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This is a hugely threatening storm, but it s also very ominous because it s so unpredictable and slow. that s the main thing. it s so slow. this is incredibly powerful. this is not just barely a category 5. this tops the category 5 threshold by leaps and bounds. this is the strongest storm to ever hit the bahamas. it has made that first land hall, the an co-islands that s part of the bahamas. it s moving at a snail s pace. you can pretty much walk fast or jog faster than this storm is going. and it s go ing to sit over the bahamas for a good 36 hours at least before making that northward turn. and so when you think about that, 185-mile-per-hour winds, gusts higher than 200 for a 36-hour duration, that is unprecedent. so this is moving at seven miles per hour right now. it s going to slow even more before this takes a turn to the north. and how soon that turn happens ....