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Disaster Coordinator commends emergency services personnel and community
by SxmGIS
Posted: Aug 3, 2005 02:08 UTC
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GREAT BAY (GIS) - Disaster Management Coordinator/Fire Commander Winston Salomon would like to commend emergency services personnel as well as persons within the community who risked their lives over the weekend to save persons in distress.
Salomon added that the emergency services responded to the event and did what they had to do.
I would also like to extend my deepest sympathy on behalf of the emergency services to the family and friends of Sumit Amarlal Acharya (20) whose body was found Monday afternoon in Zagersgut.
Acharya is the second flood victim who lossed his life late Saturday afternoon after a cloud burst which caused a flash flood in the St. Peters/Saunders residential areas. The first flood victim was a school teacher Ingrid Maccow (30) who lossed her life on Saturday. Her body was recovered the same evening.
“According to media reports, Acharya was a manager of Jewels Forever on Front Street and had only been living on the island for six months,” Disaster Coordinator Winston Salomon told the Government Information Service (GIS) on Tuesday.
Salomon would also like to draw the public’s attention to the recent revised outlook for the 2005 hurricane season by the NOAA National Weather Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that was released today, Tuesday.
The revised forecasts calls for an additional 11 to 14 tropical storms from August through November, with seven to nine becoming hurricanes, including three to five major hurricanes of wind speeds over 111 miles per hour.
In total, the 2005 hurricane season is likely to yield 18 to 21 tropical storms, with nine to 11 becoming hurricanes, including five to seven major hurricanes.
So far for the season, seven tropical storm systems have already formed of which two were major hurricanes (Dennis and Emily).
Residents and the business community are hereby once again reminded to take all necessary measures to prepare yourselves if you haven’t already done so. The time to get organized is now.
This means checking your hurricane shutters are in good order; buying non-perishable foods; having a plan in place to take care of pets; getting rid of items in your yards that could cause damage to other homes and properties if they become airborne.
“An appeal is also being made to builders and contractors. You have to have a plan in place to secure building sites should a hurricane threaten the island. It is the responsibility of the contractor and the owner to make sure that building materials are properly secure and cannot blow away,” Disaster Coordinator Salomon said on Tuesday.
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