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50. During the height of the storm at least 50% of the island was under water.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 02:53 PM

Sep 2019

I will be surprised if the death toll is only 2500.

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Breaking - 2,500 people are missing and presumed dead in the Bahamas [View all] malaise Sep 2019 OP

Dorian was a monster for the islands superpatriotman Sep 2019 #1

Recommended. guillaumeb Sep 2019 #2

Read this and weep -they don't care malaise Sep 2019 #7

Just gut wrenching. Horrifying. Guilded Lilly Sep 2019 #3

K&R... spanone Sep 2019 #4

OMG Bettie Sep 2019 #5

}:::: Iliyah Sep 2019 #6

Do you have a link or a named source? onenote Sep 2019 #8

Breaking from the Bahamian government malaise Sep 2019 #9

Thanks onenote Sep 2019 #10

Yes. Just gut-wrenching. calimary Sep 2019 #22

This article refers to 2500. Skidmore Sep 2019 #56

bbc, wapo SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2019 #38

Thanks. The good news is that they expect this number to get smaller not larger onenote Sep 2019 #62

The day after the hurricane Rachel interviewed someone from the government and he said IndyOp Sep 2019 #11

Sands - the Health Minister malaise Sep 2019 #12

Thank you, malaise - always happy to see your posts. (nt) IndyOp Sep 2019 #63

At one point I heard it co go as high as 70,000 Blue_playwright Sep 2019 #13

The number I heard from someone who should know malaise Sep 2019 #18

Don't know or care to estimate, but some survivors report StClone Sep 2019 #35

That NYT link that I posted malaise Sep 2019 #37

With the destruction they had the numbers had to be higher than initially reported. LiberalFighter Sep 2019 #14

If we had a real President, he'd be sending a hospital ship and an amphibious assault group... backscatter712 Sep 2019 #15

Absolutely. Kid Berwyn Sep 2019 #16

Where are your priorities, man??!? lastlib Sep 2019 #26

There's SOME activity, the USS Bataan is helping. AtheistCrusader Sep 2019 #31

Well... Lurker Deluxe Sep 2019 #57

Devestating Niagara Sep 2019 #17

Whole family's gone. sheshe2 Sep 2019 #19

Up to yesterday 23 members of Sidney Poitier's family malaise Sep 2019 #21

Is it possible that any of them got on boats and survived the storm? FakeNoose Sep 2019 #34

Got on boats? malaise Sep 2019 #39

I was thinking some could have left early and beaten the storm FakeNoose Sep 2019 #41

OK - yes some folks did evacuate malaise Sep 2019 #45

Like here, Skidmore Sep 2019 #55

23? sheshe2 Sep 2019 #47

Here malaise Sep 2019 #49

here is a link that dosent complain if u r using a adblocker. AllaN01Bear Sep 2019 #20

Thanks malaise Sep 2019 #23

Devastating and heartbreaking agony. gademocrat7 Sep 2019 #24

then you have comments like this from the POS squatter in the WH. bdamomma Sep 2019 #32

Read post #57 Falcata Sep 2019 #66

Looking at the devastation, I expect thousands dead. CaptainTruth Sep 2019 #25

I'm just sick......it will be thousands dead,and the beautiful Bahama islands a kennedy Sep 2019 #27

horrible just horrible bdamomma Sep 2019 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #29

Oh no, even worse than we thought! FM123 Sep 2019 #30

I thought it would be close to the numbers from Puerto Rico. BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #33

not 'presumed dead' - list has not yet been checked against those in shelters or evacuated muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #36

That's not what my folks are telling me malaise Sep 2019 #40

Hurricane Dorian: Number of missing drops to 1,300 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #70

That isn't even the number for folks in The Mud malaise Sep 2019 #71

That's what MSNBC said this morning also. cwydro Sep 2019 #67

Poor Haitians... MissouriLibrul Sep 2019 #42

Interesting perspective Bayard Sep 2019 #48

The tension between Bahamians and Haitians is palpable malaise Sep 2019 #51

The overwhelming greed in the world Duppers Sep 2019 #65

I knew it would be bad mcar Sep 2019 #43

Watching that storm sit there mountain grammy Sep 2019 #44

Just broken... LittleGirl Sep 2019 #46

During the height of the storm at least 50% of the island was under water. GETPLANING Sep 2019 #50

More. Many many more. James48 Sep 2019 #52

if they manage to find anybody still alive floating in the ocean.... 90-percent Sep 2019 #53

holy shit EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #54

. applegrove Sep 2019 #58

I expect that number to rise to 40 thousand Cetacea Sep 2019 #59

The entire population of the Bahamas us 370000. Lucky Luciano Sep 2019 #64

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2019 #60

Sadly you are right malaise Sep 2019 #61

My God that's almost 1% of their population Recursion Sep 2019 #68

...and on top of all this tragedy.... northoftheborder Sep 2019 #69