Monday, August 18, 2014
THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UPDATE WITH EFFECT FROM 4:30PM EDT UNTIL 6:30PM MONDAY 18TH AUGUST 2014.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ANDROS BUT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW PROVIDENCE, AND THE SOUTHERN BERRY ISLANDS, ALONG WITH THEIR ADJACENT WATERS.
AT 4:25PM OBSERVATION, RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED IMPROVING CONDITIONS NEAR NEW PROVIDENCE AND THE BERRY ISLANDS. HOWEVER, NUMEROUS LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION CONTINUE TO IMPACT NORTH AND CENTRAL ANDROS.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES CAUSING STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, HEAVY DOWNPOURS, HAIL AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUT OR TORNADIC ACTIVITY.
BOATERS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOUR AND RESIDENTS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD STAY INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN CONDITIONS WORSEN. RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR IN WATER AS THESE CAN BECOME LIGHTENING CONDUCTORS.
Comments
Tommy77 says...
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Posted 18 August 2014, 3:41 p.m. Suggest removal
PLP_Catastrophe says...
damn BEC I had NO POWER for 3 hours TODAY, and that was wayyyyyy before the rain.
Posted 18 August 2014, 5:34 p.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
What rain? Out east there were a couple of drops around four then it was beautiful weather. I'm really skeptical about all of these dog who cried wolf warnings...unless of course it poured cars and dogs out west.
Posted 18 August 2014, 9:22 p.m. Suggest removal
PLP_Catastrophe says...
Mr. "skeptic" ThisisOurs, I should not dignify your **stupid ignorant comment** with a response, but the fact of the matter is BEC cut the power for over **3 hours yesterday** and a few hours after the power outage, it rained in the area I live. Your comment was **stupid**. You must have a generator, so it is nice and cool for you, and yu can afford to talk stupid cause you don't feel the heat, but I don't and I can't afford to buy one so I must suffer at the hands of this PLP Government and BEC and it is hell in the heat. BEC can't service the Bahama NOW, and they sure won't be able to power BAHMAR.
Posted 19 August 2014, 6:19 a.m. Suggest removal
ThisIsOurs says...
A. My power was cut three times yesterday, once in the pre dawn hours, once shortly after 8 if I remember correctly and then again for about two to three hours. I said "what rain" because during those outages it rained once for maybe five minutes so not a viable excuse for BEC. B. I don't have a generator and being female and still unequal I'm sure I was more hot than you. C. I completely agree with you BEC has major *40 year in the making* problems, both man and machine made they need to hand it off to a reputable energy company not one of their boys. D. "Dog who cried wolf warnings" was referring to the "severe weather **warning**" from the Met...i barely saw any rain, maybe two thunder rumblings, and I was actually praying for rain to cool things off, hence I said "unless it poured out west". E. That said I'm confused why the comment was "ignorant" and "stupid", Chill ok.
Posted 19 August 2014, 8:13 a.m. Suggest removal
Honeybun says...
Your comment was quite clear... nothing stupid and ignorant about it...READ BAHAMAS!!!
Posted 19 August 2014, 10:12 a.m. Suggest removal
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