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SKYGuard | Dept of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone Nicole Estimated Arrival Time, Projected Track, Tropical and/or Hurricane 🌀 Force Winds for Abaco, Berry Islands, Bimini & Grand Bahama
Wednesday, 9th November, 2022.
SKYGuard | Met. Dept future Tropical Cyclone eAlert
Sunday, 6th November.
WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Hurricane Nicole
Speaking this evening, Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper said in Eleuthera, Andros and New Providence “schools and universities will resume classes tomorrow (Thursday) and all government workers are asked to return to duty.
ISLANDS SPARED MAJOR DAMAGE: Grand Bahama and Abaco ‘fared well’ in Hurricane Nicole
GRAND Bahama and Abaco avoided significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Nicole - with Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper saying yesterday: “It looks like we have been spared the worst of it.”
SKYGuard | Dept of Meteorology Tropical Cyclone eAlert
Bahamas Govt. has issued a Hurricane 🌀 Warning ⚠️ for Abaco, Berry Islands, Bimini, and Grand Bahama.
Roads closed and rough seas - but New Providence spared
HEAVY flooding caused by Hurricane Nicole’s outer bands resulted in several roads in New Providence being closed yesterday.
Low pressure area could become tropical storm
Special Weather Statement issued by the Bahamas Department of Meteorology at 2:00 pm EST Sunday, 6th November 2022.
PM: Climate issues will only get worse
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis told heads of government that as the world enters a new climate era, the situation will only get worse requiring binding commitments instead of statements alone that have been used to postpone real action.
Open letter over water problems
This is an open letter to Alfred Sears – Water & Sewerage Corporation
EDITORIAL: Take storm Nicole seriously
OF all the people in our nation, the ones who need to be reminded least of the importance of taking a storm seriously are the people of Abaco and Grand Bahama.
Roadmasters’ Bahamas Half Series November 20
BAHAMAS Roadmasters Running Club (BRRC) is busily making final preparations to stage its 10th Annual Bahamas Half Race Series. Leading a list of notable sponsors is the renowned US-based health care provider, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA).
PM’s ‘heartbreak’ at seeing flooding
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he was heartbroken to see flooding that was sparked by Hurricane Nicole. Mr Davis, who is in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt representing the country’s interests on climate change at COP27, told people in Grand Bahama and Abaco to “take heart” and remember “the Lord is not going to put on us more than we can bear”.
Lessons learned
ActivTrades
The collapse of the FTX crypto exchange, and the controversy swirling around its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), have plunged the crypto market into an existential crisis.
A special dance show to celebrate confident women
Supporting women through dance and movement, the Girl on Pole Studio is celebrating its holiday season ‘Sexy Pole Dance Show’ on December 16.
‘Hurricane will dent Abaco, but not stop recovery’
THE president of Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce said the damage from Nicole will put a dent but not be a setback to the island’s hurricane recovery.
NICOLE MAKES LANDFALL: 800 seek shelter as hurricane hits Grand Bahama and Abaco
MORE than 800 people were forced to seek shelter yesterday as Hurricane Nicole barreled across Abaco and Grand Bahama, dumping heavy rain and gusty winds – stirring up painful memories for many still reeling from Dorian’s devastation.
Destruction of an icon
ActivTrades
WHAT exactly happened? How could FTX go bankrupt almost overnight? And what does that mean for the entire market? We are trying to reconstruct the whole drama.
FRONT PORCH: Hubris and the march of folly
It is at once fascinating and disturbing to observe how the lust for power, greed and other blinding ambitions, so often lead to folly and failure. Politicians, businesspeople and others over millennia, though repeatedly warned of their delusions, have pursued courses of action leading to disaster and defeat.
UPDATED: Hurricane warning in effect for Grand Bahama, Abaco, Bimini, and Berry Islands
NICOLE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY…
Row in House over wage rise
THE House of Assembly became heated at times yesterday when government MPs and members of the opposition engaged in a back-and-forth while debating a resolution to increase the national minimum wage.
