As another weather system approaches the Eastern Caribbean, we in Barbados are again reminded of the urgency to get our houses in order.We understand it will not be an easy undertaking for many who are already struggling financially and whose living conditions are continuously compromised due to poverty and limited opportunities.Nonetheless, difficult economic and social circumstances can be transformed into occasions to demonstrate that inimitable character of sharing and caring, for which Barbadians are known.When a destructive weather event occurs, it often proves to be a great equalizer. For in the immediate aftermath, no amount of money can give you access to resources that have been destroyed.After a hurricane, the entire population suffers. When Hurricane Maria made landfall on September 18, 2018, as a Category 5 storm packing winds of 160 miles per hour with even higher gusts, we listened as Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit inform radio listeners that he had lost the roof of his house and his family was in danger.
