General / Off-Topic Dorian is comming!

[Remus]

My thoughts and support goes today to the inhabitants of the Bahamas.

For today, the Bahamas will receive the visit of a very unpleasant visitor. His name... Dorian.

Dorian has been recently classified as a Cat 5 Hurricane, which is the maximum on the Saffir-Simpson scale. It translates on wind speeds of more than 251 Kmh and surges of over 5.5 meters.

To anyone living on the Bahamas and in Florida, take care and hang in there.

Live cam from port Nassau. Bahamas.

 

[Patrick_68000]

The hurricanes are something terrifying and devastating.

They speak of a catastrophic hurricane on the Bahamas and winds at 280 kms/h.

Residents are afraid of rising waters because the Bahamas are flat.

 

[Remus]

It seems as if the Abaco islands in north Bahamas received the brunt of it!

 

[Vasco Sapien]

 

[Manticore]

Bummer... stay safe.

 

[Patrick_68000]

It seems as if the Abaco islands in north Bahamas received the brunt of it!

A nightmare for these poor people.

God gives the protection for all these people and all the animals.

 

[lysan]

Don’t worry we will nuke it....just to be sure! Oh remember your sun-blocker.

 

[Remus]

After levelling Abaco islands in north Bahamas, Dorian is on its way to the eastern coast of Florida, where projections show it will go north along the coast all the way up to north Carolina. It should hit West Palm beach this afternoon as a Cat 4 Hurricane. Which means winds up to 250 km/h.

To all people involved that read this, stay safe, stay strong. Hang in there.

Live cam from Lauderdale-by-the-sea. North of Palm Beach. You can already see the monster getting close.

 

[JetsonRING]

I am near Fort Lauderdale, FL and we are just beginning to optimistically un-clench, here.

 

[Remus]

I am near Fort Lauderdale, FL and we are just beginning to optimistically un-clench, here.

Yup, looks like Dorian will miss you by a hair!

 

[Vasea Azure]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6hCt1apTWk

 

[Patrick_68000]

Live cam from Lauderdale-by-the-sea. North of Palm Beach. You can already see the monster getting close.

There are still people swimming now.

 

[Demascus]

It definitely pays to not live in hurricane alley. Best of luck to any whom lived there.

 

[Patrick_68000]

It definitely pays to not live in hurricane alley. Best of luck to any whom lived there.

Yes, hurricane or not, the Bahamas is a luxurious destination.

 

[lysan]

We’re building the wrong types of houses again and again, we really need to stop doing that, if I was in a tornado or hurricane area I would build my house so it could survive even a cat 5-6 hurricane.

 

[Remus]

We’re building the wrong types of houses again and again, we really need to stop doing that, if I was in a tornado or hurricane area I would build my house so it could survive even a cat 5-6 hurricane.

As much as I agree with your statement, I must point out that not everybody can afford a house made of concrete, even less so a domed shaped one.

There is a reason as to why wooden houses are so popular in the US. They are cheaper to build and easy to replace. Heck, some companies even specialised in prebuilt houses!

In Europe, most of our houses are made of brick, very few are made out of wood. Even though the new houses are made of cheap materials, the main walls are still made of brick. Why? Beacause they are more resilient! It is more expensive, but it is seen as an investment.

 

[lysan]

My example was in the upper levels however you can construct a cheap dome concrete house for the same cost as a wood house, it’s just a matter of series production.