Posted on 09/03/2019 1:11:15 PM PDT by Red Badger
Meteorologist Kait Parker walks us through some of the first aerial images of the devastation in the Bahamas.
Aerial Video at link.............
Thank you - I’ll look on a map to get a better idea of what is where....
I have no words. Reminds me of the Tsunami. Praying for humanity to assist however we can.
Thanks for that...I’m totally ignorant of that area.
Paradise island spared.
Thank you - just hard to fathom the destruction. I can’t imagine being stuck there. People in FL and up our coast can evacuate but what can these people do? They certainly can’t have underground safe locations like some of residents in our states do. That would be suicide with the water.
Quick, call the Clinton Foundation and ask for their Haiti representative, they were so beneficial during the last Caribean catastrophe.
“”Freeport, Nassau, Princess Cay...””
Thank you...
I went to a Club Med on Paradise Island back in the early 80’s. That Island is appropriately named. Glad to hear it was spared.
Yep, and what’s the architectural solution to a 30 ft. storm surge.
That picture looks like Jamaica.
Think of “storm surge” as a wind driven tsunami with wind driven waves - depending on the circumstance and location, big waves - on top of it.
VERY good info. & graphics here:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/surge/
Note that the storm surge is mostly wind driven (not pressure driven), so if the storm stalls and winds blowing onshore stay up, the surge stays up too (although tides in and out also affect the total height of the water.)
The onset of an earthquake driven tsunami is more sudden, often preceded by a retreat of the waters first, and there are often multiple inundations and retreats. Absent human communication, there may be very short warning, if any, as earthquake tsunamis can travel rapidly far from their source. With storm surges you pretty much see them build as the storm builds. Ultimately, certain earthquake and volcanic tsunamis can be higher (I think - someone correct me if wrong), to say nothing of asteroid hit tsunamis, but, storm surges have those pounding waves that can in combination go on for many hours.
It’s like Mexico Beach last year.
You’re welcome.
I’ve been at those ports and have (had) an upcoming cruise to the Bahamas in November. Not sure what area this picture was taken but it’s absolutely devastating... :(
The vid on TWC would not play for me, but, is this the same one? (Direct You Tube link)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QoqtB6HPMY
Saw this on the msm earlier.
The house must be amazing because it might as well be floating in the ocean and it’s not even leaking in through the windows or doors!
Waves Lap at Bahamas Window ‘20 Feet off the Ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_useY8-R83c
Site probably overloaded.........................
does anyone know how things are in Freeport?
that area didnt even get the right quadrant of the storm, the strongest part. Astonishing damage,man...
Yes I remember.
We flew into Marsh Harbour once. To catch the ferry to Green Turtle Cay.
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