Bahamas News
Hurricane from “Hell”; why Hurricane Dorian is not moving… yet
#Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas – September 3, 2019 – Hurricane Dorian is more than a monster; it is a hurricane from hell which is trapped over Grand Bahama as it continued to lash the island with violent winds and a killer storm surge.
Kenneth Lamb is a blogger and has written for the New York times, Miami Herald and St Petersburg Times, he spoke as a weather expert in a vernacular not uncommon to Bahamian people as he was interviewed on Nassau-based, Eyewitness News.
“Never before, has anybody on earth seen this occur in the Atlantic Ocean. What you (The Bahamas) is going through is straight from the gates of hell. There is no other way to explain it.”
Lamb, like other meteorologists reporting on the historic scenario playing out with Hurricane Dorian explained that the now Category 3 hurricane is caught between two forces.
“What has happened is, it is stuck between two competing forces trying to drive it. You have one on the east side of the storm which is a high-pressure system that before had actually been pushing it to the west; that collapsed because you can’t see it on the map, but there is a dip in the Jetstream – called a trough – that is coming down to Tennessee now and it is gonna be at Georgia shortly and it caused that high pressure system to move towards the east and it stopped steering the hurricane.”
For the past 33-hours Grand Bahama has been hammered by this ferocious storm, with its 23-foot surge forcing thousands to flee their homes and shelters as every quarter of the 96 by 17-mile island is inundated with water.
“…this is the worse I’ve ever seen this in my entire life. Grand Bahama is basically underwater,” said Tammi Mitchell, volunteer at the Emergency Operations Center in Freeport, Grand Bahama.
In his explanation on the series of weather events which have essentially trapped hurricane Dorian over the islands in the Northwest Bahamas, Kenneth Lamb said, “To the west of the hurricane, on the other side of Florida, you have what is becoming a tropical depression. It has about a 70 percent, 80 percent chance of being a tropical depression within the next 48 hours. And it is also pushing from the southwest, keeping it there. As the hurricane sits there, it will continue to lose some speed because what happens is, it is the warm hot waters off of the gulf stream that have been feeding this hurricane to give it the pop the way it did.”
Hurricane Dorian, if some forecasts hold firm, will continue to sit over the island for 18-24 hours. The Bahamas Department of Meteorology has however informed that Hurricane Dorian moved slightly north of Grand Bahama and will begin moving away from The Bahamas later this morning.
RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) Limited (“RBC”) is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Kerryl-Lyn King-Henry as Country Manager and Area Vice President (“AVP”), Personal and Commercial Banking, Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI).
In her new role as Country Manager and AVP, King-Henry will take on full responsibility for the bank’s operations, strategy, and development in the TCI market, with a strong focus on solidifying partnerships with the Government, regulatory bodies, and the local community.
King-Henry brings to the role a dynamism influenced by nearly 25 years of industry experience. Prior to her new appointment, she served as AVP of Business Banking in Trinidad and Tobago. She has held progressively senior roles within both personal and commercial banking, as well as various functional units.
King-Henry holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, with a specialization in Leadership, FinTech and Big Data Analysis, in addition to a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Further enriching her professional profile, Kerryl-Lyn is a certified John C. Maxwell Coach, Trainer, Teacher, and Speaker. Her passion for leadership and development is matched by her commitment to community service, as she actively volunteers her time and leverages her professional expertise to mentor and support others. “
Kerryl-Lyn’s extensive experience and proven leadership capabilities make her the perfect choice to lead our operations in the Turks & Caicos Islands,” said Ericka Rolle, RBC’s Managing Director and Vice President, Personal Banking, The Bahamas and TCI.
“Her commitment to excellence, combined with a genuine passion for community engagement, aligns perfectly with our Bank’s purpose of helping clients thrive and communities prosper. We are excited to see the positive impact she will undoubtedly bring to her new role,” she added.
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