SpaceX partnership becomes a boon during Hurricane Melissa
Dontchev said Starlink received a call from US Charge d’Affaires Kimberly Furnish to see what else SpaceX could do for The Bahamas as the storm approached. He explained that after the call, the company partnered with a foundation run by Matt Weidman to fund, in part, evacuation flights for more than 13,000 people from the…
SpaceX and US partners help with Bahamas evacuations
SPACEX has joined forces with US and Bahamian partners to help evacuate more than 1,400 residents from the Southeast Bahamas as Hurricane Melissa bears down on the region. Flights yesterday carried evacuees from Inagua, Mayaguana, Acklins, Crooked Island, Long Cay, and Ragged Island to New Providence. US Chargé d’Affaires Kimberly Furnish said the United States…
Month after Hurricane Dorian, hundreds still missing in Bahamas
Love and Life Foundation helping with living arrangements for families. Just over a month after Hurricane Dorian ripped through the Bahamas, about 600 people are still missing and thousands are in shelters after losing their homes. Sadly, very little has changed since the storm, and the death toll is expected to rise significantly from…
‘We’re not stopping’: Orlando group raises money to keep flying aid to Dorian- devastated Bahama
Matt Wideman of Winter Park thought of himself as “a big Bahamas guy,” and in the aftermath of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian, he wanted to do something to help. So he asked a friend if he knew where he could find a Black Hawk helicopter. Two weeks later, Wideman, his Love & Life Foundation…
Relief group evacuates Hurricane Dorian survivors from Fox Town
by Lexi Nahl | CBS12 One week after Hurricane Dorian, the death toll in the Bahamas is now up to 50, and that number is only expected to rise. Meanwhile, relief flights continue to assist the survivors – many of whom are still homeless and hungry. CBS12’s Lexi Nahl flew over to the Abaco Islands Tuesday…
‘Revolutionary’ pods finding a new purpose for survivors of brutal disaster
By Adriana Navarro, AccuWeather staff writer After Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas in early September and left nearly 70,000 people homeless, the CEO of company that organizes music festivals decided he had a way to help. Pasquale Rotella, who heads up the Los Angeles-based Insomniac, sent staff and luxury camping tents to Abaco to provide…