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RE: Steemit exclusive...Photos during and post Hurricane Irma ravaged through St Maarten...
Glad to read that you weren't injured physically. I'm glad that Jose and Maria took a different path than Irma, not damaging the island further.
Yep, that was a blessing but alot of rain with no roof, so its added work to clean
Sorry to hear about the rain. Hopefully you enter a drier weather pattern until shelter can be made available.
My wife lived on the island back in the early 90's so it has really hit her hard to see the destruction of a place that holds fond memories.
Its turning into a humanitarian disaster...people are out in the numbers trying to see how they can help but its all survival and all neighboring islands got hit so the situation is very desperate...Alot of Caribbean nationals that been living on the island for years that have been left with absolutely nothing and it took 11 days before we got any water...food is limited as you know the island imports everything...they are evacuating people now but islands of Puerto Rico, Dominica and Antigua took a beating as well, so the situation is really mess up, Trinidad and Tobago is helping but the other islands are really stretch out...my hope is that people remember the other nationals there as well...the french side closed its border which was extreme if you ask me and the gasoline is ration now, so I really don't know...with Dominica and Puerto Rico taking the headlines now, this might as well be a dead story with the news now
Do you guys have cell service? My wife has been working with people on the BVI's thru a Facebook page for support. Has anything like that been set up? Is the Dutch govt still helping?
My family is looking to help in whatever way possible. Let us know what is needed most and who to get in touch with.
As for what is happening on the ground, nothing really is happening but the King has made a number of promises. Telem is working and chippe has been up and down(Cell service). The Dutch are doing assessment and I am not to sure about any Facebook page but I know Countries like Trinidad and Tobago has been evacuating its citizens as the situation on the ground has really deteriorated. The Dutch has been flying out their people, mostly varying Caribbean national remaining. There are accepting funding through official channels but with my experience of those things very little if any help actually reach the people on the ground. The insurance folks are doing their assessment so we see how things go
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/september/22/170922-uk-sets-up-joint-caribbean-coordination-cell-with-french-and-dutch-allies
https://www.government.nl/topics/hurricane-irma/news/2017/09/20/largest-naval-vessel-bringing-relief-supplies-to-caribbean
I attached the two best articles I could find about the relief effort on your island. I hope that these resources find their way to you and yours.
Thanks a million for the links, really appreciate it