After days of waiting to see what happened, for South Florida, hurricane Dorian ended up being milder than a lot of our regular old summer storms. We tend to deal with stress with humor, so did some drills the day before for practice:
But in the end all we got was The Picture of Dorian Gray:
Though we did notice one tree missing in our view. I'd taken a bunch of BEFORE photos so we could see what the world looked like after by comparison.
But while we got off easy, the poor Bahamas were obliterated. I can't imagine a Cat 5 hurricane just sitting on top of us for over a day---things would have been very different than one missing tree and a bunch of leaves in the pool. If you're looking to help, there is a good list of places you can donate in most major newspapers. BEWARE! I'm sure a lot of scammers will pop up trying to take advantage of people's goodwill, so be sure to only donate to links you found through trusted sources.
NY TIMES LIST of BAHAMIAN DONATION OPTIONS
