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Notes from building Belize Pulse, and explainers about the things that run the island.
Why does Belize lose power?A short history of the grid, why the lights go out on Ambergris Caye, what is actually being built to fix it, and how to read a load-shedding notice.12 September 2026 · 12 min readA weather app built for one islandMost weather apps show Ambergris Caye a number from a computer model 40 km out at sea. Belize Pulse shows the thermometer at the airstrip, the rain on the Met Service radar, and when it will reach your street.11 September 2026 · 5 min read