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HipChick

(25,485 posts) Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:14 PM Sep 2017

Irma Damage in BVI,Tortola

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Irma Damage in BVI,Tortola (Original Post) HipChick Sep 2017 OP

So sad True Dough Sep 2017 #1

Will take years for rebuild... HipChick Sep 2017 #2

It will True Dough Sep 2017 #3

True Dough

(17,306 posts)

1. So sad

Reply to HipChick (Original post)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:24 PM

Sep 2017

My heart goes out to those people. All of 'em on all the Caribbean islands devastated by this monster storm.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

2. Will take years for rebuild...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:27 PM

Sep 2017

True Dough

(17,306 posts)

3. It will

Reply to HipChick (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 10:36 PM

Sep 2017

and some people will never really recover.

On the other hand, I remember when Grenada was turned into a wasteland by a hurricane around 2005, but the country rebounded through sheer determination.

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