Dorian

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 11:13 am

As my dead MILs condo is in WPB I am very relieved that the hurricane is now turning North. Just an observation ... the Northern Bahamas will never recover from this monster that became cat 5 then just stopped over them. just devastating.

KLook · Post by **KLook** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 11:16 am

My old business partner, and his wife, both over 70 flew into Ft. Lauderdale Sat. They are on the 11th floor of a condo babysitting 2 kids while the parents flew to Greece. His wife has family in WPB also CN, pricey neighborhood.

Kevin

They used to live in the harbor on St. Thomas, we both have friends and relatives there. It has not recovered fully from the last hurricane......

Post by **Lightning** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 12:30 pm

Don't count yer chickens.. It's still currently crawling westward with only prediction of it turning north.

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 12:59 pm

but but the Weather Channel says ... yes your right..... fingers crossed. They are wrong more times than the average EV car owner.

Sunny Boy · Post by **Sunny Boy** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 4:42 pm

Bother's and his wife's two masted sail boat is stored in Jacksonville for the summer. Both retired, they spend their winters living aboard and island -hopping in the Bahamas.

The place in Jacksonville where they store it has concrete pads with special tie-down points in the concrete. Boat won't blow away, but that doesn't stop damage from flying debris.

He's waiting to see if he'll still have a boat,.... and a place to sail it to.

Paul

grumpy · Post by **grumpy** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 6:02 pm

grumpy · Post by **grumpy** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 6:04 pm

grumpy · Post by **grumpy** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 6:05 pm

Click view profile to see video..

Post by **coaledsweat** » Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 6:44 pm

It's stopped dead now, and losing steam.

Hambden Bob · Post by **Hambden Bob** » Tue. Sep. 03, 2019 8:28 am

This Just In For Consumption By Any Of Your Inquiring And Caring Minds: "That Scumbag Notorious Hurricane Chaser,Namely One Hambden Bob,Has Wisely Chosen To Sit This Entirely Sordid Affair Out!"

Some days you've just got to decide to let the Kids handle it.....

That Is All!!

Post by **Richard S.** » Tue. Sep. 03, 2019 9:16 am

coalnewbie wrote: ↑
Mon. Sep. 02, 2019 12:59 pm
but but the Weather Channel says ... yes your right..... fingers crossed. They are wrong more times than the average EV car owner.

Relatively speaking they are fairly accurate and will continue to improve. They have massive amounts of pretty precise data on previous storms and what has changed in the last decade is the computational power to crunch those numbers. They can repeatedly test models against data from past storms with known outcomes. This storm will improve their models as will any others.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Tue. Sep. 03, 2019 9:44 am

Good for you HB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hambden Bob wrote: ↑
Tue. Sep. 03, 2019 8:28 am
This Just In For Consumption By Any Of Your Inquiring And Caring Minds: "That Scumbag Notorious Hurricane Chaser,Namely One Hambden Bob,Has Wisely Chosen To Sit This Entirely Sordid Affair Out!"

Some days you've just got to decide to let the Kids handle it.....

That Is All!!

CapeCoaler · Post by **CapeCoaler** » Tue. Sep. 03, 2019 9:58 am

This one will be a stinker...
Gonna get part of...
Maybe all of the storm...
As it passes by on Friday...
Testing the genny and topping off fuel...

Homesteader · Post by **Homesteader** » Tue. Sep. 03, 2019 10:35 am

My step mother lives in New Smyrna Beach and with this thing moving so slowly and so dangerous its a real mental strain on her. It's been 5 days of do we evacuate or not and is it really just going to stay off the coast as they say. They finally ordered the evacuation of her area yesterday due to projected storm surge. Being alone thankfully she knows people who have a place inland that she can go to. Mentally it must have been like having a gun pointed to your head for 5 days. Hope any of you coal burners who have property in the area fair out well.

coalnewbie · Post by **coalnewbie** » Tue. Sep. 03, 2019 11:21 am

Glad you are impressed Richard, however, I am not. They never came close to forecasting that devastating stationary stop and that would gave been the most important item for those poor Bahamanians, They only forecast a general Northerly turn at the very last moment when it was obvious to all and still never forecast the ebbing energy of the storm. A very very poor effort continues.and clearly have learned little from previous storms. However, a lot of ad space was sold.