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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

STOCKING THE SHELVES AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW

A top heavy load making its way through remaining
flood waters along the airport boundary road, Nassau, Bahamas
(Note: NOT belonging to food stores)

New Providence’s food stores are restocking the shelves. At last we have fruit again! Bumped into a few people who are still out of power in Blair, Yellow Elder and Seabreeze.

Sadly, one lady told us that a neighbour who had made it through Hurricane Matthew, but was without power, fell asleep last night and left a candle burning. It set fire to her house. She lost everything and nearby neighbours nearly lost their homes too.

I haven’t had a chance to post here about North Andros and Grand Bahama, but they are suffering much more than most of New Providence. I will try to jot down news about those other islands as I hear it and report back here.


4 comments:

  1. So sad about the woman who, after the hurricane, lost her home. Thankfully though, she still has her life.

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  2. All day I've been irritated by the noise from our road being dug up – this rather puts my 'problem' into perspective.

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    1. We all get reminders like this, Patsy, from time to time. I thank God every day now that we wake up to a dry house with power and water, while so many out there barely have a roof over their head or even dry ground beneath their feet.

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