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Governor DeSantis visits the Wailing Wall and makes a very special prayer for Florida By Jeffrey Schweers Florida Society of News Editors correspondent Updated May 30, 2019 6:48 PM Gov. Ron DeSantis inserting a prayer for a safe Florida hurricane season in the Wailing Wall. Gov. Ron DeSantis inserting a prayer for a safe Florida hurricane season in the Wailing Wall. Jeffrey Schweers Pool JERUSALEM At the end of the day for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, it was about building relationships, making new connections and checking in with familiar political allies. DeSantis spent the last day of his marathon mission to Israel meeting with embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with the Cabinet and several lawmakers before placing a prayer in the Western Wall for Florida’s safety this hurricane season and a prayer from a Panhandle girl who lost her house in Hurricane Michael. “I think Bibi [Netanyahu] has been a really strong leader. He gave a great speech when I was in Congress to a joint session and really everything he said about that Iran deal proved true,” DeSantis said after the meeting. “I told him after that speech I had so many constituents who said, ‘Heck why don’t we elect Netanyahu here?’ So, if it doesn’t work out for him, I think he probably could get elected in the United States if he wanted to.”
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Watch the track of hurricane Dorian and tell me if you think that prayer was answered
August 24th 2019 was when the storm formed
The storm approaches the Bahamas and Florida
As the threat from Dorian became imminent, disaster programs across the Caribbean kicked into high gear.
NASA coordinated with several federal units (including NHC, NOAA, and FEMA) and Caribbean nations to prepare data from satellites in Earth's orbit.
Flooding and damage estimates, imagery of lights at night, and cumulative rainfall were all made available to help crisis managers send resources where they were most needed.
As the threat from Dorian became imminent, disaster programs across the Caribbean kicked into high gear.
NASA coordinated with several federal units (including NHC, NOAA, and FEMA) and Caribbean nations to prepare data from satellites in Earth's orbit.
Flooding and damage estimates, imagery of lights at night, and cumulative rainfall were all made available to help crisis managers send resources where they were most needed.
Winds batter the islands of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama
On the evening of September 1st, the world watched as Hurricane Dorian—now a category 5 hurricane with winds clocked at 160 knots (184 mph / 296 kph)—landed on the Bahamian island of Great Abaco.
Dorian traced along the island chain from east to west. It stalled over Grand Bahama, pummeling its inhabitants for more than 40 hours.
On the evening of September 1st, the world watched as Hurricane Dorian—now a category 5 hurricane with winds clocked at 160 knots (184 mph / 296 kph)—landed on the Bahamian island of Great Abaco.
Dorian traced along the island chain from east to west. It stalled over Grand Bahama, pummeling its inhabitants for more than 40 hours.
For 40 hours that hurricane pummeled the Bahamas then turned north