It's truly unfortunate that the Min of Met doesn't train their storm monitoring staff to reboot their monitoring computers when there is an erratic, burgeoning storm within striking distance and it is high hurricane season. Joaquin was a slow motion train wreck of a hurricane. It was only moving at about 3-4 miles SSW. It took 4 days to close on the southern Bahamas. I wonder why the government didn't post some warnings when it became evident that the storm wasn't behaving as their models predicted? Why not start up the well oiled and much vaunted Bahamas National Hurricane preparedness machine. No one in their right mind is going to blame them for erring on the side of caution for ramping up their warnings in the face of an unpredictable storm. Another thing, why didn't they get on the phone early to begin opening the shelters positively and start getting people moving to the shelters with provisions. Do they have to teach them and the cops to reboot the telephones too? Can't they set up a phone tree or visit the outlying settlements to verify preparations in them nice shiny jeeps?
It's truly unfortunate that the Min of Met doesn't train its storm monitoring staff to reboot their computers when there is a storm in the neighborhood and it's hurricane season. Joaquin was a slow motion train wreck of a storm. It was generally moving at about 3-4 MPH to the SSW since it formed on 9/27. I wonder why, when it was clearly not moving as predicted by US NHC, the Bahamian government didn't decide to put out a warning since it was better to err on the side of caution and get the much vaunted and well oiled incoming storm preparedness machine in motion. No one in their right mind would have condemned the government for pulling the trigger on false alarm. Better safe than sorry? Another thing, wouldn't they have seen the outer whorls of the storm as it approached? It wasn't THAT small. Why weren't they screaming louder and louder on the 28th, 29th and 30th that an unpredictable storm was approaching, to open the shelters and to get to shelter ASAP? Maybe they need to train to reboot the phones too!
3Stormsin5Years says...
Why a socialist can justify it, of course. They don't know how to spread prosperity around, only misery, so long as they get a cut and some votes!
On Hurricane wiped out 836 homes
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3Stormsin5Years says...
It's truly unfortunate that the Min of Met doesn't train their storm monitoring staff to reboot their monitoring computers when there is an erratic, burgeoning storm within striking distance and it is high hurricane season. Joaquin was a slow motion train wreck of a hurricane. It was only moving at about 3-4 miles SSW. It took 4 days to close on the southern Bahamas. I wonder why the government didn't post some warnings when it became evident that the storm wasn't behaving as their models predicted? Why not start up the well oiled and much vaunted Bahamas National Hurricane preparedness machine. No one in their right mind is going to blame them for erring on the side of caution for ramping up their warnings in the face of an unpredictable storm. Another thing, why didn't they get on the phone early to begin opening the shelters positively and start getting people moving to the shelters with provisions. Do they have to teach them and the cops to reboot the telephones too? Can't they set up a phone tree or visit the outlying settlements to verify preparations in them nice shiny jeeps?
On Broken radar claim is denied
Posted 20 October 2015, 5:20 p.m. Suggest removal
3Stormsin5Years says...
It's truly unfortunate that the Min of Met doesn't train its storm monitoring staff to reboot their computers when there is a storm in the neighborhood and it's hurricane season. Joaquin was a slow motion train wreck of a storm. It was generally moving at about 3-4 MPH to the SSW since it formed on 9/27. I wonder why, when it was clearly not moving as predicted by US NHC, the Bahamian government didn't decide to put out a warning since it was better to err on the side of caution and get the much vaunted and well oiled incoming storm preparedness machine in motion. No one in their right mind would have condemned the government for pulling the trigger on false alarm. Better safe than sorry? Another thing, wouldn't they have seen the outer whorls of the storm as it approached? It wasn't THAT small. Why weren't they screaming louder and louder on the 28th, 29th and 30th that an unpredictable storm was approaching, to open the shelters and to get to shelter ASAP? Maybe they need to train to reboot the phones too!
On Broken radar claim is denied
Posted 20 October 2015, 4:57 p.m. Suggest removal