The storm has actually lost strength down to category 2 as I post this…
But it is a very LARGE storm…..
Hurricane Dorian is beginning a much-advertised turn to the north-northwest, away from the Bahamas but toward the U.S. mainland, where it is expected to bring significant impacts.
As of Tuesday morning, the storm was moving northwest at 2 mph just to the north of Grand Bahama Island and was continuing its historic onslaught in the northwestern Bahamas.
Although the storm’s peak winds have dropped since Sunday and early Monday when it was a Category 5, the hurricane has grown in size, its hurricane and tropical-storm-force winds covering more territory.
Dorian, now a still formidable Category 2 storm, slammed into the northwestern Bahamas over the weekend with the historic full fury of its 185-mile-per-hour winds and 23-foot storm surge. Video and images emerging from the Bahamas show a toll of absolute devastation on Abaco and Grand Bahama Islands, two locations where the eye of the storm made landfall.
Grand Bahama Island has suffered an onslaught from this storm that few places on Earth have experienced, remaining in the eyewall of a major Category 4 or 5 storm for over 36 hours. The eyewall is the region of the storm surrounding its center that contains its strongest winds and generates the most destructive storm-surge flooding….
image…Satellite view of Hurricane Dorian as a Category 3 storm, pounding the northwest Bahamas on September 3, 2019. (NOAA via CIRA/RAMMB)
Note….
We are now seeing reporters doing their famous standing in the storm shots…
I anticipate losing power later tonight or early tomorrow ,probably for a couple of days.So,I might not be back around till the weekend.(faint cheers in the background)
Stay safe Jack. While I do anticipate moving to a coastal location at some point I have to admit the Midwest does dodge some bullets during hurricane season. Oh sure we have strong storms and occasional tornadoes but rarely of such strength to knock out power for days the way storms like Dorian and Sandy can wreak havoc.
Wishing u the best Jack and hoping the power maybe stay’s on or if goes out coming back sooner….
You Take care!
Good luck, Jack.