The community is being urged to reflect on last month’s twin storms and how the Island pulled together amid the aftermath.

Imagine Bermuda wants residents “from Fort St Catherine to Dockyard to pause for one minute for reflection” on Thursday at 1pm.

“We’re inviting residents throughout the Island to take 60 seconds to consider the massive threat we all faced and survived together and, through collaboration, we have speedily moved towards renewal,” the community group said.

“Pausing together will remind us that we’re all in the same boat and vulnerable to storms. However, it is evident that by pulling together, we can overcome significant challenges.”

Imagine Bermuda will also host a roundtable discussion on Thursday, with the theme “Drawing the Lessons from the Storms”.

Five-minute presentations will be given by Bishop Nicholas Dill of the Anglican Church, Family Centre executive director Martha Dismont, Chewstick’s Gavin Smith and Rev Nicholas Tweed of St Paul’s AME Church. The panellists will not be representing their organisations but sharing personal views.

“The concept of the roundtable allows those attending an opportunity to participate in a deeper collective reflection on the challenges that we have recently faced,” Imagine Bermuda said. “The goal is to identify those lessons that have been surfaced by that crisis, which can be useful for our Island as we move forward through further storms that we will no doubt experience.” The discussion will be from 11.30am until 1pm at Cathedral Hall on Church Street.

Imagine Bermuda said the events aimed to further promote the sense of appreciation evident at last week’s thanksgiving gathering at City Hall, at which the community expressed their gratitude to those who worked to keep the Island safe and functioning during and after the storms, such as the Bermuda Regiment, the emergency services and Belco.