I know from some legal work years ago that there is a very large surplus of old cruise ships in the cruise industry, including because of the replacement of ships with much more modern, elaborate new cruise ships.
Using surplus, older cruise ships, the mothball fleet from the U.S. Navy or other countries and the like, most of Marsh Harbour's population could be housed temporarily on ships anchored off shore.
I think 10-12 older cruise ships could hold the entire population of Marsh Harbour, couldn't they?
It is not my place to suggest what the Bahamas should do as an independent country, but only to try to share ideas out of deep concern for this tragedy.
There is tremendous amount of land in the Bahamas, including all over Great Abaco. Of course jobs and economic activity are often closely related and people want to group together where there will be jobs.
But for temporary housing, people might remember that there is a tremendous amount of empty land with an aquifer on Great Abaco.
But there is no housing of course. International relief -- a Marshall Plan -- should bring in temporary modular housing (I don't know what they are called).
If the US military wanted to build a base in Iraq for 25,000 soldiers they could build it between a week and a month. They could build a small town with modular, prefabricated housing.
It also seems essential in my view that the Bahamas should re-establish the once-successful citrus groves that were destroyed by a blight.
A great increase of farming, chicken farms, maybe just fenced off areas for free-range chickens, pigs, and maybe even sheep if not too hot should be implemented.
JonathonMoseley says...
I know from some legal work years ago that there is a very large surplus of old cruise ships in the cruise industry, including because of the replacement of ships with much more modern, elaborate new cruise ships.
Using surplus, older cruise ships, the mothball fleet from the U.S. Navy or other countries and the like, most of Marsh Harbour's population could be housed temporarily on ships anchored off shore.
I think 10-12 older cruise ships could hold the entire population of Marsh Harbour, couldn't they?
On Tent cities for GB and Abaco
Posted 18 September 2019, 11:21 p.m. Suggest removal
JonathonMoseley says...
It is not my place to suggest what the Bahamas should do as an independent country, but only to try to share ideas out of deep concern for this tragedy.
There is tremendous amount of land in the Bahamas, including all over Great Abaco. Of course jobs and economic activity are often closely related and people want to group together where there will be jobs.
But for temporary housing, people might remember that there is a tremendous amount of empty land with an aquifer on Great Abaco.
But there is no housing of course. International relief -- a Marshall Plan -- should bring in temporary modular housing (I don't know what they are called).
If the US military wanted to build a base in Iraq for 25,000 soldiers they could build it between a week and a month. They could build a small town with modular, prefabricated housing.
It also seems essential in my view that the Bahamas should re-establish the once-successful citrus groves that were destroyed by a blight.
A great increase of farming, chicken farms, maybe just fenced off areas for free-range chickens, pigs, and maybe even sheep if not too hot should be implemented.
On Tent cities for GB and Abaco
Posted 18 September 2019, 11:17 p.m. Suggest removal
JonathonMoseley says...
"We need a strategic reserve of mobile trailers that can go from island to island to provide temporary housing while people rebuild."
Agree. Excellent idea
On Tent cities for GB and Abaco
Posted 18 September 2019, 11:07 p.m. Suggest removal