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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlmost all homes destroyed in Barbuda
Additionally there is massive destruction in St Maarten - the four strongest buildings were destroyed. Word is that the airport is destroyed.
Six dead so far in those two islands.
No word yet on Groper Don the Con's property.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)Anyone in its path will need a lot of help.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)Response to uppityperson (Reply #2)
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ellie
(6,929 posts)live in Antigua. They have all reported in.
malaise
(269,225 posts)Barbuda wiped out
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)don't know how many are year-round residents, though.
marybourg
(12,643 posts)one of the areas mentioned in the link is actually their family name (not mine. I kept my own). My spouse has no contact with family on the island; his sister was the point of contact and when she died, suddenly and young, that was the end of contact.
on edit: Oh, I'm sorry to see that link gone. I wanted to show my spouse his family name as a place name on the island.
malaise
(269,225 posts)Word is that Antigua was spared the worse. Folks are still communicating
marybourg
(12,643 posts)One less island to worry about. But what's happening on Barbuda?
malaise
(269,225 posts)Really really bad - same with St Maarten
MontanaMama
(23,363 posts)on anyone...but I hope Irma and karma knock the liver out of dumbass Donnie two scoops place. Not that it'll hurt him any. I feel for regular folks down there. They'll lose everything they have and maybe even friends and family and 45 will still piss and moan that he has it worse than anyone.
lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)If it does get damaged anything he says will be for dramatic effect.
eleny
(46,166 posts)MontanaMama
(23,363 posts)He will make it all about him not matter what happens. He does seem to love it despite it not being his only residence. That said...Mar-a-Lugie! Good one.
malaise
(269,225 posts)underpants
(182,955 posts)But I'm glad it's not more.
malaise
(269,225 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)The rain got more thick and furious. It just looked like so much grey. Nice that many could check in with him online with thoughts so evidently kind and caring.
aeromanKC
(3,328 posts)But remember everybody, Sen. Inholfe made a snowball so No Worries.
malaise
(269,225 posts)Gilbert was a wicked hurricane but it was an experience. Ivan barely scratched our East and South Coast and it annoyed me - it just wouldn't go away. I know I won't have a choice but I couldn't tolerate 185mph.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)to look at the worst of a hurricane from a window in the daytime, and that video was as close as I want to get!
Just awe inspiring unrelenting raw power.
"I feel for Florida"
Indeed.
haveahart
(905 posts)dhill926
(16,373 posts)malaise
(269,225 posts)Link to tweet
/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newshub.co.nz%2Fhome%2Fworld%2F2017%2F09%2Fst-maarten-s-famous-beachside-airport-heavily-damaged-by-hurricane-irma.html
and note it was the hangars destroyed
Warpy
(111,384 posts)as far as the person could see. You can bet Dopey Don's tropical palace is now a good place to stargaze. If not, Jose will finish it off.
And if you go over to YouTube, don't read the comments. One poor woman posted a video of her doors and windows being blown in after the shutters had been blown off and all the comments could do was criticize her language.
I'd like to see all those Prunellas in that situation, bet they wouldn't be saying "oh, fiddlesticks!"
malaise
(269,225 posts)Warpy
(111,384 posts)That's got to be the understatement of the year. At least his windows were holding up, a lot of people weren't that lucky.
We used to tape our windows on the theory that if they blew in, the tape would make the pieces bigger and less likely to fly across the room and cut us to pieces. Even in a minimal hurricane, you can see sliding glass doors bubble inward or outward, the glass deforming from the pressure differential.
I'm so glad I live in the high desert now. Then again, our storms are occasionally firestorms.
Motley13
(3,867 posts)on his $$$$$$$$$ properties?
Warpy
(111,384 posts)who takes care of the pool and grounds and chases any riffraff away.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Amazed this is still a thing on DU while people are losing everything.
B2G
(9,766 posts)But I fully expect celebratory threads if Palm Beach gets devastated simply because he has a property there. The others be damned...I mean, it's a rich community right?
Makes me ill.
Some creepy things going on here.
mcar
(42,416 posts)I expect the death toll will rise exponentially.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)malaise
(269,225 posts)Unbelievable - both sides of the island took a serious hit
Roland99
(53,342 posts)malaise
(269,225 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,391 posts)Video from a helicopter at the link.
malaise
(269,225 posts)flew over to Barbuda in pretty bad weather, I was impressed.
Thanks for your link