"*Its completely inappropriate for a vessel that experiences external pressure..*" James Cameron on cnn speaking about the material used for the hull.

It negates the concept that the vessel was "*tested*". Its really too bad as loss of life resulted.

The eastern Caribbean has been attracting eco tourists for decades, way before COVID. I recall commenting years ago that in all of our marketing we show pictures of one or two people walking along miles of secluded beach or relaxing in a hammock, then they get here to sit on junkanoo beach. Like a bucket of ice water. We dont even know our own product. And we want RCI and Disney to replicate that.

"*The Titan submersible vessel was **tested** in Abaco in 2019.*"

Bahamas First will tell you they "*tested*" their system before they implemented it too. Didnt you read the account of the team member who said he raised alarms that the hull was 5" when the recommendation was 7". There's "testing" and there's "*hurry up with that testing we losing money*"

"*catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber,”*

Sounds like "*testing*" was an issue. Very very sad, the crew were most likely bright individuals who had lots of years of discovery to contribute to mankind

"*Debris found within the search area of missing submersible was assessed to be from the external body of the Titan, memo says*" cnn.com

Very unfortunate.

thats hilarious.. say *they see us looking for money* too. lol

So this is all rose coloured glasses reporting. I see nothing about the strategic plan to preserve sea grass, they are susceptible to all the human activity we are so poor at monitoring oil spills, dropped anchors, chemicals etc. We couldnt even get one ship salvaged in an entire year

I hadnt been following this story. In conversation on Tuesday, someone brought it up, I said to them wait for the person with glasses and cheese doodle stained fingers to show up detailing all the warnings they gave that the higher ups ignored. The person said to me "*they just did*". Testing is a seriously misunderstood art/science nobody understands till the stuff hits the fan. I see Bahamas First is in trouble in Caayman for claims processing irregularities following a system upgrade... noone has to say, its *testing gone wrong*

"*Climate Change*" I think. Might as well blame it for crappy internet too

**Poor *Climate Change*, it has become the "*Hurricane Matthew*" of the 2021 administrarion**, every bad decision impact is being blamed on it.

"*reflecting on recent flooding events in Exuma*"

This Exuma flooding has been systemic, with Brave Davis and Captain Russell visiting this same island 10 years ago to assess impact of flooding due to sustained heavy rainfall.

Heavy rainfall is not new and it's not due to climate change it's normal tropical weather. **The real problem is the poor Governmental planning that allowed construction in flood zones and construction to exacerbate flooding in low lying areas...prime example the Pointe. We are at risk of poor planning far more than any elusive climate change**