Heartbreaking!
The first aerial photos coming out of Marsh Harbour are heartbreaking. Almost everything is gone. Buildings, cars, boats...all gone. Much of the island is still underwater long after the hurricane has passed. The devastation caused by Category 5 Hurricane #Dorian on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas is catastrophic. It hit with sustained winds of 185mph (298km/h) and gusts well over 200 mph. The wind speeds equalled the fastest ever inflicted by a hurricane upon landfall, matched only by the Labor Day hurricane of 1935. It was Labor Day weekend in the States last weekend. Alex and I chartered out of Marsh Harbour in the Abacos years ago. It was a delightful place. The main islands of Great Abaco and Little Abaco were separated from the barrier islands by the Sea of Abaco which was ideal for sailing. I wonder what's happened to the string of tiny out islands we visited: Elbow Cay, Man-o-War Cay, Great Guana Cay and Green Turtle Cay. No one is mentioning them, but seeing the de