Well muddo, and dey just did break up da domes them.

Why "muddo? I call us lucky. "So far" its projected to skirt the Bahamas. They say it's a rainmaker so even with 30mph winds we "may" have a good amount of rain.

We should take it seriously but not make of it more than it is. This is par for the course, its hurricane season and we are smack dab in the middle of hurricane alley. Its not like we were never going to get another hurricane ever, we're 4 months into hurricane season, you get about 5 days notice on a potential system, this shouldnt be "surprise!".

If we cant handle 30-50mph winds and 6 inches of heavy rainfall we need to evacuate these islands

20 inches of rain in guadeloupe.

Now a hurricane. Hope we don't get a lot of rain.

The area where I work often floods. Shucks.

you do realize it affected Guadeloupe directly right? even for the southern islands the path looks like it will skirt them. While we need to be vigilant we need to use information correctly and not induce panic. And yes projections can change

Another thing about rain and these systems, it really depends on where the storm hits you. If you looked at the weather forecasting for Puerto Rico those weather guys were able to say district by district the amount of rain the residents should expect. They did not tell everybody it looks like 20" of rain. Thats correct information use. People are aware of the general case but get to prepare for the conditions directly affecting them. We saw this with Dorian, even for those tiny islands, some parts of Abaco and Grand Bahama were hit worse with wind and flooding because of the position of the storm, the lay of the land and where the eye crossed. Rain also affects mountainous regions differently , they get fast moving deadly water. We get slow rising stationary water. There are so many variables to consider over generalized hype and panic