the last time barbados was hit by a hurricane was on 6 september 2017.
the last time barbados was hit by a hurricane was on 6 september 2017.
when was the last time barbados was hit by a hurricane?
6 september 2017
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weights and measures in barbados were defined through the through an act of parliament of the same name that dated back to 1891. it was by-and-large made up of former british imperial units of measurement, save for local peculiarities. for example: the standard of liquid gallons in barbados was measured at exactly 231 cu. ins. (a measure used in the united states of america), whereas the british unit of the same was about 277.419 cu.ins. due to this and other complexities of the market, the government enacted in 1977 an act of parliament to switch barbados to the international standards of units (si). at that point of time barbados was one country out of thirteen across the global which had not yet implemented a process for metrication and it was thought that barbados needed to move in the direction of the global standards. the plan for metrication of barbados called for a completion of the processes by 1979. the process was undertaken with the help of a metrication board established within bnsi.
metrication in barbados