When this Cat3 storm passes through the SE Bahamas again ........ will Minnis evacuate these islands again?????? ........... especially after the debacle of the past few days at the church with the ignorant Acklins people???????

No, it's not a matter of evacuating for every hurricane. You set a threshold above which you believe it would be too dangerous for people to stay in place. To their credit I believe Dr Minnis has already indicated that. For a cat 3 they can remain where they are unless all of the shelters on the island have been compromised.

Of course there's no evacuation for Freeport or Nassau unfortunately. The best you can do is identify the most at risk communities and move them elsewhere on island. In a cat 5, "most" at risk might be a moot point.

Only a foolish government would continue encouraging settlements on our most southern islands, i.e. Aklins, Inagua, Mayaguana, Crooked Island, etc. Continuing to redevelop and rebuild the infrastructure of these very hurricane prone islands after each and every major hurricane is the absolute height of lunacy. The insanity here is only matched by Minnis and KP reinstating our country's participation with other Caribbean nations in a regional hurricane insurance policy, the terms of which have us paying an exorbitant premium in relation to the maximum claim benefit we could ever expect to receive. And only after paying the premium does Minnis and KP come to their senses and then seek to renegotiate the terms of the hurricane insurance policy with the insurer and other participating Caribbean countries. Minnis and KP are proving themselves to be real dunces!

Well Genius ........ What do we do with ONE THIRD of our country????......... If you want to abandon MICAL today with 2000 Bahamians, next it will be Long Island, Rum Cay, San Salvador and Cat Island ....... After all, they only account for 5,000 citizens ...... This suggestion that you advance is so asinine and geo-politically impractical - that it is almost laughable.

Is one third of the country or only 5000 citizens? You can't have it both ways depending on which hyperbolic argument you are making.
If foolish people want to rebuild their homes every year or two, let them. The government (you and I) should not pay for this.

No one said anything about Long Island!

All of the Bahamas are hurricane prone. It is the turn of the southeast this year. It goes without saying that insurance premiums for whole countries would be high. Negotiating sensible terms is something that we should expect of the P.M. and his Deputy. Somehow I don't believe the Government is in the position to self-insure at this point in time. Funds from a National Lottery could find their way into an insurance fund. We still seem to be keeping awfully quite on the numbers racket.

Wow! Abandone parts of the country! What a stupid suggestion! Encourage development and sustainability makes more sense!

Not abandonment, but rather re-designation as low cost preservation areas (National Parks) to be managed by The Bahamas National Trust with the financial help of highly reputable worldwide conservation and preservation organizations.

Nassau should be abandoned ........ it is a criminal shit-hole

It's now a cat-5, 160mph...6 more weeks to go

....".... it is a criminal shit-hole", maybe true Sheep, but it is my criminal shit-hole. I hear dem Habaco boys call us the nasty sore.