By Stephen L France Photos provided by DDM
I have heard the theory that when nature strikes—whether personified by an earthquake, torrential rainfall or a hurricane—it is an uncompromising force with the sole mission of restoring balance. In an attempt to reacquire the environment’s stability, it works without prejudice as an automatic retort to naturally reinstate equilibrium and to combat decades of unnatural burdens it has incurred.
Some disagree with this argument, but what is fact is once again, the Atlantic Caribbean hurricane season is upon the BVI; as many environmental specialists and hurricane survivalists will advise, preparation by home and yacht owners is the word that cannot be stressed enough. Understanding the Adversary Department of Disaster Management Director Sharleen Dabreo explained that our hurricane season is produced as a result of low pressure systems affecting Atlantic waters or the Caribbean sea. “This is based on the trends over the years,” she said. “It eventually develops into a storm and when it gets to about 74 mph, then you classify it as a hurricane and it’s at that point where it’s actually named.” Hurricanes have only become complicated due to man’s development,
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our impact on the ozone and climate change. “There are a lot of factors that are playing into the whole climate process that’s causing these hurricanes to become more intense,” the director said. “These are natural processes that have to take place…but when [they] are impacted by conditions that are imposed by man, then you have these detrimental effects.” The DDM director continued, expressing that the best retort to a hurricane or more wisely, reaction to the early forecast is for property