Comments - Rabi, Cyclone Tomas (Hurricane) New Zealand reports - Banaban Voice2024-03-29T12:15:26Zhttp://banabanvoice.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2211587%3ABlogPost%3A43339&xn_auth=noThanks Croz Walsh for this bl…tag:banabanvoice.ning.com,2010-03-22:2211587:Comment:433412010-03-22T23:46:01.888ZStacey Kinghttp://banabanvoice.ning.com/profile/3o0qgcuxhrm5w
Thanks Croz Walsh for this blog on our efforts to help our people back home in Rabi. Just to confirm that the waters around the islands are considered "DEAD WATER" after big storms (Cyclones) and can take up to a month for fish to return to reefs. Reports from marine experts say that damaged reefs can also take a while to recover and bring back normal fish life. The Banabans are expert fishermen and rely on the sea to supply them with the much needed protein in their diets. They will be making…
Thanks Croz Walsh for this blog on our efforts to help our people back home in Rabi. Just to confirm that the waters around the islands are considered "DEAD WATER" after big storms (Cyclones) and can take up to a month for fish to return to reefs. Reports from marine experts say that damaged reefs can also take a while to recover and bring back normal fish life. The Banabans are expert fishermen and rely on the sea to supply them with the much needed protein in their diets. They will be making every effort in coming days to get out fishing that is for sure.<br />
Also the Banabans unlike the Fijians don't breed cattle on the island only a few pigs, which I'm sure will be quickly dispatched as the need arises.<br />
Thanks for your support in helping us get the word out to the outside world. It took three years for international Aid to get to Rabi after Cyclone Ami and as our Chairman has stated, the Island never really recover from Ami and went on over the years to get continual damage from every other cyclone that came there way. You could say a virtual 'Cyclone Alley' up there. Maybe this is why Lever Bros in 1945 sold it off to them cheaply. Although reports at the time that the motives were more practical practical believing that it was only a matter of time in 1945 before Japanese landed in Fiji especially around Rabi in the northern area during their Pacific invasion.