Right now theyre not sure if im living or dead, but if i can get over here today, they would know today that im still quite alive. Jon Steve Harrigan is reporting from the bahamian capital of nassau. Steve . When you look at the scale of this disaster, for the bahamas, it is simply staggering. More than 70,000 people homeless. Thats one out of every five people in the nation. It is amazing when you see the video of some of the destruction in the north. Heres the scene from abaco island. Whatever was here, however many people lived here, where the houses were, where the streets were, as far as you can see, to my left, as far as you can see to my right, its all gone. This was a storm that didnt just rip off roofs. This was a storm that picked things up and smashed them over and over again. Entire neighborhoods, all thats left is junk. Conditions are simply so bad there. No fuel. No food. No medicine. People are doing anything they can to get out, including boarding up private boats. Here
And they definitely dont know how im situated. Right now theyre not sure if im living or dead, but if i can get over here today, they would know today that im still quite alive. Jon Steve Harrigan is reporting from the bahamian capital of nassau. Steve . When you look at the scale of this disaster, for the bahamas, it is simplyng when you see the video of some of the destruction in the north. Heres the scene from abaco island. Whatever was here, however many people lived here, where the houses were, where the streets were, as far as you can see, to my left, as far as you can see to my right, its all gone. This was a storm that didnt just rip off roofs. This was a storm that picked things up and smashed them over and over again. Entire neighborhoods, all thats left is junk. Conditions are simply so bad there. No fuel. No food. No medicine. People are doing anything they can to get out, including boarding up private boats. Heres what that scene looks like. This is an all volunteer flotil