The local grocery store had the roof almost completely torn off.
Piles of mangled steel, wood, appliances an other household items littered the entire island. Keep in mind 3 weeks of clean up had already taken place by the time I took these pictures.
More destroyed houses. Some areas on the island were luckier than others, but this was pretty typical.
The following is an excerpt from a press release I wrote after a trip this past week to the Turks and Caicos Islands. For those of you who don't know, Grand Turk was hit hard by Hurricane Ike. The pictures explain more than I can.
Although it has been more than three weeks since the storm touched down, Grand Turk is still without power and many still do not have adequate shelter. Almost every building on the island was damaged in the storm, many with roofs partially or completely torn off. ReD X's mark buildings past repair, which are now set to be bulldozed in the days ahead. Most of these belong to Haitian refugees, further complicating their situations. Tents scatter the landscape in areas where buildings are no longer inhabitable.
More pictures and info on this to come.
1 comment:
wow, madeline. so intense. glad there are good ppl in the world like you to make the world a better place... even in the darkness of disaster.
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