Sure, for fertilizer!
The stupidity from one end of the spectrum to the other is astounding on the one hand and
to be expected on the other.

Yes, hopefully reduced costs will result in reduced Kwh costs to consumers as well as increased profitability for ALL companies and households in Grand Bahama.
LNG should also be made available throughout the Bahamas to accomplish the same.
about damn time.

Fiscal incompetence from personal to National.
Government is into everything it should be,
and ignores the things it should be doing.
When all is said and done, they are destroying the value of our money, our country.
And they could care less.

Comparing Perry to Hitler while harsh is interesting though, in that they both are/were out of touch with reality towards the end, both are/were surrounded by people who lie and mis-represent themselves and the reality within their portfolios to them, both micromanage(d) their countries into the dump, both present(ed) a fairy tale utopia not attainable but at great cost to their countries.
Hitler massacred millions and caused the deaths of millions of others,
Perry (so far) has routed shanty towns.
Well, Perry has Fred for that really but Hitler had Goebbels et al.
The more interesting comparison would be the Bahamian people vs. the German people.
Both swallowed the B.S. wholesale, and blindly went along for the ride.

Rabid Red and Febrile Yellow is the problem in the Bahamas.
We have got to stop blaming Government for every damn thing
and realize we have given them free license with our rabid support.
Persecution is alive and well in this country, hidden hands roll the dice with peoples
potential and future, ethics left the halls of Parliament decades ago.
This depiction of Christie did not need Hitler incorporated to show his dictatorial tendencies,
but the artist has the message,
and we shall see how much effort is made to suppress, censor art or artists.
His depiction may well be prophetic.

So where do these people go? Legal or illegal,
they are now homeless, probably angry whether well founded or not.
What is needed is a cohesive multi Governmental departmental plan, not night of the long knives or one rout.
Churches and social assistance groups should be a part of any plan.
We are now faced with the folly of our own stupidity.
40+ years worth of stupidity.

No, sounds like what typically passes for Justice in the Bahamas.
The rule of law is so bent I doubt it could ever be straightened out.
And we wonder why the youth are running around taking matters into their own hands.

Because they had nothing to distribute! Who needs planes, trucks if there is nothing to load them with? Has the Government purchased the first case of bottled water yet?
Save the frequent flyer program STILL being run for politicos and their clingons, still running around assessing/sightseeing I cannot see what they've done except deposit Defense Force Marines on the islands.
I have no doubt they as as confused and unsupported as the local residents!
Same thing happened in Hurricane Francis in Grand Bahama.
Red Cross has assessed EMR, West End etc, and had materials ready to roll when Jean threatened and then hit.
Again, re-assessed and materials rolled almost immediately.
NEMA did not exist but the "Hurricane Command Center" was full of the same dead weight waiting for the phone to ring with instructions.
Same attempts to appropriate the materials of private efforts occurred.
Most often they (correctly) got told to carry their backsides.
Took forever to initialize Exigency orders on the ground, lack of procedural competence,
buncha mini-me's running around with nothing to do but get in the way.

Capt Russell, with all due respect, any organization is only as good as its weakest link.
No matter how well intentioned you, or others in your organization may be it must be acknowledged that Government brings with it a singular type of morass and paralysis that does not appear in private efforts.
Perhaps if you were to study the private efforts that a) mobilized first, B) had more inventory than they could fly in day by day C) realize the budget of these private efforts was self funded and D) the fact that you needed their assets to transport you and your political leadership to the affected islands,
you may see the ironic twist that you have been dealt: Government will never match the simple human initiative that works, as it does not have to look over its shoulder for the political instruction or knife, and is performed from the heart and not for a paycheck.
To the Defense force marines dispatched, I say thank you for your service, and ongoing service, you are not paid enough.
To those in the Government public service who stood clear and let or facilitated private efforts work un-impeded, I say thank you for your common sense and service.
While I can agree that a centralized coordination could be helpful at this juncture, I do not see that NEMA or Government is the entity for that role.
That in itself is an alarming fact that needs to be recognized for what it is.
Government needs a scapegoat, and you may be it, but the only real question that needs an answer is did you do your best? Did you do any harm? did you learn from any mistakes?
The politicos be damned.

A wanna be King, but must first steal the Kingdom of another!
Not that the current Kin...umm, well, whoever is in charge is any bright spark.
Who is in Charge anyway?