Bermuda is urgently battening down for the imminent arrival of Hurricane Nicole early on Thursday morning.  Nicole is a very large, slow moving Category 2 hurricane with winds of 95 gusting to 110 kmh.  At last report is travelling at 2 knots and is heading straight for us so it is anticipated we will have to endure 26 hours of tropical storm winds AND 9 hours of hurricane force winds starting around 3am Thursday morning  (13th October).  The island is basically closing down this afternoon and EMO is swinging into action.  For a full report on Hurricane Nicole go to the Royal Gazette at http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/index.jsp