Comments on: Live Updates & Key Points: Hurricane Nicole

By: Y-Gurl

Y-Gurl — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:00:51 +0000

Typical Goverment lazy worker syndrome, any excuse not to do what your paid to do

By: Y-Gurl

Y-Gurl — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:56:34 +0000

As usual Works and Engineering have not been seen much we know they are the most unreliable labor force on the Island but seriously get the damn roads cleaned already! They were out for a bit this morning until it started to sprinkle and they all left! Pathetic at best, the minister who runs that outfit has been quiet through all this, it’s a fiasco and further demonstrates the need for privatization in that area and get rid of the clowns running it, it reminds me of a 3rd world prison, where the prisoners run the jail and the managers collect a paycheck

By: Zevon

Zevon — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:15:32 +0000

66% of Logic’s customers have functioning internet.
That’s about average most days, as far as I can tell.

By: mmm

mmm — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 20:56:24 +0000

There are many, many comments, from qualified weather forecasters, road engineers, sanitation workers, architects, electrical engineers, accountants, insurers..to the morally upright who may pose a view that the heavens opened up and poured out mixed blessings to clean up the atmosphere. No matter where you go or where you live, there are elements we as a people have no control over, and there are decisions made by people in Government for the well-being of the country at large. My thanks to all of those who had to work in these hurricane conditions and its aftermath to restore this Island, and return us to a level of comfort we are use to. We have been blessed, when we think of the loss of life in Haiti.

By: WarwickBoy

WarwickBoy — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:40:23 +0000

Would you like to pay for it? I have heard estimates that it could cost anywhere from $300 to $500 million. If you assume that there are 30,000 household customers, that’s $10,000 to $16,666 per customer to underground the grid. Do you think Belco’s shareholders (which may well include you via your pension plan holdings) want to pay that when they have a perfectly functional grid that is operating today that they have already expended a great amount of capital to build and maintain? The answer is no, they don’t. If this ever does happen, it will be the customers that bear the brunt of the cost. Are you willing to chip in $10K to get your cables underground?

I buried the cables in my back yard some years back as they were hung very low and were an eyesore. That cost me over $5K to underground about 70 feet of cable. I didn’t get the other 120 feet running up my driveway done as I didn’t want to pay.

By: Jrsmith

Jrsmith — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 16:15:43 +0000

Belco really needs an outage map, shouldn’t rely on Facebook to inform people..

By: Onion Soup

Onion Soup — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 01:22:37 +0000

BERNEWS, YOU ARE AWESOME!!! Thank you for keeping us informed as Nicole sweeps in, making a mess of everything and then updating us as restoration efforts get under way. If I had a million bucks, I’d give a nice big slice to you.

By: Facts

Facts — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:52:31 +0000

Also, the amount of money Belco charge us every month, we should never be without power!

By: have some backbone

have some backbone — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:42:49 +0000

You too.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:52:20 +0000

Yeah there has been bushes near barritts growing in the road and pole lines for sometime. Maybe we need community police (local persons) to go place to place and issue them with a bill to cut down or maintain their property. Tied of bobbing and weaving palm trees and other growth

By: cynic

cynic — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 22:51:53 +0000

Why not Belcos fault? Their stubborn resistance to putting their cables underground means the whole island is held to ransom every storm

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:59:37 +0000

Some trees down, some plywood knocked off the side of buildings, some flooding in the usual places, a few boats up on the rocks but no pictures of serious structural damage, no reports of any injuries never mind storm related deaths, says an awful lot about Bermuda & the way things are built to stand up to hurricanes.

A cat 3 storm & Bermuda about brushes it off as nothng. Well done.

The power is another matter. Not BELCO’s fault. We don’t like trimming trees along boundary lines.

By: Alicia Daly

Alicia Daly — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:04:54 +0000

to all my family, friends and people of Bermuda..i’m praying for you and thinking of you while you go through this right now… please stay in doors and keep safe.. Bermuda is a strong island and I know you all will recoup fast… prayers are with you from the USA

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 10:39:32 +0000

Prayers to everyone in Bermuda right now. Stay safe!

By: Lady Bug

Lady Bug — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 07:24:24 +0000

What about those who have to block it off? Don’t they get to get home too before the weather does turn? Think of those involved that need to block it off… not just the 19knots. Also people had enough warning so we’re prepared to be where they need to be at 11pm.

By: frank

frank — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:46:08 +0000

thanks bernews
the national hurricane center has Nicole rated as a catgory 4 hurricane with max winds at 130 mph this is real bad
so folks this is were to find the latest information
up all night

By: Wow

Wow — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:55:44 +0000

Those people also have families and lives. They aren’t robots or slaves. Let them go home and prepare for a major hurricane!

By: James

James — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:53:15 +0000

Causeway closed in 19 knots of wind. Use some common sense ffs.

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 02:13:28 +0000

Our prayers from South Carolina are with you in Bermuda as this hurricane comes your way. Your beautiful island holds a special place in our family’s heart.

By: Fairfax Va

Fairfax Va — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:29:42 +0000

License plate. Name and shame

By: realtalk

realtalk — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 01:16:22 +0000

I manage a network and my Digicel connection is bouncing up and down.

By: Student2

Student2 — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 00:18:46 +0000

The trash collectors did pick up trash yesterday, give them a break they work hard, there’s a lot of trash in Bermuda,. Take it tines bay geesh

By: Yahoo

Yahoo — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 22:44:27 +0000

He’s drunk (again).

By: wahoo

wahoo — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:11:59 +0000

Sorry I thought they were in business to make a profit and keep people employed. You really told me…

By: bdaboy

bdaboy — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:54:51 +0000

WTF is your problem?

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:16:12 +0000

Watching here from England… Stay safe guys x

By: Kiverja

Kiverja — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 20:07:38 +0000

The Jeff Baron video is HILARIOUS!!! Well done Dellwood students!

Thanks for the laughs Bernews! Be safe everyone!!

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:58:13 +0000

And your full of bull.
Guest/residents are always taken care of.
This is an advert.

Bulls*** on your comment.

By: wahoo

wahoo — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:23:01 +0000

I think they have guests who may want to eat.

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:01:49 +0000

You’ll probably be seeing, or not seeing for that matter, alot of changes coming to your Internet now that on the 1st of October the USA gave control of the Internet over to the UN, now countries such as China…Russia or Iran can demand censorship if THEY deem the information as politically incorrect or offensive.

Jus’ sayin’ tho’…keep safe tonight all!

By: Nanny Pat

Nanny Pat — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:51:32 +0000

Don’t forget the garbage that wasn’t collected – that will now be blowing around too!!

By: Keepin' it Real!...4Real!

Keepin' it Real!...4Real! — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:42:55 +0000

Or maybe you SHOULD pray to your Creator to save you from the unqualified humans that want to mimic Him and play around with climate control toys…not always oblivious to the ramifications but hey…who cares right..?

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:06:09 +0000

Princess.
Open till midnight/1am.

Money.
Gives a new meaning to green.

By: Islander

Islander — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:27:48 +0000

Ms. Pat and crew, excellent reporting. To our favorite photographer, please be safe while out and about. Pray pray pray for our Island

By: NCM

NCM — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 14:22:56 +0000

How can anyone dislike this comment? There are some really miserable people on this island…

By: Uh...

Uh... — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:18:23 +0000

Absolutely stunned right now. Talking to my neighbor at 10:03am on Sharon Lane and a blue car (pop tart on wheels) drives up the lane, parks, lady gets out, and proceeds to dump her garbage bags in the lanes normal trash spot. Then drives off. What the, oh hell no! It gets better, some looney toon also dumped a wicker table, ceramic stool(green), and other tines bay materials there as well. There is so much garbage piled up that I am not going to go fishing to pull my garbage back to my property before the storm. It’s like the trash trucks took the day off yesterday. Even the garbage at Westmeath is still there from yesterday morning.

By: Stay Safe

Stay Safe — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:15:54 +0000

Thanks to Government and many property owners, we can expect to have alot of tree damage and power outages. Bermuda is overgrown with trees that needed to be cut down and cut back. Several of them are near power lines. Can’t blame it on the rain as it has been like this since the last hurricane. Still can see trees that the last hurricane knocked down and were never cleared away along North Shore. Totally unacceptable – now we are going to pay for it.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:07:00 +0000

Totally agree with catwoman, where are the garbage trucks, our collection is Tuesday, it drizzled yesterday. We are paying someone to collect the neighborhood trash, really! PRIVATIZE!!!!!!!! SOON!!!!!!! The

By: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 01:35:57 +0000

hmmmmm the storm must be after you so you should jump on a plane and leave so Nicole can follow you!

By: Catwoman

Catwoman — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:44:48 +0000

Just a question…..what happened to garbage collection today(Tuesday)????? It’s not that bad out there! The hurricane is expected tomorrow evening and most have to work until noon tomorrow.

By: Juicy Onion

Juicy Onion — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:38:30 +0000

Praying to the lord god that we will be ok and that there will be no damage. Incidentally, this is the same God who if he exists sent this horrible storm.

By: Flying high

Flying high — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:41:58 +0000

Thanks

By: Imitation Crab Meat

Imitation Crab Meat — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:19:12 +0000

They’ve been going in and out for the longest while now for real!

By: mixitup

mixitup — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 23:02:21 +0000

It’s Been doing this all afternoon – annoying

By: High road

High road — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:38:28 +0000

Will close after last flight Wednesday as things stand now.

By: NCM

NCM — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:32:39 +0000

Bernews – you guys rock! Stay safe, Bermuda and let’s hope for the best!

By: Fluffy

Fluffy — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:27:50 +0000

Thank you for this Bernews!! No more guessing…

By: wahoo

wahoo — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 22:22:34 +0000

It will be closing for renovations very soon.

By: Thumbs up

Thumbs up — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:19:57 +0000

Thanks Bernews for keeping everything consolidated and organised!

By: Flying high

Flying high — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:13:13 +0000

Any listing of the cancelled flights?does anyone know when the airport plans on closing?