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This was the extent of the damage in Norfolk. Parts of VA Beach might've had some flooding from the storm surge.NEVER FORGET!!!
Meh... just an average day in the Bering Sea. ️
Yeah it’s just going to keep getting worse. Feel terrible for them.confirmed 43 dead in the Bahamas, and they are expecting that number to skyrocket... :(
I cannot understand why anyone would stay with that thing coming at them. It’s akin to playing Russian roulette.Yeah it’s just going to keep getting worse. Feel terrible for them.
confirmed 43 dead in the Bahamas, and they are expecting that number to skyrocket... :(
It may be, when all is said and done.Surprised it isnt ten times or more higher
If you’re poor and you live on a small island that’s flat as a table, where are you going to go?I cannot understand why anyone would stay with that thing coming at them. It’s akin to playing Russian roulette.
Beat me to it. Some of these folks have no choice.If you’re poor and you live on a small island that’s flat as a table, where are you going to go?
As I understood, they were ferrying anyone and everyone to other islands that weren’t expected to get a direct hit. Many (hundreds) chose to stay and ride it out. Insanity.If you’re poor and you live on a small island that’s flat as a table, where are you going to go?
The areas that took the bad hit were very affluent areas, and not just resorts for affluent transients. We're talking residences in the upper 6 and 7 figure marks. The "im poor and have no option" people were the large minority.
Kevin just made it back from little Abaco after a 400+ mile journey to bring 3000 lbs of supplies to some folks that were super happy to see them. Waiting on him to get home so he can write a detailed trip report.https://www.facebook.com/kevin.farrell.3517?__tn__=,dC-R-R&eid=ARD8aOE4e7YRtfVrBYwmYciA_lPRhlJTMrRlV0yY3J4HsP0oIa-XP1dNmonqRFwmhauaNJX1Mk08xoBK&hc_ref=ARRbopxeBL_d9LBKnKJHC8X6QfZ_nxrlf93HvsuYrOLkj4-KNjVgTNKlosSIR93p5NM&fref=nf
This is Kevin's page. I'm not sure if there is a place coordinating boats like his into a more organized effort.
that's great, but none of that was ever in question. My statement was in response to an emerging (false) narrative that all these ppl were poor with no options. That's all.Regardless of who you are, it's still relatively small islands. Even more so than in Florida, you can't just decide to evacuate a day before. There is a lot more to thousands of people trying to find safety when flying or boats are your only option.
I spent the last week involved with command teams prepping for managing Urban Search & Rescue teams for Florida. Remember that on Friday of last week, this storm was forecast to go right up the middle of the state as a major hurricane. Fortunately for us in Florida, the single outlier track on the spaghetti models was the winner (the orange one by the way!)
Decisions on pre-positioning US&R teams changed every day. Initially, on Sunday and Monday these task forces from all over the eastern US were spread out in Miami, Orlando and Jacksonville. Each day these teams were being moved further north as the track changed. These decisions were being made based on some pretty intensive meteorological analysis. It is hard for individuals to take all that in and come up with the right choice.
Kind of interesting being inside the Orange County Convention Center and seeing about a dozen helicopters in there, including 3 Blackhawks "stuck" in a corner. Big place.