's why. Hopefully @Lexiintoronto is doing okay!

 

[CharlestonGal]

Nova Scotia Power is reporting that 237,186 customers are without power, so maybe that's why. Hopefully @Lexiintoronto is doing okay!

I think @Lexiintoronto is the only one unaccounted for at the moment...? Last seen here at 9:23 am.

Anyone else?

 

[MsFacetious]

No word yet on the wild horses that live on Ocracoke.

I am watching for news like a hawk, just FYI. Have alerts set up all over the place.

 

[CharlestonGal]

I am watching for news like a hawk, just FYI. Have alerts set up all over the place.

That's awesome. Let us know as soon as you hear something. I've become quite invested in the little darlings.

 

[MsFacetious]

Dorian regains strength as a Category 2 storm

Dorian has once again strengthened into a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, according to a special advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

The storm had been expected to maintain Category 1 strength as it moved through the Canadian Maritimes and then finally weaken when it crossed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar.

If Dorian maintains Category 2 strength when it makes "official" landfall over Halifax, Nova Scotia, it will be the strongest storm to hit the provincial capital since Hurricane Juan in 2003.

It's expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, CNN meteorologist Robert Shackelford said. A hurricane warning remains in effect for eastern Nova Scotia and western Newfoundland.

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian's aftermath in the Bahamas - CNN

 

[Gardener1850]

Dorian regains strength as a Category 2 storm
Dorian has once again strengthened into a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, according to a special advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

The storm had been expected to maintain Category 1 strength as it moved through the Canadian Maritimes and then finally weaken when it crossed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar.

If Dorian maintains Category 2 strength when it makes "official" landfall over Halifax, Nova Scotia, it will be the strongest storm to hit the provincial capital since Hurricane Juan in 2003.

It's expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, CNN meteorologist Robert Shackelford said. A hurricane warning remains in effect for eastern Nova Scotia and western Newfoundland.

A quick refresher on storm categories: Meteorologists use the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to measure a hurricane's strength.

The system divides storms into five categories:

• Category 1: Winds 74 to 95 mph (Minor damage)
• Category 2: Winds 96 to 110 mph (Extensive damage — Can uproot trees and break windows)
• Category 3: Winds 111 to 129 mph (Devastating — Can break windows and doors)
• Category 4: Winds 130 to 156 mph (Catastrophic damage — Can tear off roofs)
• Category 5: Winds 157 mph or higher (The absolute worst and can level houses and destroy buildings)

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian's aftermath in the Bahamas - CNN

This is crazy. It's like a storm that never ends! I've never seen one hold together for so long and regain strength so many times.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Dorian regains strength as a Category 2 storm

Dorian has once again strengthened into a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, according to a special advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

The storm had been expected to maintain Category 1 strength as it moved through the Canadian Maritimes and then finally weaken when it crossed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar.

If Dorian maintains Category 2 strength when it makes "official" landfall over Halifax, Nova Scotia, it will be the strongest storm to hit the provincial capital since Hurricane Juan in 2003.

It's expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, CNN meteorologist Robert Shackelford said. A hurricane warning remains in effect for eastern Nova Scotia and western Newfoundland.

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian's aftermath in the Bahamas - CNN

Why won't this thing just die already!!!

 

[Gardener1850]

Oops, sorry for the duplicate post @MsFacetious
We must have been posting at the same time.

 

[CharlestonGal]

Dorian regains strength as a Category 2 storm
Dorian has once again strengthened into a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, according to a special advisory from the National Hurricane Center.

The storm had been expected to maintain Category 1 strength as it moved through the Canadian Maritimes and then finally weaken when it crossed into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar.

If Dorian maintains Category 2 strength when it makes "official" landfall over Halifax, Nova Scotia, it will be the strongest storm to hit the provincial capital since Hurricane Juan in 2003.

It's expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, CNN meteorologist Robert Shackelford said. A hurricane warning remains in effect for eastern Nova Scotia and western Newfoundland.

A quick refresher on storm categories: Meteorologists use the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to measure a hurricane's strength.

The system divides storms into five categories:

• Category 1: Winds 74 to 95 mph (Minor damage)
• Category 2: Winds 96 to 110 mph (Extensive damage — Can uproot trees and break windows)
• Category 3: Winds 111 to 129 mph (Devastating — Can break windows and doors)
• Category 4: Winds 130 to 156 mph (Catastrophic damage — Can tear off roofs)
• Category 5: Winds 157 mph or higher (The absolute worst and can level houses and destroy buildings)

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian's aftermath in the Bahamas - CNN

This is crazy. It's like a storm that never ends! I've never seen one hold together for so long and regain strength so many times.

It's starting to feel like the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. It just keeps going and going and going. Unreal.

 

[Gardener1850]

US says it's allocating $1 million in additional aid to the Bahamas
US Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green announced $1 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help people in the Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian. That brings USAID's funding for the response to more than $2.8 million, the agency said in a news release.

The funding will provide food, shelter, water containers and hygiene kits to people on the Abaco Islands and the Grand Bahama Islands, Green said. It will also help transport US government supplies to the Bahamas by air and by sea.

More than 47 metric tons of USAID supplies have arrived in the Bahamas so far to assist about 44,000 people, the agency said. It added that its partner, the Bahamas Red Cross, will also distribute supplies including hygiene kits, portable stoves and towels to people affected by the hurricane.

About 70,000 people in the Bahamas have been left homeless after Hurricane Dorian flattened their neighborhoods. The death toll, now at 43, is expected to rise drastically, officials said.

Live updates: Hurricane Dorian's aftermath in the Bahamas - CNN

 

[CharlestonGal]

"The Great Red Spot is a persistent high-pressure region in the atmosphere of Jupiter, producing an anticyclonic storm, the largest in the Solar System, 22 degrees south of Jupiter's equator. It has been continuously observed since 1830.[1] Earlier observations from 1665 to 1713 are believed to be of the same storm; if this is correct, it has existed for at least 350 years."

Great Red Spot - Wikipedia

 

[MsFacetious]

I don't understand how anyone thinks all the aid being sent to the Bahamas is going to help.
Yes they need food and water.
However, they NEED the bodies removed and they NEED shelter.
If those two things can't be immediately provided they NEED to be evacuated until they can.
This is fairly straight forward to me. Did we learn nothing from Katrina? That was nothing compared to this!
Get a hundred people in there specifically to recover all the bodies, or get the live people off the island.
Get some sort of shelter or structure in there, or get the live people off the island.
I realize it's not simple, but it's necessary.