To everyone on the east coast. I hope all of you guys dodge the bullet, and this thing just goes out to sea with no damage to anyone. Be prepared, be careful and good luck.
Hurricane coming
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I'm concerned about the people in the Out Islands of The Bahamas which are facing a Category 4 Hurricane with almost no warning. This is not new, Hurricane damage in the Bahamas has always been ignored by the International community. Remember ever reading in our Press about concern for a natural disaster in the Bahamas? Did not think so.
That is very true and also the Government in Nassau bears the ultimate responsibility for notifying the various Islands. What I'm referring to is a lack of awareness about the Islands. We had advices here in Florida three days ago that the depression was expected to turn into Hurricane. The thing is that they never anticipated it was going to blow into a Cat 5. If the projected track would have been to US soil they would have run "what if" and "worst case" scenario analysis, triggering warnings, but being out to the ocean and the lack of awareness about the Islands there were no raised alarms. The kicker is the numbers as the Out Islands are sparsely populated and the loss of a handful of people does not create headlines. Watch the news and in a couple of days it will seem that nothing happened there. The Bahamians are hardy and resourceful people who know how to deal with Hurricanes but to have a Cat 5 lingering there for a day or two has to be devastating. I hope we at least offer to help survey the damage and to trigger any charitable organizations to provide any needed help.