High School Students Offering Hurricane Help

For all our ups and downs Bermudians have been known to stick together during hurricanes, and it looks like Hurricane Igor will be no different, with word coming that Warwick Academy IB high school students are offering their help to assist anyone in the Warwick area that needs help putting away outdoor furniture and securing the outside of their home. The students are said to be extremely keen to assist wherever they can.

The students would come tomorrow [Sept 16] from 1 pm onwards. If people would like help they may contact Director of Development Jane Vickers via email at jvickers “at” warwickacad.bm or call at 239-9465 before noon tomorrow.

This morning [Sept 16] the Bermuda Weather Service says that Igor will pass close to the island, either to the west, east or a make direct hit and that “hurricane force winds are likely at this stage to occur during the course of Sunday.”

Also of this morning, the US National Hurricane Center [NHC] says the “extremely dangerous” Igor is carrying 145 mph [230 kph] maximum sustained winds and is about 955 miles south-southeast of us. The NHC charts give us a 20% chance of being struck by hurricane force winds, up 10% from yesterday, and a 70-80% chance of being struck by tropical storm force winds.

Government last night urged residents to prepare saying that “Hurricane Igor is on path to hit Island” and “the current forecast is for a direct hit.”

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