Naturally Kiawah Magazine Volume 42 | Page 24

Hurricane Dorian: Too Close for Comfort “When Mother Nature speaks, even the gods hold silence.” — Abhijt Naskar E Story and photographs by Tina Schell  arly this past September, after decimating the Bahama Islands as a Category 5 storm, Hurricane Dorian began her march toward the southeastern US. Evacuations were ordered for coastal communities in Florida, Georgia, and South and North Carolina as weather forecasters struggled to predict her path, strength, and timing. In the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, September 5—after what seemed an interminable wait— Hurricane Dorian arrived along the coast of South Carolina. 22