STOCKING THE SHELVES AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW

A top heavy load making its way through remaining
flood waters along the airport boundary road, Nassau, Bahamas
(Note: NOT belonging to food stores)

New Providence’s food stores are restocking the shelves. At last we have fruit again! Bumped into a few people who are still out of power in Blair, Yellow Elder and Seabreeze.

Sadly, one lady told us that a neighbour who had made it through Hurricane Matthew, but was without power, fell asleep last night and left a candle burning. It set fire to her house. She lost everything and nearby neighbours nearly lost their homes too.

I haven’t had a chance to post here about North Andros and Grand Bahama, but they are suffering much more than most of New Providence. I will try to jot down news about those other islands as I hear it and report back here.

GRADUAL POWER RESTORATION AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW

It was reported today that Bahamas Power and Light has restored power to over 50% of their customers on New Providence Island and that most customers here will be back on electrical supply by the end of this week. However, Grand Bahama and a large section of North Andros are still without power.