The Roof That Keeps Bermuda Alive

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This is the second in my little two part working holiday to Bermuda. Another somewhat happy story.
After this we're headed to Uruguay, a country I knew virtually nothing about until I showed up at the airport. Like Bermuda, it will be a lot less heavy than our last few seasons, which I for one appreciate.
Then we get to Cuba where I go to a cock fight. Which was gross. But that's not for a while yet.
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@RareEarthSeries 4 года назад

Please direct some water into our underground tank: www.patreon.com/rareearth

@lennartberk6392 4 года назад

There was never a video that i didn't liked from you 👍

@scpatl4now 4 года назад

As much rain as we have had in the SE US...I'm just happy to keep it out of my basement!

@johnkesich8696 4 года назад

"the Diego Garcia of the Atlantic"? Diego Garcia was populated before the British evicted the natives and exiled them to the Seychelles in order to lease it to the Americans - see johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation

@billbaggins 4 года назад

I'd love to donate some nice clean Tassie water but the freight would be horrific. Here is a free thought instead. We will never have a better chance to "fix everything that is broken". Amongst the disgusting price gouging for bog rolls there are many stories of enormous generosity. I'm hoping that the trend will continue. Never Never will we have this opportunity to devalue personal wealth and redistribute it so that all can have good quality of life. As an analogy... A president, brain surgeon or pilot can't concentrate fully if they have an itchy ass, therefore the bloke that makes the toilet paper is just as important. Been saying that for yonks but it makes a lot more sense now than the drunk night I thought of it.

@oddish2253 4 года назад

My flesh is my own but my water belong to the tribe.

@maschinen181 4 года назад

"and with that intro out of the way I'm sure all of you can guess the topic of this video" me: *sweats profusely because I couldn't*

@jamesdriscoll9405 4 года назад

I stopped at 1:02 to comment, but mosquito borne illness? (And how that affects personal freedom), within the context of our current situation? - Just a guess. edit: mostly wrong.

@ninjaseriyu 4 года назад

Global warming to reflect the sun? No...oh okay...

@kkfoto 4 года назад

The triangle? No.

@MelvisVelour 4 года назад

We lived in Bermuda when I was a child and I remember this one summer that the rains failed and the situation got so bad that the British Navy had to send a tanker vessel full of water to replenish the supplies. Bermuda TV had daily reminders about rationing and how to minimize water use so water collection is a serious part of the soul of Bermuda and to this day, I'm still very conscious about how much water I use remembering that long, parched summer. And yes, the rains did come back and it was a national celebration though many people put out whatever they could get their hands on to collect the rain that didn't fall on the roofs and poured them into their cisterns. Otherwise, it was an idyllic childhood in a remote, flat little paradise full of mostly wonderful people who figured out how to get along and survive. The motto of Bermuda is "Quo Fata Ferunt" - "whither the fates carry (us)" and for good reason...

@josrnelson 2 года назад

In the 1950s and 60s, when I was born and grew up in Bermuda, water conservation was taught to children diligently, with the rules introduced and reinforced to visitors. None of the rules are difficult to follow. To this day, after living decades in the vast dry-as-a-bone American Southwestern desert, I still cringe when an American turns a faucet on because I know an inordinate amount will be flat out wasted. The rules around household water use as I knew were so ingrained I still think about them.

@deborahlewandowski3206 Год назад

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@apooto1553 4 года назад

This is why i Like rare earth because they give an indirect analogy for something that happened in the world right now without even saying it

@michaelcherry8952 4 года назад

This is a wonderful example of what you might call "collective freedom". It is a restriction on freedom, but it is also a community decision for the common good. It's also good that you point out that everybody is responsible for collecting water and everybody is conscious of their water situation. The problem with some people who demand freedom is that they often have no concept of the responsibility that comes with that freedom. It would appear that, in this particular place at this particular time for this particular situation, the balance between freedom and restrictions has been found. And the community is fine with that, because they know it is a matter of survival. The problem is that this kind of thing is very contextual, and sometimes the balance is particularly hard to find. Nonetheless, this is a good example of what might be accomplished. Thank you for this.

@tatsumakimojo5502 4 года назад

Michael Cherry american citizens would rather die than restrict themselves!

@Hugebull 4 года назад

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."

@dayegilharno4988 4 года назад

"One's freedom ends, where another's begins"

@iandalziel7405 4 года назад

Freedom's *NOT* just another word for nothin' left to lose...

@o4ugDF54PLqU 4 года назад

But if we're tied down by responsibilities, is it really freedom? To me, true freedom is defined by the lack of responsibilities and the lack of restrictions, and is something that we can come very close to but will likely never achieve as humans.

@gisopolis77 4 года назад

2:55 I'm guessing he meant to say 7th most *densely* populated nation? Regardless, great video

@JustMe8800 4 года назад

Evan didn't misspeak. The wording he used could be interpreted to mean either total population or population density, but with context the meaning is clear.

@croscorpio 4 года назад

I live on a island in Croatia, we do the exact same thing, although we use more common orange clay roof tiles. And the rain water is incredibly nice to drink, it actually tastes fresh, if freshness had a taste, naturally, drinking this water is only OK if you do not live in a polluted environment like a city. And the groundwater, we even have enough of it on the island to support us, but that water needs to be treated to be safe for drinking and the amount of chlorine added makes it taste unpleasant, so people use rain water for drinking and cooking and the ground water for cleaning, watering and other stuff.

@zogworth 4 года назад

Also if you keep it in properly designed tanks it cleans itself.

@samspencer7765 4 года назад

That sounds beautiful! Which island is this? I love the idea of being self sustaining, are you Croatian or have moved there?

@brando9208 4 года назад

My family is from Šolta and we also rely on the rainwater we collect. it is always fresh and clean, especially compared to the declining quality of water in near-by Split. i now live in Australia and i still prefer rainwater over the tap water here but i don't have a rainwater tank and they are expensive.

@istvankovats8541 3 года назад

@@brando9208 Wow Solta! I went on holiday there in the summer of 2019! Loved the place, but I must admit, a lot of the old towns, while beautiful, felt a bit derelict. Where do the actual people live these days?

@QueLindaMay Год назад

It is a way of life for us Bermudians. We thoroughly clean our tanks every fifth year. Our elders keep one or two small goldfish in our tanks to eat and clean the algae. The young people don’t necessarily follow this trend unfortunately. We habitually keep an eye on the water levels. Certain parts of the island can be piped water through the Bermuda Lens (ground water). Growing up during the summer it was the norm to truck two loads of water every month. The water truck drivers collected and sold their water from this lens. Fortunately my husband set up our system to draw water from our water tanks or, if necessary, switch our system over to the piped water.

@alimanski7941 4 года назад

Reminds me of the Jerusalem bylaw that requires every building being built to be covered by at least some set percentage of "Jerusalem Stone", to maintain a certain look to the city. While the restriction is cultural in nature, not survival, I think everyone who lives in/around it would hate to see Jerusalem turn into another non-descript, bland city.

@kerelberel 4 года назад

Yeah those purely for aesthetic and cultural reasons. Much like how all roofs in Dubrovnik should be red, or how no building in the city centre of Utrecht should be higher than the old Dom church tower. It's interesting for Bermuda it's also about survival. I think that creates a stronger sense of community than aesthetical or cultural reasons. If immigrants come, they will be bound more by those reasons than by anything cultural adhered to by the current inhabitants. They in return will also contribute to the cultural identity of the island.

@TacticusPrime 4 года назад

Kyoto also has aesthetic restrictions when building in certain areas.

@vidard9863 4 года назад

@@kerelberel that is the thing though, it is still just cultural, as countless different roof designs, materials, and colors can be used to collect water.

@alaemakhlouf4565 4 года назад

la if Jerusalem was left to its native owners you would have seen a lot more in term of self efficiency.

@davidhanson4909 4 года назад

@@alaemakhlouf4565 Canaanites?

@routerbridge1 4 года назад

Great video. Our heavy stone roofs also come in handy when hurricanes hit the island. Virtually no house looses it's roof even in cat 4 or 5 storms

@lancefall4811 4 года назад

The Limestone probably keeps their homes an even temperature year round, and they'll never blow off - never leak or need be re-roofed !

@fionafiona1146 4 года назад

Refinishing is likely annoying on occasion

@lol-bk2fv 4 года назад

@@fionafiona1146 no it's not annoying

@mikhailjairnisbett441 4 года назад

It does. You don't really need A/C in summer, and my house has no winter heating. We had a category 4 hurricane a few years ago, Gonzalo (2014), and the only issue with my house was that the wires connecting the telephone pole and it had gone down. No other damage at all, except a tree blowing down in my yard. The roof does need to be cleaned and re-coated every 2-3 years for good water quality.

@raucousraptor 4 года назад

@@mikhailjairnisbett441 Are there seasons in Bermuda? How cold does it get in the winter?

@LayLa-jw4pr 4 года назад

@@raucousraptor the coldest day in recorded history was over 10 years ago at 44 degrees Fahrenheit

@AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад

2:49 You're talking about Kaho'olawe? That island was recently affected by a wildfire that burned about thirty percent of the island. The island has no permanent population but it's used for cultural and spiritual purposes. And for those wondering about 1:57, that's a railway trail. Bermuda, believe it or not used to have a railway that lasted for seventeen years. Corrosion (due to its proximity to the ocean) and the introduction of automobiles led to its demise

@scpatl4now 4 года назад

The fires in Kaho'olawe have a silver lining in that they burned many of the invasive plants introduced there. Now those protecting the island can plant native plants in their absence. I was reading something about that island today earlier.

@Rama_Guru 4 года назад

sounds mystery like Hawai'i

@deadtoallnohonornohope 4 года назад

Thank you for teaching me something about my father's homeland.

@stella187 4 года назад

I couldn't figure out anything short and smart or remotely philosophical to comment, so here is a

@JasonRainbows 4 года назад

Love the tall palm tree at the end. So Dr. Seussian!

@scpatl4now 4 года назад

That's a very tall palm tree You can see it from the sea You can see it from afar You can see it from your car I am glad it stands so tall Makes the others seem so small (now THAT'S Seussian!) lol

@iandalziel7405 4 года назад

... and oh, the places it'll go! and 'with fronds like that who needs enemas!! ' - ok class that's the punchline, you work out the lead up... ;- )

@arturer1874 4 года назад

I'm so early today! Since I'm commenting, I'd like to thank you for your videos, they've been consistently informative and has given me new perspectives on the world.

@nanak3363 4 года назад

Me too

@bobchannell3553 4 года назад

This is an interesting story, and he got to travel to Bermuda to do it.

@bongobrandy6297 4 года назад

No! They made him do it. And don't ask me who "They" is..

@KINGBublepop 4 года назад

@@bongobrandy6297 Lmao don't start that shit

@windoak2113 4 года назад

Bongo Brandy the Jews? It’s always the Jews.

@jasonlieberman4606 4 года назад

...With his wife!

@carlmorgan8452 Год назад

I heard that house was made of coral. My uncle use to live there, he was contractor building houses all his life.

@daviswall3319 4 года назад

Dude. I'm a plowboy from Mississippi and I have never felt more a connection than with Rare Earth. Keep it up. It is truly worth it

@coryman125 4 года назад

"They might have to sacrifice aesthetics..." Okay but bright pastel colours with white roofs is such a nice Easter-y colour theme and I kinda love it

@lamarkingram5320 2 года назад

As a Bermudian, we've never thought about a lack of freedom regarding our rooves. In fact - they are proudly a part of our identity. The school uniforms as well. Of course we as kids all didn't necessarily want to dress in a uniform. However, we did have 'grub days' regularly - a day where you can where whatever you want, with some 'decency' restrictions as with anywhere else. However, it taught us how to dress with respect as children. I can honestly say, (though there are some) most of the youth in Bermuda (even in 2021 going into 2022) don't wear their pants down below their butt cheeks. Bermudian children are raised quite differently than American ones. I know being an American born citizen, but being raised in both countries due to my Bermudian mother. Politeness is heavily instilled in Bermudian children. And it is evident every time a tourist comes and sees its practice on display.

@accountant3015 4 года назад

“It’s not like earth is getting any less populated” COVID19: watch this

@jojodroid31 4 года назад

107k deaths in 4 months. You were saying?

@cr4zyj4ck 4 года назад

Covid 19 isn't making any kind of a dent in the world's population. On the contrary, making everyone stay at home and giving them nothing to do will probably result in a large population spike, in about nine months.

@TheYoshieMaster 4 года назад

Even with COVID-19 there are still more people born each day than there are deaths. www.worldometers.info/world-population/

@broodypie2216 4 года назад

@@cr4zyj4ck you're right, but it has officially killed more americans than vietnam, which lasted from 61-75. So, that's just kinda weird to think about.

@jonwcs5842 4 года назад

Think Diarrhea is still a large killer worldwide. Splat splat splat

@pleasejustletmebeanonymous6510 4 года назад

"What are you doing up there, palm tree?" Lol I laughed way too hard at that.

@zerophoenix6758 4 года назад

I think it's fundamentally flawed to think that Freedom includes the freedom to hurt others which is why people believe that there is a "optimal balance" when in reality the framework should be as much as it possible given the resources available

@deborahlewandowski3206 Год назад

These days, if your water supply is low, you can buy a truckload of water from one of the companies who get supplied by RO (reverse osmosis) plants, but it will cost you! Some of the hotels have their own RO plants now so that guests don't have to worry about taking a Bermuda shower (rinse off to get wet, turn the water off, soap up, and then rinse off)... I've been visiting Bermuda since 1983... even lived there for awhile in 2009, but this year in July, I took my 16 year old granddaughter to Bermuda with me for her first trip to the island as she earned a spot in the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences summer camp. She is very much into conservation and environmentalism but when I explained to her about how we would need to conserve water at our Airbnb in Ferry Reach, St. Georges, she was taken by surprise. It was a great learning experience for her!

@OouzyYew452 Год назад

That's awesome!

@internetuser8922 4 года назад

“I didn’t realize freedom meant people doing stuff that sucks!”

@JJAB91 4 года назад

Thats what happens when you build a strawman.

@anarchogarfieldist1652 4 года назад

@@JJAB91 what?

@HiddenWindshield 4 года назад

@@anarchogarfieldist1652 In a debate, a strawman is an argument that's superficially similar to your opponent's argument, but is easily proven wrong. If you can't find any flaws in your opponent's argument (and aren't mature enough to just accept defeat), you construct a strawman, then argue against it, and hope* the audience confuses the strawman with the opponent's actual argument, thereby making it look like you have a point when you really don't. *I say "hope", but really, people seem depressingly ready to accept strawmen at face value. Just look at any internet discussion thread, news program, etc., etc., etc. It's one of the reasons I wish they'd bring back mandatory classes in logic and debate in school.

@anarchogarfieldist1652 4 года назад

@@HiddenWindshield I know what a straw man fallacy is, and I agree that we should teach research skills and critical thinking in school. Are you done autofellating?

@sirzorg5728 4 года назад

Freedom to do things you don't like is necessary. My freedom to swing my arms ends where your nose begins and not before.

@dindings 4 года назад

I think freedom is like a parking space: your freedom ends where the other's begin, otherwise you're gonna bump into others

@nemanjad.kidzin3937 4 года назад

Hey, I hope you guys see this. Long time fan. I just want to tell you that I personally enjoy these videos where you focus on the smaller local example of the bigger issues much more than those videos in which you try to give full, an unbiased recap of country history or similar topics. When you have details as a theme rather than bigger picture, you aren't held to the same standards of "objectivity" or being unbiased. Ant message still comes thru. I will be watching regardless. Love your stuff, best of luck

@Neillan 4 года назад

Dude, I love Bermuda. Was there last fall and I have to say it's one of those places you return to a second time. Visited/ passed almost all the places in this video. Really expensive there though, and everything is imported. Still an amazing trip if you can afford it!

@allover65 4 года назад

Is beautiful, the color of the ocean, the sand.I wish I could come back some day.

@tiasmith6223 Год назад

Thank you for this highlight. Bermudian born and raised and this is well documented. Most houses now have wells(pumped from underground not by manually)

@sebastiaandewit159 4 года назад

It sounds like they need some help from the Dutch. They're awesome in making salt water sweet and storing it.

@jamesdriscoll9405 4 года назад

1:02 Thank you for saying "Oregonian" correctly, but, yeah, no. Also, yeah.

@simonkimberly6956 4 года назад

James Driscoll just go to Portland every four years in November. Or during mayday. Rioting is fun!

@iandalziel7405 4 года назад

@@simonkimberly6956 - Not many people realise that 'Portland mud' is an anagram of 'Donald Trump' aka 'the sedimental fool'

@tyrstone3539 4 года назад

Ian Dalziel oh well

@SeanWells365 4 года назад

Thanks for always keeping my wheels turning. As a libertarian myself, you always produce something that makes me think

@juleslondonuk 4 года назад

I always enjoy your videos as you always raise points making us think and reflect. Thank you for keeping our intellect going!

@indeedallthethings7084 4 года назад

Realized that this is a perfect analogy for the Coronavirus isolation scenario we are currently facing and restricting our “freedom” to go out.

@JerryDLTN 4 года назад

Or just wear a mask

@ZeWaka 4 года назад

Also, the reason nobody lives on Kaho'olawe is because of all the unexploded ordinance.

@johnburt7935 4 года назад

I'm reminded of the people who say the large quantities of privately owned firearms in the U.S. make it unattractive to foreign invaders, and that's a good reason t continue the custom. I always reply that the large quantities of unexploded landmines under the soil of Laos (mentioned in an earlier *_Rare Earth_* installment) doubtless also make it less attractive to potential invaders, but that this does not mean that efforts to dig them up are not a worthwhile undertaking. I have little doubt that in the fullness of time, with the improvement in the technology of water purification tand bomb disposal and rising real estate prices in Hawaii, Kaho'olawe will become home to a large human community.

@hungrymusicwolf 4 года назад

The maximum amount of freedom you can get as a society is limited by how badly its people will abuse it to harm others (through action or inaction).

@scpatl4now 4 года назад

One's freedom generally comes from another's oppression

@slavpepe6581 4 года назад

If you're going to continue your Bermuda series (which I sincerely hope you do) might I suggest visiting Tom Moore's Jungle/blue whole and the swizzle Inn, there's plenty of unique history there and I think they would all make a great video topics I was born and raised in Bermuda and I absolutely love the videos you've been making about it, tons of support from Canada 🇨🇦

@carportchronicles1943 4 года назад

I was stationed there while in the Navy, and vividly remember the Swizzle Inn. Someday I will go back for a visit.

@deadtoallnohonornohope 4 года назад

My father is from there I used to go every summer as a child to see my family tbh I miss Bermuda alot.

@emilio2647 Год назад

@@deadtoallnohonornohope I'm from the Bahamas and Bermuda reminds me of my country in a way in terms of culture and traditions. The landscape if the Bermudian city Hamilton is similar to Downtown Nassau.

@a2jy2k 4 года назад

God I love this channel. Thank you so much for the hours and hours of unique and beautiful content.

@lightwishatnight 4 года назад

This video is a masterpiece.

@themaximus144 4 года назад

Hold on a second tho.... In a world where the only water you would get comes from the sky, wouldn't anyone living there be forced to use said type of roofing anyways just to get their water even without a law or specified rule demanding it? In other words, what would the point of the restriction even be if you would be forced into doing it by circumstance anyways? Am I misunderstanding something here?

@childofnewlight Год назад

I live in what must be almost the opposite place on earth. I live in Michigan surrounded by the largest bodies of fresh water in the world, in the county with the most inland lakes. Anywhere in Michigan I am never more than 3 miles from a river, lake, pond, or stream. I live across from a lake. My 20 minute drive to work I pass by seven or eight more lakes and I don't even know how many marshes and streams. I have lived here all of my life and I realize how amazingly blessed I am. Living in a place like Bermuda is hard for me to wrap my head around.

@theavera9ejoe 4 года назад

Thank you for doing these little sneak peeks into the outside world. You and your team are inspirational :)

@MWGrossmann 4 года назад

> "When you arrive in Bermuda, one of the first things you're gonna notice -- likely before you even land..." ... is how bloody expensive EVERYTHING is. Like $2 for a banananana or $25 for a shot of well spirits. It's a nice place as long as you aren't a ship rat (Cruise ship tourist), and the night sky view is absolutely breathtaking. No wonder NASA set up a tracking station there. Great message. Sadly, I fear it will miss the people who most need to hear it.

@deadtoallnohonornohope 4 года назад

Ah yes The birth island of my father, Bermuda. I'm a Bermudian American. Thanks for doing this video rare earth I really miss Bermuda and this helped.

@vidard9863 4 года назад

Alright, as a contrarian, can someone explain to me why I would be unwilling to use different materials or colors to collect rain water? Or why it would be inconceivable to do brackish/grey and fresh water systems so that desalination/distillation methods could be viable option rather than rain collection?

@charliecoleman441 Год назад

bermuda is only 24 square miles, so the fresh water avalible isnt enough to sustain life here. filtrliation systems already exist for the rain. its just the easiest way to do it, so we have enough water. in terms of color and material, it has anti-bacterial properties, ita heavy ti protect against hurricanes and limestone is the most prevelant material we have on island.

@blane2472 Год назад

I don't know if I'd frame this as a question of freedom. What I see is a community working together to keep their home habitable for all of them. That's something that generally should come natural for humans, but in the last couple of centuries we've pivoted to viewing everyone as separate rather than part of a whole, that doing something for the benefit of the whole feels like giving up something of your own.

@yaz0333 4 года назад

"And with that intro out of the way, I'm sure that all of you can guess the topic of today's video" Me: Like in the title? The ro... "Freedom" Me: Freedom

@anunnakimenagerie 4 года назад

They also look like they keep the home cool and hold up in hurricanes

@FearanFaith Год назад

100% correct! These rooves were well thought through, the homes are much cooler than they would otherwise be with the white wash, And very heavy for Hurricanes.

@tylerdurden69420 4 года назад

*RE:* _How much freedom is too much? How much is not enough?_ *Me:* _Cool, he's gonna talk about stay at home policies to flatten the curve._ *RE:* _Bermudan roofs!!!_

@WeyounSix 4 года назад

Your father may have contributed more to science, but you have taught me personally much more in a much more impacting philosophical way

@CreamCobblerFiend 4 года назад

It seems like there are many different ways of collecting water from a roof using different materials... Couldn't this be more about expressing a resilient cultural identity using a unique and beautiful architectural vernacular? Water collection is critical but there is a wide variety of designs that fulfill that roll.

@Divert486 4 года назад

On the subject of uniforms, as someone who didnt have wealthy parents, uniforms were amazing to reduce bullying at school.

@guptabhishek 4 года назад

I think the theme of freedom was forced down the throat of an otherwise great chance to explore this community.

@dawsongillies6925 4 года назад

I imagine Dune is a popular book in Bermuda

@iandalziel7405 4 года назад

They do have a unique 'spice'... www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/Island-Spice/ (not sure if it has a'Sting in the tale' though...)

@sirzorg5728 4 года назад

If nobody was guaranteed water then people would freely choose this to survive, or they would be able to pay for their own water and afford the luxury of a non-collecting roof.

@leehaseley2164 4 года назад

Yet another very well thought out and presented video, Rare Earth.

@MorganHJackson 4 года назад

As an Australian, I can relate. A lot of places here are on permanent water restrictions, which can get extremely severe if need be. Sure, it would be nice to have green grass in the middle of a dry summer, but if that means that your town runs out of water, it's not exactly worth it.

@carportchronicles1943 4 года назад

I was lucky enough to be to able live in town when I was assigned to Naval Broadcasting Detachment Bermuda in the early '90s. I rented a nice, little, one room, house in St. George's. One of the first things we were taught when we arrived in Bermuda, was how precious the water was: If it's yellow let it mellow. If it's brown flush it down. Unless it's unusually dry, most houses always had plenty of water in their cistern. If you didn't conserve you would have to call one of the water services to refill your cistern. I never had to do this, but my understanding is that it was very expensive. I made the mistake of taking a look at the cistern, located in the cellar of my rental, one day. There were geckos, spider webs, and other insects, all over. I'm not sure if the water was filtered or not. I never saw a filter system, but I never got sick, and the water tasted fine.

@H1rudinea 4 года назад

Just a nitpick, we don't have geckos here. Those would be anoles my good man.

@carportchronicles1943 4 года назад

@@H1rudinea Be happy I didn't mention the palmetto bugs.

@yodorob 4 года назад

I just LOVE Bermuda. I travelled there once, and I'd love to go back!!!

@jpe1 4 года назад

At 1:06 that has got to be the tiniest drawbridge in the world. I wouldn’t want to sail my 28’ Catalina through there.

@H1rudinea 4 года назад

local Bermudian here, it actually is the tiniest drawbridge in the world. It's called the Somerset drawbridge.

@alwinpriven2400 4 года назад

what do you mean "7th most populated nation or dependency on the planet"? did you mean "7th most dense"? they only have like 70K people

@bennettfoley3018 4 года назад

Thanks for the content, Evan! great video

@fireaza Год назад

I think the fact that you directly benefit from following this rule (i.e you have access to more water, something that's hard to come by) I don't think there would be too many people willing to complain.

@hamilpatel4025 4 года назад

balance between freedom and control... that can be said about a lot of things the more I think about it.

@RRW359 4 года назад

Never thought my state would be mentioned in a video about Bermuda.

@iandalziel7405 4 года назад

in the betting world this is known as an "Oregon Accumulator'... (my first ever 'Reich pun' - that's Wilhelm Reich to be clearer) ;- )

@gregcollins3404 4 года назад

People freely obey the law when there is a short delay between cause and effect. Nobody tries to disobey the law of gravity. You never hear: "No, its might right to fall upwards". And collecting rainwater in Bermuda is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer. But when it comes to long-delay issues like smoking tobacco, or eating unclean animals, (or even big macs), or burning "fossil" fuels as fast as possible, or government organization, or fiat money & fractional reserve banking, or even the perils of not mining "rare earth minerals"..... then the controversies reign and either people have to be voluntarily convinced on what the "right" thing is to do, or they have to forced to do it. When the outcome is questionable, freedom demands that people have a say in what is the best course of action.

@tylerjackson8318 4 года назад

This really is good content. I don’t know why I’ve been avoiding these videos whenever I’ve been on RU-vid lately

@beruman 4 года назад

because its a crapshoot between genocide and cute white roofs. As things seem bleak we kinda tend to avoid further depressive content.

@PTTM2006 4 года назад

We will be facing this question in a matter of days, how did you time this ?

@aquaillusiongirl 4 года назад

Love Bermuda! Some people on the island love when hurricanes come near so they get some rain!

@philipvecchio3292 4 года назад

This feels like a super big stretch to say People need to lose the freedom to collect rainwater. I'm fairly confident everyone would still do this or something like this anyways, whether there was a law or not. Maybe there would be other solutions too. Collecting rainwater seems like the cheapest, most consistent solution. Maybe solar desalinization would work. If people there would die if they didn't collect rainwater, those people wouldn't last long, would they?

@GaiaCarney Месяц назад

“Don’t let anyone think for you, most people can barely think for themselves” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@TheCcrack Год назад

all those brightly coloured buildings look quite pleasant

@Akula114 4 года назад

Delightful, compelling. Thanks for a job very well done.

@MikeCanipe 2 месяца назад

Over the last line of your outtro - well done.

@connorking8503 4 года назад

How'd you get anyone to let you film on their roof?

@izai11 4 года назад

Wait, what exactly is the freedom being restricted?

@jgjg5182 4 года назад

Remember kids, always collect rainwater

@iandalziel7405 4 года назад

But if you are in Colorado you have to stop after 110 gallons! worldpopulationreview.com/states/states-where-it-is-illegal-to-collect-rainwater/ and www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/24/it-is-actually-illegal-in-colorado-to-collect-the-rain-that-falls-on-your-home/

@DeRien8 4 года назад

Yeah, sad that some places have the opposite principle.

@stevedgrossman 4 года назад

This sounds amazing, more places should do this!!!!

@BucketListAdventures 4 года назад

It's crazy how we incorporate art every aspect of our lives. Freedom is being able to express yourself in the space that you have.

@seiban8455 Год назад

The company you featured trucks and signs of in this video: Why are they so stylish? The font is rebellious yet discreet enough to still not feel fully unprofessional. The sign "Mohawk Water Services" with phone numbers and a naked lady pouring water from a jug, a scene from antiquity if not for the hair colored stripes and the tattoos she has. It's just so fucking cool, to the point that the advertising works on me. You bet your ass I'm going to Mohawk for my water! I promise this isn't corporate shilling. I hate the corpos as much as anyone but it's just cool my dudes.

@67tr876 4 года назад

Great video !! Good stuff to learn wish more home's would do that.

@MarcelinoDeseo 4 года назад

There's no such thing as absolute freedom. Everything is bound to something. From practical perspective, why have a white-colored roof if you only need to collect water from rain?

@Claytone-Records 4 года назад

Marcelino Deseo, Because a black roof in Tropical climate would be bad?

@bgrigg07 4 года назад

A black roof would cause too much water to evaporate, plus the white roof would reflect heat away from the house itself.

@torianholt2752 4 года назад

@@bgrigg07 Limestone also tends to be white, especially on a coral island like Bermuda.

@vidard9863 4 года назад

You guys do know that other roof materials with different colos do exist and are used in rain collection right?

@murdelabop 4 года назад

And to think that in some areas of the Untied States rain catchment systems are actually illegal. It boggles the mind.

@longlost8424 4 года назад

a beautiful, great country that I've always loved and enjoyed every time I go there........

@johnhendrickson300 2 года назад

Beautiful poetic video about roofs. Who knew?

@OouzyYew452 Год назад

This was a very good video. Thank you!

@innismor11 Год назад

2 reasons for these limestone slate roofs .......yes, for water collection .... but also for hurricanes. The roofing code in Bermuda is an extension of the building code, and that building code has buildings required to be limestone (block) or concrete, and generally to include foundations. Most homes collect their roof rain to cisterns that are encased in the foundation; the "basement" if you will. With its exposures to Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, Bermuda figured out in the 1700's that the matchstick wood buildings/homes were just going to be serially blown down in order to be serially rebuilt ..... forever. Add the fact that there was (and remains) no real way to evacuate the 60,000+ population quickly in those events, and you change the building code to acknowledge reality. Bermuda has not generally been one to ignore reality. They've tended to acknowledge it, and plan around it.

@GenJotsu 4 года назад

Anarchy isn't as great as contrarian think it is.

@adnilremlap 4 года назад

Jesus was an anarchist. Just sayin'

@voices0000 4 года назад

this video is good. i want to recommend this video to my friends and family!

@Aine197 4 года назад

OK, I get why all the roofs are shaped like this - to commect water. But why do they have to be white for that? The colour is just for giving the houses a similar look, isn't it? Or did I miss something?

@classycompositions932 4 года назад

Ah, another pleasant relatively innocent little story... undoubtedly to soothe us before the next emotional rollercoaster.

@SDE1994 4 года назад

bermuda used to have a railway and 1:57 looks like the trackbed

@chrisxwolverine 4 года назад

@RareEarth I love the Post-credits scene! That is a very tall Palm Tree!!

@kevenpinder7025 Год назад

It'd be interesting to have a series on rare earths. Those exotic minerals that have acquired such strategic importance given how badly they are needed for the top tier tech doodads. They seem to be clumped in a few places, many of them sort of unfriendly. The sea bed was always supposed to be he answer, but now that an extraction method is available, there is an outcry it will devastate the ecosystems down there. Trade offs.

@TyraBrown 3 года назад

Cool and amazing ❤️❤️❤️

@FakeBlocks 4 года назад

Good one

@MisterMakerNL 4 года назад

Whit is good for reflecting heat, but where are the solar panels??

@iandalziel7405 4 года назад

Possibly dangerous if they became cracked or compromised, cadmium and other inimical materials may leach into run-off water? see: www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-news/em1469/