A member of an international disaster relief team said the Island's clean-up after Fabian was very impressive in comparison to other areas she had been to.

"I would like to take what happened here in Bermuda and export it, so that others will be as prepared in a hurricane," said Gisla Dewey of Global Response Team.

Her organisation consists of 20 people who go to disasters world wide to observe both the preparedness for, and handling of, disaster.

"It showed good preparedness in the community and I have to admit it - I was quite impressed," she said of Bermuda's tackling of Fabian damages.

Ms Dewey said that she had been to sites of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and other major disasters in numerous countries but: "It was impressive to see the roads cleared on Tuesday when I arrived."

She added: "In other places after a hurricane of this magnitude, there would be so much debris - like pieces of houses on the road, but other than roofs blown off in the storm, there wasn't a lot (of damage) when compared to other places.

"I think that the building codes on the Island are very stringent and that is why most houses did not receive the kind of damage that is usually seen.

"The guidance from the Government, the system, the organisation and the preparedness of constantly telling people how to be safe are the necessary steps of the infrastructure that made the difference.

"It was almost like an automatic response, a classic textbook case, which makes those of us who are planners very pleased.

"We tell people that if they practice safety, then they will be fine.

"If we could only find a way to share this. I think that all the advice that was given makes sense and to see that the community heeded those suggestions, is really what made the difference.

"Other than the four deaths on the Causeway, everyone is fine."

Ms Dewey said she was also pleased to see the community spirit with the clean up, people sharing meals, the army and emergency services out and the public generally helping one another out.

Ms Dewey will either go to Florida where Hurricane Isabel is heading or going to Liberia next.