As the threat of Tropical Storm Noel continued to loom over parts of The Bahamas and residents in low-lying areas did their best to keep waters from seeping into their homes, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced that the government would introduce a new Town Planning Act that would restrict the construction of homes and businesses in low-lying areas, hopefully by the end of the year.

Addressing the media at a mid-morning press conference Thursday, Ingraham said while there was no solution to totally prevent flooding in low-lying areas, the government would not continue to allow persons, especially those living in the capital, to build homes, businesses and sub-divisions in areas prone to flooding.

"If you notice, this is happening all over this island — low-lying areas with buildings built on them," the prime minister said. "That also impacts upon the question of flooding. The filling in of wetlands is a thing that has to come to an end. It has to stop."...

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This is just a phase, like everything it will pass and nothing will be done.

So Sunny, is that Pessimistic enough for you :D

This is just a phase, like everything it will pass and nothing will be done.
So Sunny, is that Pessimistic enough for you :D



Yes lawd,

Your glass is more than half-empty, it's all drunk up!

Well if this government choose to follow on that talk n do nothing wave like all previous governments before, they need to carry dey arse too! The PM done beat up he gum..... now it's time to make it happen now and not the year of the next election. The principals at Arawak homes should be shakin in they boots! (Yeah right)

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were past nov 1- this is practically the end of the year!

Yes lawd,
Your glass is more than half-empty, it's all drunk up!

And Sunny.... dis ya kid dress up in dis picture? If so, wha da hell ya'll gat him/her dress up as? And if that's a baby chicken costume.... ya'll wrong for doing that to the child man. Lol... he/she ga have to explain that to ppl later in life when they find that pic!

And Sunny.... dis ya kid dress up in dis picture? If so, wha da hell ya'll gat him/her dress up as? And if that's a baby chicken costume.... ya'll wrong for doing that to the child man. Lol... he/she ga have to explain that to ppl later in life when they find that pic!



Dat 'ein my baby. She is the child of a friend of a friend.

She was dressed as a baby chick for Halloween!

Man, you don't tink she was cute? LOL!

My mummy and daddy gat plenty of pictures dey does pull out to blackmail me wit!

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We already have laws on the books that addresses these problems, what we really need is the enforcement of the laws without favor.
The family Islands were advised when local government came that they needed to develope plans for their communities that would address each islands peculiar problems. For the most part they felt the advisers were trying to stop them from doing what they wanted. The politicians including the current PM told them to ignore the advice and viola you have the problems that these islands are facing now (Long Island flooding).
I'll tell you something else we like to talk about the haitian slum in Abaco, being a fire hazard, a bigger fire hazard is Marsh Habour itself. If they ever have a real fire there most of that town will burn down.

With rising water levels, would such a law really matter?

With the prices, it seems as if the low lying areas are the only places to build now.

If you ask me, whole islands must be protected, because if you really want to prohibit building in such areas you probably would not build much anywhere else but the shoreline which many fear to live now.

One word comes to mind about fixing this whole situation......Holland.

This is just a phase, like everything it will pass and nothing will be done.
So Sunny, is that Pessimistic enough for you :D

TRUE!

At least they could make the foundation 2 or 3 feet higher than the ground as it was done once ago..

Dat 'ein my baby. She is the child of a friend of a friend.
She was dressed as a baby chick for Halloween!
Man, you don't tink she was cute? LOL!
My mummy and daddy gat plenty of pictures dey does pull out to blackmail me wit!


I think that is the cutest picture I have seen in a long time. I would love to see a bigger picture. What a little sweetheart!!