We all need clean water in our homes after a storm – but it’s not going to happen by chance. The experts at Bermuda Waterworks provided some timely advice as families and businesses brace themselves…
When you hear the phrase ‘hurricane preparation’, how do you react? Do you think of a box of supplies gathering dust in the back of your closet? Or does your mind jump with dread to…
Over many generations of weathering hurricanes, we’ve trained ourselves to look after our people and our property first and foremost. But while we hunker down in our houses and wait for the storm to pass,…
Protecting us against the elements, and delivering sustenance from the sky, the Bermuda roof is an important element in what makes the island unique. Our roofs also keep us cool in the summer and look…
Hurricane season is a fact of life for Bermudians. Every year from June through November, we prepare our homes, stock up on supplies and monitor weather forecasts whenever a storm approaches the island. Though it…
by Jonathan Starling What’s past is prologue… Like many Bermudians born before 1980, my reference for hurricanes was largely shaped by the experience of Hurricane Emily in 1987, when I was eight years old. While…
One hundred years ago this year, on October 22, 1926, tragedy struck Bermuda when the Havana-Bermuda hurricane claimed the lives of more than 100 people. The storm barrelled the island with with wind speeds of…