"*the country’s infrastructure lacks the resilience to endure strong storm conditions,*"

BEC is a decades long victim of contract hoarding. And nothing has changed.

Contracts are hoarded by political interests in a grab for profit with no thought to whether or not value is given for service or performance improvement will result.

Brave Davis clearly stated that the problems would be **in the past** as of **July 2024**. The entire country heard his declaration. This timeline coincided with the arrival of two new generators purchased by FOCOL and the launch of lkne work by Pike. As Brave Davis is not an energy expert, his statement could have only been the result of promises he was given and dreams he was sold by FOCOL and Pike. This means the plan was switch the lines bring in two generators and its smooth sailing.

It didnt work

Now they're trying to shift the narrative to, "*nothing has started yet*". That slight of hand wont work either. Not after the minister's big production over "*Pike trucks on the ground*"

It would have been great if the messaging before we looked out the window today had been 15-20mph winds, 2-4ft above sea level, light rain and a weakened storm. Because it was predictable.

Instead they couldnt say dangerous, strong, cat5, never seen before, protect yourselves enough.

It is expensive to mobilize for a storm. The people and resources used in the mobilization cost money and time and could be put to other pressing tasks if accurate assessments are made. That is the point of a meeting, to assess. Not to come out and say it's better to prepare for a cat5 and 9" of rain even if we only get 15mph winds and 0.5" of rain and who knows what the weather will do

The best way to prepare for hurricane season is better and more targeted weather equipment. Not politics and drama to appear to be commanding and in charge. I will say the Met got this right, it was the politicians who milked the weather for election points. With one reporting that he was busy giving out hurricane supplies *today*???? For what?

The weather people were 100% correct. Something happened it that meeting. I was shocked when I heard the announcement that Nassau schools were closing, because the Met had indicated we'd get limited if any impact. So whatever decision the govt made, it wasnt based on the actual weather forecast. Likely some rowdy PLP supporters call the PM and ask him why their child have to go to school

Forgot to mention. The semi only had one working headlight, from far I first thought it was a motorcycle, but it looked weird

Someone said, "*this the calm before the storm*". No it's not. If that were the case, every sunny beautiful day would mean pending doom. The calm before the storm happens within hours (less) not days and refers to eerie stillness that is unusual, so unusual that the stillness itself is noted, no birds, no insects, no wind. The stillness is a warning.

This is not a surprise.

My personal belief is the Met office was pressured into making more of the weather than was actually there.

Jeffrey Simmons was on guardian radio on Tuesday speaking English and he clearly said, the rain we experienced so far will be worse than what we expect from Milton. His tone was calming, there was nothing in it about pending doom. The news and radio hosts need to also stop this constant repeat of cat5 cat5, yes it *was* a cat5, but what do the models say we'll get when it comes as close to us as it ever will? That's what we need to focus on. And if that's cat5, then yes, panic if you like.

We do ourselves no favors making a mountain out of every approaching storm because "*you never know when it could turn*"! No matter how weak the storm is, no matter how far away from us it is, "*its better to raid the gas stations and food stores because it's better to be prepared*".

**This is not preparation. Preparation starts with assessing the situation and ends with an *appropriate* response *based on* the assessment**. What we do is like getting a fire blower followed by a ballistic bomb to kill one roach. Then we speak about traumatized people, yes they're traumatized, but I doubt any psychiatrist would recommend helping a person with PTSD by feeding into their fears.

**It's impossible, absolutely impossible to predict such torrential rain that all schools have to be closed and employees have to stay home and not have one raindrop fall. It's literally impossible. I could accept some rain but it didnt turn out as severe as expected, but none? Impossible. The Met Office was pressured into this.**

That said as the storm gets closer to us, there will be a greater impact, what will that look like? Some drizzle, some showers, more wind choppier seas or more clear skies because it's too far away? The models interpreted by the experts have to say.

Too many arrogant people at the top refusing to listen to expert advice... and this is everywhere on everything.

It was clearly a political dataless move, theres no other explanation. It's impossible to predict torrential rains and flooding and up to 5:40PM not one raindrop falls. You cant make that mistake looking at a radar.

In addition, the head weatherman at the Met clearly said yesterday, what we'd experienced so far for the week would be more rain than we'd experience from milton. As to the winds, 30mph winds are a common occurrence minus hurricanes

I said this morning, the most important piece of information is missing from the article, which direction was the driver travelling and which direction was the motorcyclist travelling?

If they were travelling in the same direction, the motorcyclist would be at fault, the driver could be cited for failing to signal but that's about it. Motorcyclists dont have a right to a third lane.

If they were travelling in different directions, then time of day is a factor. If at night, dd the motorcycle have lights? If it did, then the driver would be at fault since the motorcyclist would have right of way on his side of the street.

Too much info missing from the article

I remember one night travelling on single lane Prince charles and thinking *what a weird light heading my way*. As it came past me the light morphed into a speeding semi truck. The light looked weird because it was high, if I were travelling within my lines but even close to middle line, he would have hit me because he took up so much of the road.

He get a jacket too?

Lol. Where he get that jacket?