but at noon, they and the nature of everything is not okay over here. there ain t no aid. there ain t nothing going on right about now. everything is just trying to survive. just two days ago, this was paradise. but now everyone here is trying to take stock of exactly what this new world means for their daily lives. when will power come back? when can they reopen their business? and when will they realize, again, they re worried about what they have to eat. already, the search for food. i think the worst was when the rain started coming in and howling and just the noises outside and not knowing. we ve been curfewed in. jamie and brandon went to the nearby island of st. thomas to help after hurricane irma.