By Annabel Cooper Nothing says freedom like being out on the water and preferably moving at speed. If your inner adrenaline junkie is bursting to get out, you’ll love what’s available this summer KITE SURFING …
By Heather Wood In April, Massachusetts General Hospital opened the Center for the Environment and Health with an ambitious plan to “advocate for and improve the environmental health of the hospital as well as the…
By ERIN SILVER Entertaining kids in a storm can be a challenge, especially when they’re used to playing outdoors or indoors with electronics. To reduce their anxiety and keep them busy at the same time,…
THE HAVANA-BERMUDA HURRICANE KILLED 88 SEAMEN OFF BERMUDA’S SHORE By TIM SMITH Claiming the lives of 88 people aboard a British warship, the Havana-Bermuda Hurricane of October 1926 is the deadliest storm ever recorded…
by Erin Silver According to estimates by the Salvation Army, there are about 200 people who identify as homeless in Bermuda. While some use the island’s shelters regularly, many only seek refuge during storms. The…
by Tim Smith More than 28,000 Belco customers – about 80 per cent of the island – lost power when Hurricane Paulette hit Bermuda two years ago. Even though restoration efforts were hampered by unpredictable…
HURRICANE OF 1839 LEFT FAMILIES HOMELESS by Tim Smith For centuries, the hurricanes that wreaked devastation on communities in the Caribbean and East Coast were largely blamed on storm gods. All that changed, slowly but…