Hector is sure that the meteorologists at Bermuda Weather Centre are quaking in their boots at a new method of forecasting invented by the venerable of VSB ? it?s called ?looking out of the window?.

After technical problems which included the radio show on Sunday night not being able to include its regular Canadian News and CNN slots, Mr. Darby then had to announce that ?the weather forecast has gone missing?.

But this didn?t stop the veteran broadcaster in his tracks. After a pause that Hector assumes allowed him to take a quick peek out of the studio window, he gamely announced: ?It couldn?t be better, and we?re expecting more of the same.?

Hector, as regular readers know keeps a healthy, or should that be unhealthy, interest in the Bermuda-based starlets and . Hector hears their jet set ways are confusing their kids. Contactmusic.com reports Michael Douglas worries children Dylan, six, and Carys, three, are picking up bizarre accents because of all the travelling.

He says: ?The kids have picked up the Bermudian accent mostly, which is like a cross between Cornish and Dorset. Of course, there?s some Welsh thrown in too.?

Um, Um. For once Hector is lost for words. Meanwhile, Ms Jones might have more pressing matters to worry about. The Wall Street Journal reports that the screen beauty has been ditched as ?celebrity pitchwoman? for T-Mobile ? three years after landing a multi-million dollar contract with the cellphone giant.

Whilst Hector feels for the Welsh lovely ? after all, who can afford to lose that kind of cash? ? he can?t help smirking at the terrible irony of the advertising campaign?s catchphrase: ?get more?. Mrs. Douglas, it seems, will be getting a whole lot less from now on.

Hector ? like every other inhabitant of this Island ? knows only too well the difficulties in trying to get a taxi to take you, well, pretty much anywhere in Bermuda. But he thinks BTA Dispatching?s recent attempt to throw customers off the scent is going a little bit far.

A pal reports being unable to get through to an operator while trying to book a taxi to the airport on September 21. Eventually, the call connected to an answerphone message, which explained that the threat of Hurricane Florence on September 10 had forced the BTA office to close.

Hector finds it hard to believe that the category one hurricane ? by then almost a dim and distant memory ? was still causing problems for cabbies. A message was left on the answerphone as instructed, but no one returned the call. Is it just that they don?t want ? or need ? the business?

Talking of hurricanes, either Hector needs to brush up on his surfing skills or the Government needs to dramatically improve its website. And Hector suspects it might be the latter. Florence and her subsequent pals Gordon and Helene persuaded Hector that he really should sort out his hurricane survival kit.

But going online onto the Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety home page failed to throw up any kind of assistance about what such a kit should contain. The site does however reveal that is the new Minister in charge ? before going on to give a detailed biography of former Minister . Could an update be in order, perhaps?