Tropical Storm Dorian - All is Calm Before the Storm
Published on September 2, 2019
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It is Monday, September 2, 2019 (Labor Day). All is quiet in the city of Maitland, a suburb north of Orlando, Florida. It is all calm before the storm. We received a warning since the beginning of last week Tuesday / Wednesday that Hurricane Dorian was forming and heading east toward Florida.
Dorian started out as a catergory 3 hurricane and slowly gained strength to category 5 by Saturday. The hurrican category is Saffir-Simpsom Hurricane Wind Scale. A category 3 is a sustained wind at 111-129 mph, 96-112 kt, or 178-208 km/h. A category 5 is 157 mph, 137 kt, or 252 km/h higher. It is traveling slowly at 8mph to 15mph across the Atlantic building up steam.
While awaiting with abated breath (especially me), the Floridians are preparing with our sandbags to prevent water intrusion into our homes, food and water supplies, generators, gas, etc. Orlandian are not required to evaculated. Certain gas stations ran out of gas by Thursday mornings and water was depleted in many large grocery stores by Thursday evening. We went shopping last Friday evening for additional food and supplies at our local Walmart. There were no candles left in sight.
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By Monday morning, Dorian shifted path from eastward to northeast pounding through northwest Bahamas. Much love and prayers for the people in Bahamas. It is now estimated to be Category 4 on the path of the NorthEast Coast from Florida to Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and southeastern Virginia. Dorian will not hit Florida directly but it is expected to bring tropical-storm-force winds (39mph plus) to Florida the next 48 hours.
Where I am at the current moment, we would expect lots of rain with possible flooding, strong wind, and possible power and water outage. We are as prepared as we possibly could. The best we could do is be available for ourselves, our neighbors, and our community. When disaster strikes, I believe it brings the best out of people. Much love and appreciation to our community spreading to all over the world! Talk to you again after the storm.
Love to hear from you and your experience with Hurricane where ever you are...
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ps. As I am finishing with this article, it is starting to rain now with surges of wind...
psss... I completely forgot to update about Dorian. We were very fortunate. The storm traveled away from Florida. We only experience a little bit of rain and very light wind.
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