by | March 26, 2012 · 3:27 am

The ‘before’ photo: Cave Bay, Merricks, Barbados

Taken in October, 2008. Enjoy the photo folks, because it’s all changed and we can’t say for the better.

Give thanks to an old friend.

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8 responses to “The ‘before’ photo: Cave Bay, Merricks, Barbados”

  1. yatiniteasy
    March 26, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    When we are finished selling off all beachfront and ocean front properties to non Barbadians, thereby denying Bajans access to the cliffs, beaches and coves of “our Island” these photos will be just a sad memory for us.

  2. Buck
    March 26, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    One word BURN !

  3. Shoreline property?
    March 26, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    Nature will yet have the last laugh at the non-Bajan owners of our beachside property, because with the coming rise in sea-levels that no-one cares to think about, Barbados will be reduced from a land area of 166 sq. miles
    to something on the order of around 150 sq. miles,
    as all the low-lying coastal areas (hotel enuff!) are progressively flooded.

    Those with seafront property along the sea cliffs of St.Philip, St.Lucy will be the lucky ones, as long as sea level rises don’t exceed 20-25 ft. before the island gets to Yr.2100,
    by which time most of us will have gone the way of all flesh,
    and our grandchildren will be inheriting environmental conditions I don’t even want to think about!

    What the heck am I talking about?
    I’m talking about the climatological warnings that 95% of humanity have been pooh-poohing for the last 40 yrs. or so.
    But never mind me: if you have sea-front property to sell,
    simply do so in the immediate future -don’t delay!

    Get your sale and your money NOW, before sea level rises start to manifest themselves noticeably in the next 10 years or so (some say sooner than that).

  4. millertheanunnaki
    March 26, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    @Shoreline property? March 26, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    ” ………. before sea level rises start to manifest themselves noticeably in the next 10 years or so (some say sooner than that).”

    With the continuing break up of the Arctic sea ice the water released into the Northern Atlantic would soon find its way south. Barbados is right in its way at the confluence of two bodies of sea water. The small positive effect of this flooding of the southern part of this Ocean with ‘colder’ water from the Arctic might be to temporarily slow down the rate of development and strength of hurricanes. But this short-run benefit would be cancelled out and overshadowed by the tremendously destructive effects of rising sea levels on low lying islands like Barbados and Bermuda. The dreams of the Pan-Africanist might just come true: Back to Mainland Mother Africa might be the next wave of migration for Caribbean nationals of African descent.

  5. patrick
    March 31, 2012 at 4:32 pm

    yea i can agree,am bajan living in france,i am alway following what is going on in bim,an to me its a shame, the same over an over,why the barbados goverment alow this to happend,what is left for us bajan in the future.

  6. Malcolm
    May 6, 2012 at 10:37 am

    If it’s all changed (not for the better), do you have the “after” photo?

  7. Janet
    May 9, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    There’s no after picture cos it’s exactly bthe same as in 2008.

  8. Douglas
    July 3, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    Having recently been inside the show units at Merricks, I can tell you that this development plan is far ahead of the whole Caribbean in terms of energy efficiency, comfort, and disaster resistance. Regardless of how many people bash Harlequin on the net, their newest models are the most environmentally sound practice that has ever been seen in the region. Reliance on local dirty energy production has been reduced to a fraction, and the buildings stay cool just by their inherent design (insulated concrete). A better value for buyers and neighbors alike has never been seen.