still there. it lasted at least double the time a normal storm would hold. they re wondering what s happening? every time a new gust of wind or thunderstorm would come up, until the sun was shining yesterday, they had no idea. they didn t know if they were in for another barrage of hell. they re starting to rebuild a little bit of communication. the satellite phones. your mom is okay, your dad is okay, your uncle is okay. i found these people. this person was medivaced out. it s all from word-of-mouth. it s devastating and traumatizing for the people there. they couldn t process it. they just do not know how to comprehend what they just have been through. they are trying to be strong. yet, they know that as the prime minister says, this is generational change. they know their lives will never be the same again, at least not on the islands and that the islands will never be the same again. paula, you spent the night on the island. what was it like overnight?
cupboards. he went under. his son pulled him up. i found the strength. because i didn t want my son to see me die that way. when the eye finally went over them, they swam and walked to safe and higher ground. those are the kinds of storyies we re hearing. this storm lasted double the time the storm would hold. every time a gust of wind came up, until the sun started shining yesterday, they didn t know if they were in for another barrage of hell. the satellite phones on those islands are lifelines right now. everyone spreading the word, your mom s okay, your dad s okay. this person was medevaced out and it s all from word of mouth. we were on man-o-war, and my thanks those people have no
this is not happening fast enough, there are not enough choppers. there are hundreds of people waiting for rescue, this is what we heard from one woman who says she has contact with family members. the government says they cannot reach them. it s challenging to know that we were prepared much before the storm really touched our area. so where we live where our family members live is 15 miles away, the last messages we got from them are 2:00 p.m. sunday. after that there was no cell phone service. cell phone service was the first place to go. pretty much what that required was him to walk. satellite phones as you know need clear skies. he s getting 15 second phone calls in hurricane conditions to his sister in st. thomas who
the event that storms approach our shores with even greater velocity. but we are resilient people and we will stay and we will rebuild. we will not leave our islands to move to another. sir, in terms of people who may still be there and who may need help, either on grand bahama or anybody remaining in abaco, especially as the storm now moves away from the bahamas and people start to emerge and realize what s around them and realize that they may not be able to travel, is there communication? are cell towers down? are people able to communicate who may need help? as we passed through the abaco area, several of our towers are down. and communication is limited. we re using satellite phones to communicate with the various areas. okay. still in some areas we re
towers are down. and communication is limited. we re using satellite phones to communicate with the various areas. okay. still in some areas we re getting whatsapp messages going through. so we re communicating via that. but as soon as the all-clear is given, you can be assured that vessels and international community will be there and bahamians will commence rebuilding their lives immediately. we re happy that we re grateful, i should say, that the storm has not hit our economic engine of the bahamas, which is new providence. this is the main tourist destination. and i can say that new providence was not touched at all and the hotels, our airports, our streets, our