Only a person who has not been to Abaco and eastern Grand Bahama could state that the effect of Dorian lasted a few days. Sadly, many people in New Providence are unaware of the true extent of the physical and financial destruction caused by the storm. It seems that the hurricane was only the opening chapter in a volume of hurt.

Sure would be great to have BPL speed up the pace of their work in the residential areas so that houses capable of being reconnected to the mains supply can proceed with some semblance of normal life. Let's be real gentlemen, it has been more than six months already.

To be fair, there was a large shipment of cable and transformers delivered to BPL in Marsh Harbour on January 29/30th. How many more such shipments are required to complete the work is beyond my ability to say. As for the domes, they are not in one place where you can go to count them. Whether the number contracted for will ever be delivered is subject to speculation. The situation at Abaco is fluid and it is difficult to attain a clear picture of the overall state of affairs. As usual, I end this comment with my usual appeal to BPL to ease the suffering of the Marsh Harbour residential areas by restoring power as soon as possible.

Tell BPL to stop playing games with the people of central Abaco. There are people wanting to move back to the island full time but find themselves handicapped by the lack of a public, reliable electricity supply. A few private generators can only do so much. The challenges are great, nobody can deny that, but BPL should offer some believable explanation for the slow pace of work that is evident to anyone visiting or living on the island.

You can buy lumber from Premier Importers compound near to the government clinic. They operate a delivery truck. Other hardware materials will have to be delivered by sea. There is very little economic activity at present. Albury's Ferry is out of business and G&L Ferry is operating a limited schedule with perhaps 3 boats in total. If you go to Hope Town, for example, you will see some cleanup taking place but virtually no tourists and no BPL power although new tall poles are being erected. How much longer Lord, how much longer?

This is a difficult and a dangerous step to take when there is so much room for false allegations and accusations that can be very hard to substantiate in a court of law. No one wants to see anyone in a relationship suffer any form of abuse but this proposed law will give a mighty stick with which to beat the other partner. Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, the types of accusations arising from acts taking place behind closed doors can be both hard to prove and destructive to the person accused.

You all talk all you want but I can tell you from first hand experience that the pace of work in Marsh Harbour is pitifully slow. BPL is not applying sufficient manpower and resources to a desperate situation. They have dressed up immigrant workers in BPL uniforms and assigned them to cut up lengths of downed aluminum power lines into manageable lengths for removal. They have a few trucks along the main roads installing insulators on the tops of the new tall poles that have been erected. There seems to be a reluctance or an inability on the part of the power company to assign the needed resources to confront what is admittedly an unprecedented situation. True, the revenue base for BPL will be much reduced when power is finally restored but the management of the company surely is capable of understanding that the general lack of sustained electrical power in the residential areas of Marsh Harbour is a tremendous hindrance to those residents trying to restore their properties to some semblance of normalcy. Let's be reasonable here: 5 months without power in the commercial and residential heart of the island is a very serious situation.

I trust that I can claim to speak on behalf of many residents of Marsh Harbour who would be very grateful to see power restored to many residential areas where the lack of electrical power since September 1st has made life even more difficult. Truly there is a great deal of work to be done and residents would feel more confident of the eventual restoration of electrical power if they saw evidence of an application of an adequate level of manpower, materials and machinery commensurate with the tasks at hand. Such a huge job cannot be completed within a reasonable period of time without the application of adequate resources. With the restoration of electrical power there will be an increase in repairs to buildings and in the general level of economic activity in the town. At present Marsh Harbour is a veritable "ghost town".

Unfortunately there is no shortage of "patients" but a very great shortage of "patience". The patients being the direct result of lack of patience.

Sorry to disagree but it could have been a lot worse. Try 4 months without BPL power in almost all the residential areas of Marsh Harbour. BPL is running lines on new poles along the main roads but have not yet committed to the branching side streets. Of course, to be fair, Harbour Island did not suffer the terrible blow of the tornado masquerading as a hurricane named "Dorian".