Days into the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season, some Abaconians are still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated the island nearly two years ago. 

Louise Reckley, 64, who owns Lovely’s Delight takeaway on Abaco, said she and her husband have been living in a room in the building that houses her business after their home was destroyed in Hurricane Dorian.

Reckley said that, like many other Abaconians, she feels vulnerable heading into these next few months.

“We are almost right where we were after Hurricane Dorian,” she said.

“We don’t have shelters.”

The government broke ground on a $1.8 million community center and hurricane shelter in Central Pines, Abaco, in December 2020, which is expected to be able to accommodate some 800 people in the event of a storm.

At the time, Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said the complex would be completed by May 2021. 

But Reckley said there has been little progress at the site.

“If we have a category four or five, you’re not going to feel comfortable,” she said.

“And one of the things that bother me is we had a groundbreaking ceremony and they said that this shelter, the complex they’re supposed to be building, was going to be ready for this hurricane season.

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