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Grand Bahama Island. May be 50% gone due to Dorian Sept2019.

Sep 3, 2019 1:26PM PDT

Post was last edited on September 3, 2019 2:22 PM PDT

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TERRIBLE!!! Hurricanes are so destructive/dangerous.
Sep 3, 2019 1:38PM PDT

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I heard earlier it was moving at 10 mph, at sea.
Sep 3, 2019 7:21PM PDT

That's bad. (Typical US storm front moves 30+ mph.)
THEN it sat still over Bahamas. Sad

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(NT) Thanks for the link.
Sep 3, 2019 7:24PM PDT
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Found an animation of how much is underwater now.
Sep 3, 2019 10:55PM PDT
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Just now, a middle aged man interviewed on
Sep 4, 2019 11:16PM PDT

PBS Newshour.
Born and raised on one of the Bahamas, he's in charge of helo ops. None can land yet, but he flew over. 'I don't recognize any of it.'
Until they find landing spots (for helos, remember!) the logjam of medical supplies and personnel in Florida remains.

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A lot is now on Andros Island
Sep 4, 2019 11:29PM PDT

at Nassau. It's where injured are being evacuated too.

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(NT) Right. I misspoke Florida. Thanks.
Sep 4, 2019 11:38PM PDT
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It's the old 'last mile' problem.
Sep 4, 2019 11:39PM PDT

About 130 miles, in this case.

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JW's hit in Bahamas
Sep 5, 2019 1:26PM PDT
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(NT) Yep. Just looking at that.
Sep 5, 2019 3:51PM PDT
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One oddity in the videos so far are golf courses.
Sep 5, 2019 9:35AM PDT

I spotted a few golf courses that were above water and fairly clear.

I'm sure the helo ops will spot that soon.

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I imagine they were on builtup land,
Sep 5, 2019 9:48AM PDT

to permit good drainage. Ironic.

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Plus
Sep 5, 2019 10:11AM PDT

Grass to hold it together, nice flat areas, etc. Not much for high winds to grab hold of.

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From one of my science go-to's.
Sep 4, 2019 11:30PM PDT
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It's back up to Cat 3 now as it heads
Sep 4, 2019 11:37PM PDT

....toward the Carolinas.

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Yep. Like Gilgamesh's wrestling foe.
Sep 4, 2019 11:43PM PDT

A child of Mother Earth, so she renewed him each time G. slammed him down.

Now the storm becomes an unforseen occurrence in the tariff wars.

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Here's what our website shows to visitors.
Sep 5, 2019 10:50PM PDT
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who created the disasters that....
Sep 5, 2019 11:05PM PDT

....struck Job's family members, the loss of his first children? Who gave Job boils? Who caused Job to lose his wealth? Who is "the prince of the power of the air?

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Do you mean the "unnatural disasters" of Job?
Sep 6, 2019 10:27AM PDT

The article is about "natural disasters".

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How can you tell the difference?
Sep 6, 2019 1:17PM PDT

When a disaster is spiritually caused?

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Myself, I just read the book.
Sep 6, 2019 5:28PM PDT

Helps to have understanding, too.
Isa 6:9,10; Acts 28:24 ff.

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Here's a video showing why the Bahamas took such a hit.
Sep 7, 2019 1:57AM PDT
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https:.//imgur.com/gallery/PdqLsmft
Sep 7, 2019 3:16AM PDT

I'm a forums moderator for a site owned by a major entertainment company. Big stuff, even if our President did get caught with his pants down in a broom closet. #MeWooHoo!
We have this poster who's always complaining about the trouble he has using the Internet with his crummy smartphone. You know, a whiner.
Got my revenge. Sent him an imgur link, knowing he would hop on it.

Hah! Imgur is crap on phones. Jumps from link to link, locks in on half images, scrolls randomly, misreads finger taps, won't play videos, the whole Internet from Hell thing.

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I'm assuming that
Sep 7, 2019 4:56AM PDT

by "our President" in that statement you were referring to the President of that 'big stuff' entertainment company you moderate for? Are you bragging with all your 'name dropping', drp? You seem to do a lot of that for some reason with all your 'country hopping travel' mentions and now you're a forums moderator somewhere on the net. My, my....with all your jw work, too, how DO you manage to find so much time on your hands every day, many times a day, to 'inform' a few here in little known now SE?

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(NT) ???
Sep 7, 2019 8:11AM PDT
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I didn't drop a name.
Sep 7, 2019 12:04PM PDT

It was Les Moonves FYI. One of the most powerful men in entertainment. Gone now.

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Link didn't work.
Sep 7, 2019 7:10AM PDT

I did the usual copy+paste but still "Wrong turn." As to Imgur on phones I have this Android phone with the Chrome browser and all good here but then it has Ublock Origin turned on as well. Bees' knees, cat's meow, and more.

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Sorry. Just a little satire.
Sep 7, 2019 8:21AM PDT
Happy
Your video wouldn't play, although it's obvious what it was about. I had talked about the stalling earlier.
The still from it does indicate that it made a very sharp turn northward after, so Florida dodged a large bullet.

Recent updates show that its large size is causing severe rain problems away from the track. Mainland Carolinas e.g.
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not a video per say
Sep 7, 2019 8:50AM PDT

but actually a "gif" file. A browser must have the ability inbuilt to properly display them in motion, otherwise just see a single "frame".

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I know gifs. one of the picture dot suffixes
Sep 7, 2019 1:07PM PDT

like .jpg, .scr.
Wazzap or wassup or whatever has a bunch available, and they play within the app.
I notice Rob's would, too, if I d/l the imgur app. I don't. No redd, friend, link, like, twit or any other popular stuff.
I get along fine with the Internet on smartphone. In fact, we're using it now, aren't we?