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
period, i certainly can help. but mainly, i wanted to make sure my kids were out of town and we could get back, assess the damage and fix any problems. i think aaron was doing the same thing. once you re out you re out. it s going to take a long time for people to get back here. we ve got looters that are around. we had someone knocking on our door last night as a matter of fact. so, it s a situation where i d rather be here than away wondering what happened to the house. we have a curfew right now from sun down to sunset sun up. you were riding out the storm in a hotel, what was it like during the height of the storm? well, the hotel we were in a safe spot. the holt lost power and the sewage line was backing up so the hotel was not any good, but it was a safe spot. you asked why we didn t run too, until the very end we looked