>> WELL, THE BAHAMAS IS ALSO
BRACING FOR THE STORM, DORELL
JOINS US LIVE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, YOU TWO, I
CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE
EXPERIENCED QUITE A FEW RAIN
BANDS THAT HAVE MOVED IN
THROUGHOUT THE DAY SO FAR.
IT IS RAPING ONE MINUTE AND DRY
THE NEXT, AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS
DRIZZLING RIGHT NOW, BUT NOTHING
TOO EXTREME SO FAR, IF YOU GO
AROUND THIS ISLAND, IT'S
BASICALLY STILL GOING, A FEW
BUSINESSES ARE STILL OPEN, BUT
EVERYTHING ELSE IS ESSENTIALLY
JUST SHUT DOWN, INCLUDING SOME
TOURS THAT HAVE SHUT DOWN AS
WELL
BYPASSING IS WHAT THE TOURISTS
DO EVERY DAY, FOR THE MOST
POPULAR ATTRACTION.
THE ANIMALS HAVE AN ENTIRE
ISLAND TO THEMSELVES, DEEP IN
THE ATLANTIC, AND THEY HAVE EACH
ADAPTED TO A LIVE OF LIVING ON
THE WATER.
>> IT IS THE ONE THING THAT'S
REALLY GOOD.
WE USUALLY HAVE A SLOW SEASON,
THE ONLY THING SLOW RIGHT MOW IS
THIS HURRICANE.
>> AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE DARK
CLOUDS ARE APPROACHING WHAT
MEANS THAT HURRICANE MATTHEW IS
JUST HOURS AWAY, BUT ON THIS
ISLAND IS WHERE THESE PIGS WILL
REMAIN TO RIDE OUT THE STORM
BECAUSE OF THE STORM, WATER
SPORTS TANKED WITH CARING FOR
THE PIGS HAS CANCELED TOURS FOR
THE REST OF THE WEEK, THEY ARE
WORRIED AABILITY WHAT MOTHER
NATURE CAN BRING.
FOR NOW THE TINY ONES ARE BEING
PLACED IN A PROTECTIVE SHED AND
THE LARGER ONES WILL FINAGLED
FOR THEMSELVE
.
>> AND THOSE PIGS, DEFINITELY A
STAR ATTRACTION HERE IN GREAT.
IT SHOULD BE OKAY, ACCORDING TO
THE CARETAKERS, THEY HAVE BEEN
THROUGH A PAST STORMS AND THEY
MANAGED TO ACTUALLY COME OUT
OKAY.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE KNOW THAT
HERE IN GREAT XUMA, THE STORM
SURGE ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE TWO
BIGGEST PROBLEMS HERE, ASIDE
FROM THE WIND, BUT MOST PEOPLE
HERE ARE TAKING THE STORM VERY
SERIOUSLY, THEY JUST WANT
MATTHEW TO MAKE WHATEVER MARK
IS GOING TO MAKE AND THEN LEAVE.
THEY JUST DON'T WANT THE STORM
TO COME TO BEGIN WITH, BUT THEY
SAY OF COURSE, LOOKING AT THE
FORECAST TRACK IT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN, THEY JUST WANT TO GET IT
OVER WITH.
SHY AN AND KRISTI.
>> MOVING IN AND OUT, ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE MORE COVERAGE AT NOON
FROM THE BAHAMAS, LOCAL 10 NEWS
REPORTER IS LIVE IN NASSAU
TODAY.
>> WHERE WE ARE STANDING IN H
DOWNTOWN NASSAU, JUST IN THE
LAST FEW MINUTES AND WE HAVE
SKEIN CRAZY WEATHER, SUNNY TO
CLOUDY WITHIN A SPAN OF A FEW
MINUTES, WHERE WE ARE STANDING
STAFF HAS BEGUN CLEANING UP THIS
AREA, IT WAS COVERED WITH PATIO
FURNITURE.
THEY HAVE STARTED PULLING THINGS
INSIDE, THEY ARE NOT EXPECTING
THINGS TO GET INTERESTING UNTIL
TOMORROW, BUT ALREADY THEY ARE
STARTING TO RAMP UP THEIR
PREPARATIONS.
BOARDING UP THOSE WINDOWS AND
THEY SAY BY THE END OF THIS
AFTERNOON, THEY WILL HAVE PULLED
IN ALL OF THEIR OUTDOOR
FURNITURE, TRYING TO SEAL THIS
PLACE
WE DID SEE THEM WITH PREPS THE
GARDNERS WERE OUT HERE WORKING,
WE SAW SOME CREWS CLEANING UP,
TRYING TO BRING OUT SOME
PLYWOOD, SO THEY COULD BEGIN
PREPS TO BOARD UP THE WINDOWS.
OF COURSE ALL THE BAHAMAS UNDER
THAT WARNING AND WE SAW A LOT OF
PEOPLE CHECKING OUT THIS
MORNING.
THE AIRPORT WAS EMPTY WHEN WE
ARRIVED AND WE SAW A LOT OF
PEOPLE TRYING TO GET OUT AHEAD
OF THE STORM.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO TALKED TO
SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT SAY THEY ARE
GOING TO RIDE IT OUT, THAT COMES
AS THE SERVICE HERE WARNS PEOPLE
TO HURRY UP AND GET READY FOR
WHAT MATTHEW CAN BRING.
THE BIG CONCERN ALONG WITH THE
WIND ARE THE FLOODING FROM STORM
SUMMERS AND THE LARGE AMOUNT OF
RAIN.
OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE EXPECTED
HERE.
AND WE ARE EXPECTING A UPDATE
FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE
MINISTRY OF TOURISM IS SET TO
HAVE A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS
AFTERNOON, AFTER THAT THE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WILL
BE BRIEFING US AROUND 3:00, SO
WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF
WHAT THEY WANT RESIDENTS HERE TO
DO AS WELL AS VISITORS TO
NASSAU, AND OF COURSE, WE WILL
KEEP YOU UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE