with islands. so bahamas is a pretty large area, geographically. meaning there are certain parts of the bahamas that are under hurricane-forced winds and otheres are not. right now the tropical storm continue throughout most of the island but as far as the hurricane is concerned, their now moving across, just close of sheba. basil dean joining us there on the line. appreciate you taking the time to speak with us on cnn. of course we ll be thinking of yourself and everyone in the bahamas. you are watching cnn in our continued coverage of hurricane irma. we are in miami and we got 24 hours before it is felt. this what we re seeing now, the rains and waters being much
and touching bahamas there. i mean, we re feeling some of that wind and some of that rain, to put it into perspective for you. so imagine what is being felt in cuba. i m joined now on the phone, on the line by basil dean. he is executive director for the meet o.j.ology department. thank you very much for joining us. give us a sense of what is happening where you are. isa, right now we re having some light rains here in the capital, and nassau and the bahamas. and a little bit of fresh breeze. and we don t expect much more than we are experiencing right now, even though we re under a hurricane warning, pretty much well to the east of the center of circulation, and hence we anticipate conditions will be pretty much the same, but