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Fires burning on Grand Bahama may be causing smoky smell in South Florida
By Brandon Orr - Meteorologist
PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. - At least two large fires are burning in Grand Bahama, and their smoke can be smelled all the way in South Florida.
Satellite images clearly show two large hot spots in an area of Grand Bahama where smoke plumes have been seen. Read more >>
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Ringplay Productions - SIP 2019 11th Annual Festival Introduces the Faces of Short Tales
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The rare Bahama nuthatch may have paid the ultimate price in Dorian
The ruins of a neighborhood destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in Sandbank, Abaco, Bahamas, on Sept. 28. (Ramon Espinosa/AP)
Howard Youth is senior editor at American Bird Conservancy.
Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic pass over the northwestern Bahamas leaves us heartbroken for those who lost their lives, family and friends, and homes. It will likely take years for homes, infrastructure and the local economy to be restored. Sadly, some things that have been lost will never be recovered. In the aftermath of this historic storm, we might come to realize that one of those permanent losses includes an unheralded songbird called the Bahama nuthatch. This rare bird species might have paid the ultimate price, extinction, in this disaster, or perhaps even skidded into oblivion just before it due to a hurricane that preceded Dorian. Read more >>
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We can be Heroes
By Michael Verdon
I typically use this column to introduce the theme of each month’s issue. The copy in your hands has multiple stories about emerging technologies that we hope will give you concrete ideas to apply to your business.
As I write this, however, the boating industry is actively responding to the Hurricane Dorian disaster in the northern Bahamas. This will be old news by the time you’re reading this, but what struck me most about this story — besides Dorian leveling much of the Abacos and devastating thousands of lives — was the response by U.S. boaters and our industry to an event that, technically, wasn’t our problem.
The response was immediate, albeit disjointed. Go Fund Me accounts appeared as soon as it was clear that Dorian would wreak havoc on the northern Bahamas. Flotillas of boat owners in South Florida also planned to head over with relief supplies, hours after Dorian had passed up the Florida coast. Read more >>
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Distressed properties rental assistance program idea gaining momentum
Broker Mario Carey: ‘Golden opportunity’ for entrepreneurs, jobs and boost to economy
NASSAU, BAHAMAS- An initiative that uses foreclosed properties to meet housing needs for displaced families in the wake of monstrous Category 5 Hurricane Dorian is gaining “incredible momentum”, according to real estate broker Mario Carey.
“We had a group of high net worth individuals on the island this week for a private event hosted by Bahamian businessmen,” Carey said.
“When we mentioned the idea of taking unoccupied residential properties, either single or multi-residential, and converting them into short-term rentals at a reduced rate to provide some form of normalcy for families who lost everything during the storm, every single member of that group of the super successful said they would like to be part of it.
“They recognized it as social entrepreneurship,” he said.
Carey, the founder of the first international franchise of the globally recognized Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brand, proposes preparing an inventory of all distressed properties in New Providence and populated Family Islands that could support additional children in classrooms or would have the requisite medical facilities available in special cases. Read more >>
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242newbahamas - Grand Bahama Hurricane Update
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Bahamas struggles to right itself a month after Category 5 Dorian brutalized islands
Children and adults affected by hurricane Dorian
line up at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau.
Amy Bennett Williams
Fort Myers News-Press
NASSAU, Bahamas – Stooped and heavily laden, Keri Pierre trudged slowly uphill under blazing Bahamian sunshine. She was running out of time. As the days of her free temporary stay at Paradise Island’s Sunrise Beach Club dwindled, Pierre mounted an increasingly frantic search through Nassau for new lodging, food and clothes.
Harrowing as her life has become, her search is a luxury lost to the unidentified dead whose bodies filled a refrigerated semitruck 103 miles to the north in Marsh Harbour, Pierre’s hometown.
Hurricane Dorian left everything inside the pink house she shared with her family smashed or sodden, so a week after the storm, the 23-year-old, her mother, six young siblings and a nephew decamped to the unscathed capital city. Her father, Kelly, stayed behind to guard the ruined homestead.
As her family joined the wave of about 14,000 Dorian-displaced refugees, Pierre was left to figure out how to get the little ones, including a deaf sister with autism, to school and how she might find a job. The Marsh Harbour insurance office where she once worked no longer exists. “I never thought in a million years, I’d be in this situation,” Pierre said as she hauled a black plastic bag of Salvation Army clothes back to the family’s room. Read more >>
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The Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Fact Sheet
REPORT from US Agency for International Development
View and download The Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Fact Sheet
(Published on Sept. 30, 2019)
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Palm Harbor shelter taking in dogs and cats from the Bahamas
Photo credit: Compassion Kind
By Jen Epstein, FOX 13 News
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (FOX 13) - It's been over a month since Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas. Thousands of people lost their homes, and so did hundreds of animals.
Members from the Pinellas County non-profit organization, Compassion Kind, flew to the Bahamas with relief supplies. Since then, they've been looking for lost pets. They have since found pets trapped in the rubble, and other wandering around -- hungry and thirsty with no place to go. Read more >>
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Carnival Backs Bahamas with £145M Cruise Port Investments
BY JAMES CHAPPLE
The company on Wednesday (2 October) confirmed it had signed an agreement with the Bahamian government.
The first, a new cruise port on Grand Bahama, primarily for Carnival Cruise Line, will represent investment of in excess of £80 million.
Additionally, Carnival will expand its base on Little San Salvador with new facilities, including a pier, at a cost of upwards of £65 million “over time”. The island is home to Holland America Line’s Half Moon Cay port. Read more >>
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Anti-Haitian sentiments on the rise following Dorian
Louby Georges
NASSAU, BAHAMAS —Anti-Haitian sentiments in the country have soared in the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Dorian as widespread devastation and financial loss expose historic prejudices.
Activists, government officials, and hurricane victims have reported worsening ethnic tensions and fears that hate speech on social media could reach a tipping point.
On Monday, outspoken human rights activist Louby Georges filed a complaint with police after he received an expletive-filled voice note detailing an attempt on his life. He told Eyewitness News Online he normally ignores detractors, but immediately reported the voice note due to the emotions amplified by the catastrophic category 5 storm.
Georges, a spokesperson for the newly-formed United Haitian Community, urged the government against pandering to calls for an immigration crackdown against Haitian storm victims as it begged for humanitarian aid on the world stage. Read more >>
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Refuge from the storm
KEVIN WADLOW/Free Press Bahamian residents find refuge in Islamorada after their homes in the Abacos were destroyed by Hurricane Dorian. Mike Forster, left, of Mangrove Mike's Cafe and other Upper Keys residents arranged for Melonie Reckley, Nathilee Forbes and husband Jeffrey Forbes Jr. to stay at an Island Community Church property. See story on page 9A.
By Kevin Wadlow Free Press Staff
ISLAMORADA — “People were coming out of their houses, but there was nowhere to run,” Abacos resident Melonie Reckley described the chaos of destruction wrought by Hurricane Dorian.
“There was so much water. Light poles were down. Houses were flattened to the ground,” said Reckley, a resident of hard-hit Marsh Harbour on Great Abaco.
Reckley, joined by daughter Nathilee Forbes and son-in-law Jeffrey Forbes Jr., have been welcomed into the Islamorada community since the Category 5 hurricane slammed into the Great Abaco and Elbow Cay, along with smaller islands like Green Turtle Cay.
Despite living about a half-mile inland of Marsh Harbour’s shoreline, Reckley and her 11-year-old son were forced to run from their home to three other houses. Read more >>
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Hurricane Dorian: MIPD officer teams up with Marco Patriots to send supplies to the Bahamas
Marco Patriots, with the help of officer Josh Ferris and other volunteers, donated generators, propane grills, cleaning supplies and clothes to the Rotary Club of Grand Bahama Sunrise. From left to right, captain Paul Smolchek, David Mackey, James Sarles, Mya Carroll Knowles, officer Josh Ferris, Olivia Smolchek and Travis Suit. (Photo: Courtesy of Josh Ferris)
By Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Marco Eagle
A Marco Island Police officer teamed up with a local nonprofit to transport generators, grills and propane tanks to the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
Officer Josh Ferris of the Marco Island Police Department's Road Patrol unit said he just wants to help.
"There are people who need help and we have the ability to help them," Ferris said. "They are living without electricity or food." Read more >>
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242newsBahamas - Grand Bahama Hurricane Update
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Ringplay Productions - SIP 2019 11th Annual Festival Introduces the Faces of Short Tales
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Queen's College Centre For Future Education - Embrace Lifelong Learning: Finish 2019 strong!
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$2500 Raised During Atlanta Junkanoo Group Fundraiser As Bahamian Doctors Share Hurricane Dorian Experiences
Arthia Nixon interviews Atlanta-based Dr. Roland Hamilton, Jr and Dr. Shaneeta Johnson as they shared their stories of being on the ground in the northern Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian at the Atlanta Junkanoo Group’s fundraiser.
The event was held at Bahama Breeze in Duluth, Georgia on Sept. 30, 2019 and attracted scores of Bahamians and friends of The Bahamas. In addition to volunteering with the consulate and coming together to raise awareness within the Atlanta area, the AJG will be holding multiple drives to collect more supplies to send to The Bahamas.
Bahamas Consul General to Atlanta, Astra Armbrister-Rolle provided an update as to what her office is doing to ensure the donations reach those in need. She noted that the city of Atlanta has pledged to do what they can, incorporating Grand Bahama and Abaco as sister-cities.
Bahamian doctors in Georgia Dr. Roland Hamilton, Jr and Dr. Shaneeta Johnson are interviewed by Arthia Nixon during a panel discussion as a part of the Atlanta Junkanoo Group’s Hurricane Dorian fundraiser at Bahama Breeze Duluth.
Hamilton’s brother and sister-in-law were stationed as doctors in Marsh Harbor, Abaco when Hurricane Dorian hit and acted immediately as truckloads of injured people were brought to them for assistance. Hamilton was in South Carolina at the time and rushed to get to the affected areas as soon as he could, noting that he had to see for himself that his brother was okay. He also shared some slides of his family, in times before and after the storm.
“It was far more than I thought it would be,” he said. “I prayed. I thought of my own family. I thought of other people. I just had to do something and as soon as I was able to go I got there…We’ve had storms but we never had something like this. It is historic. This is going to take generations to recover from.”
Hamilton and his wife Ashley have spearheaded several fundraisers and as AJG members, they have further collected tons of donations to send to The Bahamas.
Star Legg, Bahama Breeze Group Events Coordinator; Dr. Roland Hamilton, Jr; Dr. Shaneeta Johnson; Nadia Fountain, AJC Executive Officer; Dr. Sakib Qureshi, co-sponsor, Atlanta Kashmiri Community and Nona Jones, Bahama Breeze Marketing Manager.
“There was a woman, her mother and children parked outside of a house that had nothing left but a wall with a scripture on it,” she said. “The woman was so grateful and asked me to check her mother’s blood pressure… And at the gym in Nassau, to see strangers packed so tightly after being evacuated really does something to you. We had to set up there as well. There were so many with needs. One lady stands out in particular - she is far along in her pregnancy and she survived the storm but her six-year-old was killed, and she is homeless. We tried to help her in order to help her baby but the grief and stress is just too much.”
Hamilton agreed, saying that he commends all who are doing what they can because something of this magnitude has never occurred in the Bahamas. He also touched on the subject of so many missing and deceased and the closure that some families desire to have, saying that people have to grieve in order to move forward with their lives.
Dr. Shaneeta Johnson shared photos of her work in Grand Bahama.
“It was a successful event and we are most gracious to Star Legg and Nona Jones for allowing us to come to Bahama Breeze, Duluth to host the event,” said AJG executive officer Nadia Fountain. “Even tonight, we had so many people who saw live videos, social media updates, or people who were just passing by who wanted to offer some assistance to help and we are just so grateful to know that they are thinking of those affected in the Northen Bahamas as a result of the storm.”
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5 Caribbean Vacations for October, From Dominica to The Bahamas
Fernandez Bay Village, Cat Island, Bahamas
New hotels, new villas, new dining hotspots. It may be the quietest time of year in the Caribbean, but the region is as hot as ever – and an October vacation in the Caribbean means you’ll often feel like you have the whole island to yourself. The latest edition of Places to Visit takes you from a new hotspot in The Bahamas to the delights of pure serenity on a small island in the Eastern Caribbean. Read more >>
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The Nuns Behind the Wall
Sister Marva Coakley, Prioress of Saint Martin Monastery
It was the first time I entered the Saint Martin Monastery – a place over the hill I’ve passed multiple times. I have never had reason to enter the property but recently decided to find out what’s happening behind the blue wall.
I was escorted down the hall to the conference room by Sister Mary Benedict whom I later learned was once Superintendent of Catholic schools. Before closing the door, with a smile she said, “Feel comfortable. You’re home now. People think we’re different, but we’re all the same.” Read more >>
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