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
destroyed? yeah, it s pretty much gone, anderson. i was talking with my friends that i flew up here off island, and they reminded me of something that was very important. you know, listening to what she just said, a hurricane can can destroy an old, tear down houses, it can dev tastate all our friends home, my home or whatever, but the one thing i love about all the people of the island is their heart, spirit and how resilient they are. a hurricane can take away all of our stuff, my house, kate s house, all the boats she worked on, all my friends boats but they cannot take away our heart and spirit and how resilient everybody is. that s one of the things that drew me to the island in the first place. it was a very great group of people that loved life, loved