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
option. the last minute we got to go up to this guy s house and it literally saved out lives. had we stayed at mandy s someone would have gotten hurt. my house is completely destroyed. we had a really god solid group up at the house. we were all good, we talking we were in a safe spot and the window blew in. so we went into the laundry room, and we had 17 of us including 5 dogs and four kids s and we some of the boys grabbed a couple mattresses and we ended up in there for about five hours with mattresses and a washing machine and dryer and five guys taking turns hoedildi up the door so it wouldn t flow in. there was a shock back there that we were able to different the wat
dogs and 4 kids. and we some of the boys grabbed a couple mattresses. we ended up in there for about five hours, with mattresses and a washing machine and drier. and five guys rotating in and out, holding up the door so it wouldn t blow in. also flooding. luckily there was a shop vac in there, that we were able to dump the water out and keep it from not completely flooding. it was pretty traumatizing. the parents that were with me did a great job of keeping the kids safe and not even really thinking that we had a problem and that we were as scared as we were. i heard more horror stories from other people. luckily, everyone that i know has been accounted for. and okay. i work on a boat. those boats are all damaged. so, it s pretty bad.