FOG BLOG RIDICULOG: DOWNPLAYING OF HURRICANE 'LEE'S' IMPACT ON SOUTHWESTERN MARITIMES!

FIRST OFF, THIS IS GOING TO BE A POWERFUL STORM. IT MAY STILL COME IN TO THE REGION AS A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE WITH LANDFALL AT THE TIP OF NOVA SCOTIA NEAR YARMOUTH AND SHELBURNE CO. HERE IN SAINT JOHN, THE WIND GUSTS COULD GET UP TO 110 km/h WITH RAIN AMOUNTS INTO LATE SATURDAY REACHING 75 TO 100 mm. OUR REGION IS GROUND ZERO FOR ITS PATH. THERE ARE SOME THOUGH WHO ARE DOWNPLAYING IT SAYING , WELL IT'S NOT 'DORIAN' OR 'FIONA'. YES THESE WERE CATASTROPHIC AND KEPT A TIGHT ROTATION FOR MORE DAMAGE THEY CAUSED AND WHO COUD FORGET 'JUAN' IN THE MID 2000'S . THIS STORM THOUGH SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED THOUGH AND FOR OUR AREA IN SAINT JOHN AND CHARLLOTTE CO'S IT IS ONE THAT DOESN'T GET A DIRECT HIT TOO OFTEN. ALL STORMS OF THIS STRENGTH SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND MOST PEOPLE ARE HEEDING THE WARNINGS AND STOCKING UP ON ESSENTIAS AND BATTENING DOWN THE HATCHES TO HOPEFULLY RIDE OUT THE STORM AND BE PROTECTED. GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AND KEEP SAFE!