This type of flooding is almost never totally "rain water". In most cases the rain causes a large body of "contained" water to overflow its banks. That's where that deep onshore water buildup originates. I notice that there's a channel flowing from the sea into bennets harbour and an arm also in the direction of the bluff. I'd bet that's the source of the "historic" flooding.

This is why I'm very skeptical of that stone crab proposal to cut channels Inland into the GB coast. We are already at risk, we need to start using our brains for the impact of destroying the natural coast line protective barriers that we have. The DEPP has been silent on Athol Island.

"*The total loss suffered by these investors highlights just how risky this form of investing - injecting capital into small businesses and start-ups - can be if these ventures fare poorly.*"

Anyone who didnt understand the risk of losing everything shouldnt have been investing in the first place. This is not a bank where you're guaranteed to get back what you put in. Next time buy govt bonds.

"**There are discrepancies with the share registers - investors are missing on the registers,” Mr Rahming and Ms Simms alleged. “Investors have not received their share certificates, and the issuers were assessed additional fees by the company not shown in their listing agreement.”**"

**How is this possible? Where was the Securities Commission???**

It may be that the local meteorologists didnt have a voice in the decision making. The foreign man may have had his head filled with the word "*hurricane*" without the 30 years experience of what actually happens... I dont know, something was odd

"*storm’s core passed about 25 miles east-southeast of Duncan Town, Ragged Island, and 60 miles south-southwest of South Long Island,*"

I'd said the reporting was odd. I remember the communications pre melissa, there was always a focus on the eye position. But in this storm it was actually stated that "*the eye position doesnt matter*". Not true. My poor Bahamians who perish for lack of knowledge from the voices they listen to. The truth is, "**it all depends**".

If you have a massive eyewall with strong winds, you may be able to say that. But for a storm like Melissa at cat-2 with highest winds extending 30miles... if you're 500miles away, .. like Inagua, you're getting a strong breeze and rough surf. So it matters. Why was Inagua evacuated but Long Island ignored? With a big production over the jumbo jet sent to Inagua?

But it seems like the new weather service bacswrn was supplying the weather(?). Oddly enough, The focus was Crooked Island, Ragged Island and Long Island were side stories. People actually commented that every other weather service was focusing on Long Island.

**This was an odd one for information dissemination and response**. They need to examine what went wrong, because they cant do this with a stronger storm.

I'm not sure that anyone looking objectively at the response would use this for "promotion". So bad that today the response from the DRM was "*we've only been in place for*" was it a year or 2 years and "*we're always learning*". After 50 years covering numerous disasters and no less than Dorian.. we cant get plane flights or position of the eye of the storm and expected impact correct

It's TRUE that all politics is local

"*and it highlights the importance of BACSWN’s WX SenseNet and the Met Watch Office that we are setting up. It also shows how critical BACSWN’s role can be in national emergencies*"

If this is an example of the "*information*" directed response from bacswn, i'm beginning to have my doubts.

"*Bahamas Aviation, Climate and Severe Weather Network (BACSWN) played a key role in supporting evacuation efforts*"

**This is what I suspected**. Politics invaded disaster response. And explains why Inagua which was not in danger of anything but light winds, (yes I know people who dont like objective facts build some old wives tale in their mind about hurricanes shifting course, ... not by that much, **Inagua was never in danger**) and **it was very odd the big production they made evacuating people from Inagua but despite multiple questions 2 days before the storm hit, not one single person was evacuated from Long Island.**

"*the Fast Pay System will also assist in “solving the Family Island challenges, connecting Sand Dollar wallets through authorised financial institutions (AFIs) to bank accounts and extending the tentacles of the banks to the Family Islands without having to have physical infrastructure.*"

After 10 years of "*we're cashless*", it's my opinion that they still don't have an appreciation for the market in which they operate.

100% of the Sand Dollar marketing was offering an alternative banking solution to the Family Islands. It should be clear to them that the Family Islands want "a bank", with a physical representative they can speak to and store their money with.

The other problem they have is, the people with a tendency to lean digital already are and see no benefit to using Sand Dollar by a different name over their credit or debit card.

Solve those two problems and they may be at the starting line.

I wonder what happened to the *AI detection of potholes*. How the govt gets duped into buying these useless technologies is beyond me and by useless I mean they dont fit the need. I'm sure they work somewhere where support for the govt doesnt dictate your access to services