St Thomas video

Just saw a US Coast Guard helicopter video surveying St. Thomas's damage. From what I could see there were areas that looked like the areas in St. Maarten but the port area and the shops near the port didn't look too bad. Piers were still there and it looked like most if not all of the roofs in the shopping area near the ships are intact. Of course this is from the air and I am hoping I am correctly summarizing what I saw. If this is true I am glad for the island.

An update from Windtraveler

Folks: the situation in Tortola, if you can believe it, is becoming even more dire. Fear and panic are setting in and friends on the ground are scared. Looting has begun. I have reached out to the Chicago Tribuneto tell the story as BVI is getting little to no coverage. It is very unsafe on Tortola and hundreds and hundreds of people need evacuation. Another storm is coming and almost everyone is homeless and without adequate shelter. Rumor has it St. Maarten is a war zone....Tortola will follow suit if WE DO NOT GET EVACUATION SERVICES AND A MILITARY PRESENCE IMMEDIATELY!!!! Anyone in this network who can help I appreciate it. Scott has landed in PR and I have warned them not to go to Road Town for fear of ambush. So few working boats and cars people likely to storm them...We do not need more people going IN, we need to get people OUT. My friend just sent me this message after I asked him what supplies they need from PR: "Ok thanks. Barely time to think right now, is bad here. People are scared, been some looting, but community pulling together. It's just the start"

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Just saw a US Coast Guard helicopter video surveying St. Thomas's damage. From what I could see there were areas that looked like the areas in St. Maarten but the port area and the shops near the port didn't look too bad. Piers were still there and it looked like most if not all of the roofs in the shopping area near the ships are intact. Of course this is from the air and I am hoping I am correctly summarizing what I saw. If this is true I am glad for the island.

I'm not sure that I agree about the port area, but that is probably irrelevant.

Here is a link to the video:

Tortola is our most favourite place in the world to visit and it breaks our hearts to see the devastation.

They are all in very bad shape.

So horrible.

Prayers and thoughts for all in harms way.

Keith