For some Bahamians who escaped death but lost their homes in Hurricane Dorian's hellish rampage over the island communities of Freeport and Great Abaco, life in the tent shelters erected this week seems like purgatory.
"We feel like we're caged right now," said Dana Lafrance, a 35-year-old mother of five, who is one of hundreds of people living in a massive tent set up to extend the capacity of a gymnasium housing storm evacuees in central Nassau, the capital of the former British colony.
As evacuees from the devastated islands continue to flow in, the Bahamas Gaming Operators Association said on Tuesday it had built more than 15,000 sq. feet (1,394 sq. meters) of air-conditioned, tent housing for more than 800 people. Some 295 people were staying in those tents on Wednesday, Bahamian officials said.