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Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport is currently under water

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Freeport-Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO) in the the Bahamas is currently getting the full force of Category 5 Hurricane Dorian. The closed airport is currently under 5 feet of water according to local news reports. The winds are driving the ocean water into the airport. (worldairlinenews.com) Mehr...

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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 3
Video from the submerged Grand Bahama International Airport:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2019/09/03/hurricane-dorian-grand-bahama-airport-freeport-underwater-orig-js.cnn
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sgbelverta
sharon bias 2
With that much water, it's going to take awhile to make sure the tower is operational and the runways aren't compromised. Hopefully the US will offer assistance with helicopters and ships, unless our own states get hammered.
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paultrubits
paul trubits 5
We still haven't fixed Puerto Rico.
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KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 3
wow. it takes years to get a place back to normal working order after such devastation.
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jmilleratp
jmilleratp 2
If there were oil in Puerto Rico, we would have been there in a heartbeat.
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watkinssusan
mary susan watkins 2
paul..bermuda is not a u.s. property as is Puerto rico..no, the u.s. has not yet fully taken care of Puerto rico from it last hurricane..bermuda is a property of the u.k..of course the u.s. will assist as much as possible.however the responsibility lies with great britian...
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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 3
There is a lot of essential equipment that will need to be replaced before the airport can reopen, like security screening and baggage handling equipment. None of that likes being submerged in salt water.
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KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 2
Well said. The news said the whole island/islands is/are technically underwater and storm surges over 20 feet coming at them. They will pretty much have to rebuild them.
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KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 1
Yes they more than likely will get help from the US. It is total devastation there, more than 13,000 houses badly damaged.
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upchucked
C. WESLEY GRADY -3
I doubt our government will be that quick to lend assistance... after all, they are British, and we are feuding with them at the moment over trade issues ... Iran, the Middle East as a whole, and the Bahamians are ..... putting it most delicately "not white". A President who had any empathy would have ordered our hospital ships to the area and had assistance on standby to hit the ground running as soon as Dorian moves out. Hear anything about that? I didn't think so.
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TorstenHoff
Torsten Hoff 2
It doesn't make sense to send a hospital ship into a Category 5 hurricane. Even if the ship was already there, it wouldn't be able to do anything useful because it would be extremely hazardous to try to embark or disembark. US naval vessels usually go out to sea and try to evade or ride out major storms on the edges.

The US Coast Guard does already have four helicopters in the Bahamas conducting rescue operations while Dorian is still stalled there -- who here would like to volunteer for that duty?
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KobeHunte
Kobe Hunte 1
Very well said.

I surely wudn't like that job
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sgbelverta
sharon bias 3
The advantage the Bahama's has over Puerto Rico is it's a former British Colony. God Bless the Brits, they take care of their own. I'm guessing they already have supplies and manpower on the way.
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watkinssusan
mary susan watkins 1
it will take a long,long time for that airport to reopen to traffic..it maybe botsa and/or helicopeters only from the mainland for a while after the storm has completely passed or dissipated...
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