Fortunately most of the spaghetti models are showing the storm passing to the North East of the Bahamas. But as a local meteorologists said the steering currents that direct these hurricanes change constantly and so you must be vigilant and prepared.

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Bahamians are not taking this one lightly. They are already shopping for hurricane supplies. With the effects of Hurricane Mathew still on their minds (some experiencing a hurricane for the first time as an adult). They are wiser.

Which model is Basil Dean using?????? ......... How can we trust him after Joaquin?????

This hurricane seems to be coming our way .......... Mandatory evacuations, states of emergency for affected islands and post-storm curfews better be enforced this time ...... each island needs to have a RBDF contingent on each island to bolster the police ...... hope those new RBDF boats are functioning this time around .......... God help us

I'm praying for all areas in danger. They are saying that this hurricane may be the strongest on record and could wipe towns off the map. We have family on the coast of the US and they are packing and getting out. On a Island, where do you go. Prayers for all and God is good.

If god is so good, why do you need prayers and why is he going to kill people or destroy their lives?

Oh thank you for saying what I have always said. If there is this powerful God why can he not prevent the storm ? If he can't prevent the storm then he sure as hell can't do much about what happens afterwards.

The answer to your questions about God is very complex, God is omnipresent, he is every where, all Hurricanes are apart of his surpreme Being, The earth is the lord and the fullness there off, The world and they that dwell therein.Storms have a Purpose, Nature is God,Hurricanes are gods way of moving heat from one part of the planet and balancing the Temperature of the air and seas. Just as in war there are innocent casualties , Acts of nature cause casualties and i would not even attempt to question or try to answer why God allows people to Die in severe acts of nature ... but i can say this, Worship him in spirit and in truth and he will reveal the answers to your questions even if he takes years to do so.

Is it time to depopulat the southern islands? Can government afford to continue to rebuild them?

Are you smoking some of the Harold Road dump fumes???? ......... Compare the government's rebuild efforts of Joaquin and Matthew ....... who gets the contracts and the deals when the city is affected?? ....... not much work done in the South yet ........... and a Cat4 storm is upon us again ..... Private sponsors did far more for Joaquin than the PLP government .... Who knows what will happen this time???????

"*Private sponsors did far more for Joaquin than the PLP government .... Who knows what will happen this time???????*"

Nothing. Four months to get ready for hurricane season and "nothing". As I've said before, Dames hasn't realized as yet that he's the Minister of "**national**" security, not the commissioner and not the minister of "crime". FNM's need to wake up to what is not happening. There no time to "give them time". They should have been prepared for the "known" problems from day 1. The "timing" of this looming hurricane is the first unknown for an unprepared administration, who knows what else they will face before the end of the year. Demand something different.

They will have a rushed press conference with the same pat answers having done nothing to prepare any island for anything.

Depopulate them and move where? Crazy ass Nassau??? No thank you!

I'm just hoping that she turns northward soon.

Actually maybe this isn't an "unknown", it seems like we've had some storm system the first week of every school year in recent memory...

Abaco, New Providence and Grand Bahama stand to be hardest hit by Irma as a CAT 4-5 with sustained winds greater than 140-150 mph. Now that's what I call a trifecta! Unfortunately Minnis and KP will use this devastating event as an excuse to further drive up our already unsustainable national debt. Can't wait to hear which corrupt buffoon Minnis will appoint as his hurricane recovery Czar in the aftermath of Irma given his very poor judgement in appointing Marlon Johnson as Financial Secretary! I can hear Vomit and Shameless Shane laughing that if Minnis had no bad luck he would have no luck at all !!!!

Something is not right. Does anyone remember the uproar when Ishmael Lightbourne was appointed as VAT Czar? Christie admitted to wanting to help him out. Gave him control over one of the largest revenue budgets in the country. Just one. It's never good when a person in debt is given control of such large funds, it's an audit red flag. And the entire country knew it, certainly all FNM supporters did. It's one of the reasons the Constitution states an MP cannot be bankrupt. People voted for change, something is not right. FNM's need to open their eyes, the country needs to grow, we can't be satisfied with nice words and marketing campaigns. Remember Christies comforting words were that Gowon Bowe would be there to look after the money.

You are deluded Mudd take sic. It was the PLP that drove debt to these unsustainable levels and left the following government with few options. On what planet do you live ?

Irma is staying on a more Southwesterly course making a direct hit over the central and Southern Bahamas more probable. There is nothing to break the storm down and if it doesn't shift course the only thing to hope for is that it picks up speed and thereby spend less time over the islands. Some reports are predicting heavy sea surge (over 20 feet).

The eye seems to be headed towards the South and Central coast of Cuba. Then moving across to the US . But there is a very interesting situation developing for the following week (Tuesday and Wednesday). Let your qualified weather people tell you what it is at the appropriate time. Hint how many eyes do you have?

The spaghetti modules all showing Irma trekking further South and over Cuba for two days, then making a sharp turn to the North and over Florida (Miami Ft. Lauderdale). But look what happens on Tuesday-Wednesday...

Ok so now they are saying itt on the Weather Channel another storm is possibly developing right behind Irma. Can probably be a named storm by Wednesday. Right off the coast of Hispaniola

Jose expected to pass North of The Bahamas and head to the East coast of the US right behind Irma as it comes off the coast of Florida.

Inagua will probably get a direct hit on Friday.

Daryl Miller is telling the people the hurricane will hit the entire Bahamas, when it is trekking South and expected to cross over parts of Cuba

I don't blame him. He's filling the information gap. NEMA should have been in contact with each station to make sure correct info is disseminated. Especially the more popular shows

Banker and Omg I've asked all of those questions before. Without suffering there would be no compassion. I chose to have faith and believe in prayer. There is a reason for everything or so I believe. Well and I guess I could respond glad it's you and not me. Well what do you expect you live on a Island. Screw everyone else. That's not me. I have compassion and the love for people. I'm always nice because I chose to be. Well unless you mess with my family, well have you ever seen a momma bear. She would run. Kindness goes along way.

What worries me about religion is that it teaches people to be satisfied with not understanding the world they live in under the cloak of moral rectitude. You say that without suffering, there would be no compassion. That is not true. You can love someone without anyone suffering, and love embraces compassion. You can have compassion without suffering. I saw a colleague try to give a speech, and he failed miserably. He was so nerve-struck, that he forgot the words. He wasn't suffering and the whole room was compassionate and gave him an ovation.

There is a reason for everything as you say, but its not what you think. People get sick because they germs have invaded their bloodstreams and the leucocytes cannot fight it. Hurricanes come because of thermal dynamics in meterological conditions. People have accidents due to a confluence of factors and events that spontaneously meet at one place in time. Cancer may happen because a free radical from something as innocuous as an element in the flour in a slice of bread happens to react with cellular DNA and damage it, causing the cells to grow uncontrollably. Mental illness happens from chemical imbalances in serotonin and dopamines among other brain receptors.

You can choose to have faith and believe in prayer, but its laughable to write it as fact in news article comments, that prayer makes a difference in where people might die or lose everything they have. The hurricane is coming and it can't be prayed away. We learned that with Hurricane Matthew last year. You can't pray anything away - cancer, homosexuality, bad luck, the weather, poverty, ugliness or stupidity. Some will be lucky and be saved and some won't. Things are neither good nor bad in a rational world -- just their perceptions of them on an individual level. What is bad for you might be good for me.

I am sure that you are a very nice person, but faith or belief in God doesn't make you any nicer. What makes you nice is a choice of behaviour. You would be nice if you were an atheist too -- probably nicer because you would realise that gays can't help it, and what religion calls some sins, are intrinisic drives of sexuality, human behaviour, survival behaviour and evolved behaviours from our animal past. The sooner that mankind releases the superstitions of religion, the sooner we will advance towards a totally enlightened society.

On its current course Irma will impact Inagua,Ragged Island, Mayaguana, Acklins and Crooked island. It then goes over Cuba. And possibly to Florida and on to The Carolinas

Things not looking good for Central Cuba and the entire Florida pan handle. State of emergency has already been declared

This monster hurricane may cross over the entire Florida panhandle as a Cat 4 and Car hurricane

*Cat 4 and Cat 3

Hurricane is growing in strength. So much so New Providence may be under the gun even as the storm is over South Florida

Irma is now near cat 5 and still keeping South.. some models have it passing directly over Cuba and others even on the Southern side. But the storm is getting so huge. Surge will be a problem.

Irma is now a CAT 5 hurricane. Nothing to stop it from growing bigger.

The largest hurricane on record in the United States. All of Fla is under a state of emergency. This is a bad one. Take care.