Hurricane Matthew

[Bambino]

Already devastated Haiti. Hitting the Bahamas now and on its way to Florida, where I have many friends. My thoughts are with them.

[viridis]

Hope they all are safe and well,

[Cleoriff]

I have been watching the coverage of this on the TV. Such terrible devastation.....I hope your friends stay safe @Bambino

[jonsie]

September and October are the hurricane seasons in that area. Hope your friends stay safe.

[Bambino]

Hurricane season actually goes from the beginning of June to the end of November, @jonsie, but this storm is particularly worrying. I read an article yesterday that said that no other Atlantic storm on record has had such powerful winds for such a prolonged period. Places like Haiti and Cuba and the Bahamas, have taken a battering, and there are few places there where people can go to go to get out of the way. The US has had plenty of warning, and is much better prepared, but there's still cause for concern. I hope people have the sense to go to shelters and not try to ride out the storm if their homes are in its path.

[Martin-O2]

I hope everyone stays safe through this. I saw on the news that everyone is pretty well prepared. 

[Anonymous]

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@Bambino wrote:

Hurricane season actually goes from the beginning of June to the end of November, @jonsie, but this storm is particularly worrying. I read an article yesterday that said that no other Atlantic storm on record has had such powerful winds for such a prolonged period. Places like Haiti and Cuba and the Bahamas, have taken a battering, and there are few places there where people can go to go to get out of the way. The US has had plenty of warning, and is much better prepared, but there's still cause for concern. I hope people have the sense to go to shelters and not try to ride out the storm if their homes are in its path.

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Home, in general, is where we feel safe isn't it ? ... like you @Bambino I hope people go to the shelters & I hope your friends are safe  

[viridis]

This does not look good, the beaches are already getting battered and it's still not properly hit land at all

[Cleoriff]

State of emergency declared in Florida and South Carolina as of 20 minutes ago (according to Fox News)

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/06/millions-urged-to-flee-deadly-strengthening-hurricane-matthew.h...

[jonsie]

The hurricane has left around 300 dead in Haiti.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-37582009