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Here in Grand Bahama everyone we speak to needs something; food, water, fuel or help rebuilding.
More tonight on @CBSNews
More tonight on @CBSNews
One of the most disturbing things I have seen on #GrandBahama which shows you the many layers of despair survivors face.
#prayforthebahamas
#prayforthebahamas
Today we also reached the @Equinor oil facility #Dorian ripped apart.
The company tells @cbsnews it “has not identified any oil on beaches” or “observed leakage of oil from our terminal to the sea.”
#PrayForTheBahamas
The company tells @cbsnews it “has not identified any oil on beaches” or “observed leakage of oil from our terminal to the sea.”
#PrayForTheBahamas
Ever since I interviewed Kerry Emanuel at the onset of the 2018 #hurricane season, I've been showing some of the results of his team's downscaling approach that, combined with model simulations, can yield projected return periods for outlier cyclone events.
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At my public outreach and educational presentations, I've shown how a hurricane like Irma at 180 MPH approaching Barbuda, a 1-in-800 year event, could have its return period reduced to 1-in-80 years by the end of this century. Similarly ...
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A hurricane like María at 155 MPH approaching Puerto Rico, a 1-in-200 year event, could have a return period of 1-in-20 years by late this century.
I'm sure some of my followers that have seen my presentations in person recall me showing these slides.
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I'm sure some of my followers that have seen my presentations in person recall me showing these slides.
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Here's a thread on a few of the more harrowing stories @Reuters reporters heard from #Dorian survivors awaiting relief flights in Abaco, #Bahamas, Thursday into Friday: 
1. Fritz Cerisier, in broken English & struggling with emotions, mistook me for an aid worker, asked if I could help his 5-yo son. The boy had been vomiting non-stop for 3 days, and Fritz, whose home was destroyed by #Dorian, could not see a doctor because Abaco is in ruins.
2. Fritz was alone with a sick 5-yo he could not help. His wife, injured in the hurricane, had already been transported off-island. I think Fritz and his son made the last flight out Thursday night, but I'm not sure.
It’s just heartbreaking: a staff member at our hotel in Nassau just told me her sister Brenda Miller, her brother-in-law Sam Miller, their 5-year-old triplets and their 15-year-old son are still missing in Cooperstown, #Abaco.
Here’s a picture of the 5-year-old triplets missing in Cooperstown, #Abaco. Their parents, Brenda and Sam Miller, are also missing, as is their 15-year-old brother.
A happy ending:
Death toll in the Bahamas likely to multiply rapidly as rescue workers uncover true picture in badly hit areas. More flights are going with supplies, more people coming out — including 91 year old Jean Lowe, who’s lived here all her life. British aid efforts also increased. @GMB
Becky & Ryan tell me the most incredible tale of survival @GMB, how they saved their children from raging flood waters. David Lowe, another lifelong resident, shares pictures of his destroyed community- in a landscape “changed forever” by #HurricaneDorian.
