The Barbados National Union of Fisherfolk Organisation (BARNUFO) is hoping to resolve issues related to communication and access to timely weather updates in the coming weeks, as they finalise plans to deal with natural disasters, including hurricanes.BARNUFO president Vernel Nicholls made the disclosure as she spoke to Barbados TODAY about the challenges that fisherfolk were facing as they continued to prepare themselves for the ongoing Atlantic hurricane season which began on June 1 and runs until November 30.She said after the experience last year with the freak storm event and Hurricane Elsa which battered the island and damaged hundreds of homes, many fisherfolk expressed the desire to have reliable handheld radios for communication in the event of a weather system, first for their preparation in advance of a storm, which typically involves BARNUFO working with government departments to safeguard boats and other structures, and also in the aftermath of a storm’s impact.
