Were on the west coast but the effects of Hurricane Irma are being felt all over this state still. Theres a lot to report over the next two hours. Were going to be focusing on what happened in the caribbean where the storm has passed by the misery is remaining. There are now 16 deaths in the United States contributed to the storm. Twelve of them here in the states and at least others in the caribbean. Fema estimates 19 homes were damaged or completely destroyed. Over the next two hours well hear from survivors who rode out the storm and people who coming home to see whats left behind or not left. Virgin islands, the people there have told us theyre feeling neglected. The three largest islands in the virgin islands, st. Kroiks, st. Thomas. Here in the western side, they are shooting for september 22nd, thats next friday. More on that situation in a moment. First, we want to start in the keys. Lisa, is a nurse who wrote out the storm in key west. I spoke to her by phone a few moments ago
sugar love, loaf i m hearing are destroyed. fema has not produced the feed they re suppose to or the amount of food. they brought some ere s not enough for people who lined up to get them. we had cell phone service for five minutes today. i have at&t and i found a landline, that s how we re communicating at aqua nightclub with harry hundredsman. you decided to stay behind, what was your thinking on staying behind? so we stayed here it was terrible. it flooded our home. had we not been here for wilma and couldn t have gotten in our home immediately to fix it, it would have been a disaster. there was sewage water, saltwater, people couldn t get back into town for a week and a half. i m also an rn so i do have the ability to help people, i m a volunteer for love is love foundation but i m also an rn