Irma Leaves U.S. Virgin Islands Residents With Close To Nothing (HBO)
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2017
- Seven days after Hurricane Irma devastated two of the three major U.S. Virgin Islands, access to communication lines and critical supplies remain spotty and residents across the islands’ do not know how long recovery will take or what it will cost.
The U.S. Virgin Islands are typically thought of as lush tourist getaways in the Caribbean. But the hills have turned brown. Many of the islands’ approximately 100,000 residents, who are American citizens on American soil, insist that the Category 5 storm was unlike anything they’ve weathered before. Irma is responsible for at least 38 confirmed deaths across the Caribbean, four of them in the US territories. The storm’s 185 mile-per-hour winds and water stripped away the entirety of St. John and St. Thomas of plant life and, according to USVI Governor Kenneth Mapp, left well over fifty percent of properties destroyed.
Vice News’ Antonia Hylton spent time with residents who have almost nothing left.
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San Antonio retired former Spurs player Tim Dunvan has raised over 3 million dollars to aid the US Virgin Islands. That is his home and the people of San Antonio, TX have answered his call. USVI, San Antonio is with you!
great job
I am disgusted with some of the comments on this video. These people just had their lives totally ruined by a natural disaster that is beyond their control and you guys decided to make fun or criticize them. How would you feel if you were in their position? Would you like it if people make fun of you or call you stupid?
I think I would have greater things to worry about than what anonymous people online think of them.
Muhammad Firdaus For some people, a prayer has been answered. These are the same people who persecuted Muslims and caused Muslims to starve. So trust me when I tell you that Allah's Justice was sought against St. Thomas. YOU need to consider who these people hurt. They are not innocent people.
Thank you, for being so kind. I was a victim of Irma, it was terrifying. I cried and thought I was going to die. I contacted my friends and told them. I might die and wished all my friends goodbye. I just remembered walking out and seeing all the leaves on the trees were gone. It was hot, sad, depressing and devastating.
Nadia Chararah what did we have to do with persecuting Muslims? Just asking
@@jay-om8rx I'm so sorry you went through that horrible experience, I wish the us media covered AMERICANS even those on our territories better, give better aid and care.
Really stinks. I've been there, and the people are great.
All the criticisms from people that clearly have never lived in or have been to the USVI..the houses are made of stronger material than a lot of US homes actually, they're mostly concrete and some plywood.
Kiki H They are Americans and some of them are stupid and a lot have god complex greatest country in the world in there heads.
Same in Puerto Rico, only that cement is much more used than plywood.
@@mauropereira187 Exactly. People think the Caribbean is full of 3rd world countries but we have stronger buildings to withstand the hurricane seasons more, they don't consider that we're surrounded by water so of course the homes aren't made of "cardboard"
This is really sad. My prayers go out to everyone who was affected by Hurricane Harvey and Irma.
Dave send money not prayers
and if you cant send money, volunteer. prayers do nothing realistically
And Maria, some people still don’t have house from irma
Ive alwYs supported your channels thank you for covering my home. It means so much!!
Dis my home..smh Ur heart still beats Roc City and Love City. From afar help is coming. Our prayers haven't stopped either. One Love.. Stay Island Strong 4 us please. 😢
And everybody sitting here fixated on Puerto Rico. The USVI needs help too :-(
Bookworm51485 trust me, the Virgin Islands recovered very well from the hurricane. Some of these people were very scarred but I just took some time. I was wondering why this lady was saying no help came. We ( national guard) was activated a couple days after to help fema with recovery. My and my fellow soldiers homes were affected a couple of weeks later on St. Croix by hurricane maria. We were hit about as hard as St. Thomas was by Maria. Power was restored to almost the entire island in a few months. Some areas are still being restored. But the VI actually benefited in some ways from these storms in the form of federal assistance.
Spoke to a guy from FEMA through my job earlier this week and he was getting ready to deploy to the VI but said they have no way to get onto the islands due to no clear place to land. He said they are trying to get in by boat. He said he felt helpless to do anything until they could get onto the island.
It's insane how many Americans have stopped donating because they're saying Irma was all "hype". The world does not revolve around America. There are still people in dire situations so do not stop donating just redirect your efforts to those in the islands who lost their family and their homes.
OB G Those citizens are American
I'm so grateful for being able to visit this paradise a few years ago. It will probably take several years to get rebuilt and nature to regrow to its original state. What a tremendous loss. So sad.
Americans even write like trump tweets now. Huge culture shift. Sad.
You could come now, of course it is still not the same, some beaches are closed, as well as certain hotels, but it is pretty close to normal. We got lots of cruise ships
I pray for these people! How horrible. I live in Houston and Hurricanes are no fun but I pray they get the help they need.
Wonder why they didn't go to St Croix.....
Our houses are not made of wood they’re usually concrete with plywood under the roof
Michael Dow, Jr. yeah
So y'all didn't come to St.Croix wooow smh not suprise at all!! St.Croix is part of the USVI but we always get left out🙄🙄 VICE I'm SOOO disappointed from you😔
MOST homes are made with steel reinforced concrete and concrete block walls. The roofs are usually made of wood. Most of the homes that were damaged or destroyed SURVIVED 140 mph Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and 115 mph Hurricane Marilyn in 1995. Homes built after that mostly remained intact; they were built to the new building codes that required homes to withstand winds of 145 mph. Homes built after Irma will have to withstand winds of 165 mph.
It's crazy literally every tree on that island is destroyed
Gotta love people with that accent.
They used to be Danish 100 years ago.
ratchet500000 thats not why though
Michael Dow, Jr. Shut up
Why wasn't we covered like Puerto Rico's Skunt
what is skunt?
@@mauropereira187 It’s a saying, Idk if you’re from the VI. It’s like saying “Puerto Rico’s arse.”
so true
Imagine, construction on damaged houses has only recently begun. So many people have been totally displaced from their homes.
I was their for both hurricanes help arrive slow I didn’t need help I had everything even a ice machine just need better meat everything is expensive but Ibeautiful and lots of cool people
Sad
Khalsa Aids didn't get know about this ,else they don't left anyone hungry or at comfort level.
So dam scary and sad to see how Mother NATURE can destroy a life within seconds, it's so horrible to see people standing in a spot where there homes once stood not knowing what layed ahead for them BASICALLY LIVING WITH THE UNKNOWN OF WHAT DIRECTION TO TAKE &IF HELP WOULD LEAD THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION 😥
how bad are these comments going to get
Probably about as bad as Irma. maybe slightly worse.
liquidminds i hope youre right
VI NATION 🇻🇮🇻🇮
The apartment was made with wood? In a hurricane zone?
For one, he said it was his 3rd hurricane in the area and it was by far the strongest. usually the huts survived without a problem.
For another, it's tradition in America to build wooden structures in hurricane threatened areas with chances of flooding. It's called integration if others emulate that.
Daniel Hodge maybe some people shouldn't have kids they can't afford.
Daniel Solano maybe someone should have given those people the education to make that decision on their own, instead of judging them later.
Not paying people. Not giving them education. Then claiming they are poor, uneducated and should not reproduce.. that's pretty low.
liquidminds It is common sense that Penises that go in Vaginas make babies . Education is necessary but if someone doesn't know how to tie a shoe, should there be a semester class on how to tie a shoe. These people are adults, although some are young.
i never said they shouldn't reproduce but i do believe it is a form of child abuse if you cannot afford a childs needs.
Daniel Solano It's also common sense, that "making babies" is not the only important issue about sexuality. If it was, we'd go into centers that test our DNA to find the perfect mate for us to have the optimal amount of babies with.
We are humans. Sex is also fun. Love is about emotions and trust. It should be common sense that emotional love, the desire to have sex for fun, the desire to have children with and the desire to form a living community, do not necessarily have to be only one person all together, as much as it should be common sense that picking the ability to have or not have children, out of all the properties we could value in humans, should not be the only one we think that matters.
If the ability to make babies was all that mattered, we'd have a 3rd gender that includes infertile men and women ...
But I'm sure mommy and daddy told you that's how it is. Changing your world-view into considering that they might have told you the same BS that they got told as a kid, is too much to ask I guess...
Oh god, oh no no no now Maria is gonna salt the wound.... :(
The hurricane was devastating but maybe now the government build better housing for the poor of USVI. They deserve better!
Sandra Meier you do realize that “ the government” is the US government. Congress needs to step in and make sure things are up to code and efficient.
I blame Geo-Engineering. 3 hurricanes at once? First time in my lifetime I've ever seen that plus the hurricanes are much bigger now. Research HAARP.
or global warming? sea temperatures rising causing more ninos n all that jazz. they do say the most obvious, scientifically proven answer is the most likely the right one
damn
😭
Here before "not so virgin anymore" comments
the governor is eating pretty good i see.
We always joke about him
Where are the superheroes for the mothers and children? Where's the cruise ship pulling up to offer shelter and food and medical aid? FEMA remember New Orleans?
Just a thought,,,,,,,, wondering if any other countries offer to help the U.S out when we have a natural disaster?????????????? Fucking doubt it!!!!!! Japan , Europe, any of our allies???? Just wondering
Mike Hygj I was wondering the same thing.
what I've noticed, why are Americans and American islands houses made out of wood instead of bricks and concrete?
i think its just cause wood is cheaper
It doesn't matter what your house is made of when a natural disaster strikes nothing can stand in the way of mother nature. There is a wooden shack on the waterfront of the island that has not been touch after two cat. 5 hurricanes struck the islands. So all the questions about why is irrelevent!!!
Most are built out of concrete but not all
WELP, its a good thing President Trump met with the President of the Virgin islands!!!!! Their President will make it right and help their ppl now that trump offers his support!!
PYT29 I know you are prob joking, but Incase you aren’t, MAPP is our governor not president, and all he has done is sit on his lazy a**
I not see my coment , are delete? but why? i writte true. meybe i check later. meybe come back my commetn. hmm.
The houses ain't made of wood it made from a type of cardboard 👍👍😑
They're concrete and plywood
And no guns or ammo to defend themselves either
You think so
Maybe God is tryna get y'all attention if y'all haven't Repent and be baptized in JESUS name for the remission of your sins and ye shall receive the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38 Bible. The Bible is fufilling itself in the last days there will be earthquakes in divers places, all types of disasters but God and his mercy is waiting on you turn from sin n idol worship to JESUS please be born again Isaiah 55 Bible. John 1:1-14. Hebrews 12:14
Lol this felt like a propaganda video
Yo, that ain't funny. I'm from St.John and was there when Irma and Maria passed through. Buildings that I have known since childhood were either completely destroyed or rendered unsafe to live in. All trees on the island were barren afterward, and we didn't get power until late November. St.John itself was almost completely isolated because there were sunken boats in the harbor, and we only had one actual helipad on the island. I know many whose homes are still unfit to be lived in but are because they have nowhere else to really go. All the things they said were 100% true, even if time has passed its not cool to make jokes about it.
If you gonna build houses out of wood at least build them with a DOME shape. That way the wind cannot take hold on the structure and the shape itself is one of the strongest for earthquakes too
Lord Zephyros a dome wouldn't have stopped it either because of surface friction
there is a dome shaped house that survived a hurricane while its neighbors house got destroyed ... granted this was a cement house but the idea still stands czcams.com/video/jxsSBHTFk3w/video.html
You should reduce your carbon footprint so smaller, poorer countries don't have to deal with the effects of climate change.
If you're gonna build houses out of wood, might as well consider a tarp instead so rebuilding would be a lot easier :)
The house there aren't built out of of wood. Most are built with Solid concrete or cinder blocks.
Puerto Rico stop crying everyone have the same issue
Listen, Puerto Rico had suffered around 2,000 fatalities and the usvi suffered only 3 but we all suffered some catastrophic damage. Time has passed now but still, we didnot hog for attention, we just got noticed more. PR and USVI are friend islands, we even felt abandoned but we all moved on from the damage.
@@mauropereira187Puerto rico has a population of 3 million so ofc more lives are going to be lost there
She's no virgin anymore....
technically, the hurricane "put a ring on it". From Nasas satellite images, the proposal looked quite peaceful.
She ruined
I'm sorry it's super judgmental but this first woman who is more concerned with his stuff than the fact her puppy was blown away is disgusting, I maybe privilege but I would trade everything I have for my family and my best friend
raha1277 you are so stupid. So I guess your dog life is more important than your?
raha1277 Your are the one who is disgusting! Have you been here to know what was going on?
Yes you are very judgmental and unempathetic. U don’t understand that she was in shock.
OK, but.. where is weed?
Harvey took it.
Trump should cut of those islands along with puerto rico
Higher Soul
Even more reason to make it independent he wont have to pay taxes on those properties if there not in the us and they are only ours because we kicked spains ass but now they are more of a burden than a asset
ATOMIC SHARK Damn. Are we going to reduce human beings to how much money they can bring in? You make me sick tbh.
Sofia Graf
What do you mean ? its always been like that you think the gov cares about people its about money just look at history
I like your edgy political perspective. please tell me more? (sarcasm)
ATOMIC SHARK the US PURCHASED the Virgin Islands
Well I mean you build houses out of wood so what do you fucking expect.
I am going to guess it is incredibly expensive to import cement and steel for them. They are a poor Caribbean island, they would build stronger homes if they could afford it. Your basically mocking people for being poor.
watwud Scooby Doo I couldn't care less dude.
Then STFU and don't post ignorant comments.
watwud Scooby Doo Then don't reply to the so called ignorant comments.
blaming them, nice. American's don't have to deal with the affects of climate change yet, poorer, smaller countries do have to deal with it. Have some compassion, you're next.