Sadly we met people from the islands that lost their total house

@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
September 17, 2017 9:56pm CST
The first night we stopped on our way to the northeast, we met a family from the island of Turks and Caicos that flew into Florida as their house was totally flattened. The couple and their teenage son have lived on the island for years as their parents did. When the parents passed away, they decided to stay and keep both houses. The teenage son was in college and really loved it there. We spoke to them in the hotel and we knew then that we made the right decision to leave when we did. The couple looked so lost and I wish I had more time to listen to them. We were all so tired we just fell asleep. The hotel we were in closed at noon the next morning so we never saw them again. These people plan on going back and rebuilding both houses.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Oh dear Nancy so very very sad..there has got to be so many that lost their homes.. And that family had their house for many years and passed down to them. It is heartbreaking.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Sep 17
That whole island is totally flattened.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
18 Sep 17
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Angie
@andriaperry (117272)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Sep 17
It is so sad, I feel so sorry for those in the path of the storm.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Sep 17
I totally agree with you.
Courtney
@Courtlynn (67080)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Thats so sad.
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L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
19 Sep 17
OMG I do hope they wait for awhile as there are more coming!!
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
19 Sep 17
This is a crazy year. I never saw so many hurricanes and other disasters that are happening now. I don't know how some of the people are going to survive.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Sep 17
@MarymargII Every day there seems to be another problem somewhere. I think watching the earthquake in Mexico was the worst as they were trying to rescue children that were underneath. People could actually hear the kids crying and yelling for help.
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L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
23 Sep 17
@ramapo17 Yes, Nancy- it is shocking and upsetting- hope it ends soon! Look at the devastation in Puerto Rico.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20255)
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18 Sep 17
Builders everywhere would benefit from these loses I think. Let hope people have money to re-build their houses.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Sep 17
I certainly hope so.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (35806)
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19 Sep 17
And now there are more hurricanes coming through. This is getting scary and worrisome for sure! Imagine those Caribbean Islands devastating
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Sep 17
I was just looking at cruises in the newspaper today and wondering if there will be any islands for the people to visit.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
24 Sep 17
@dgobucks226 My son is going out of Florida on a cruise this coming weekend. He and his girlfriend live in New Jersey and they are flying in here Thursday and will go on the ship Saturday. He is not going to any island that was hit with the storms.
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DB
@dgobucks226 (35806)
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24 Sep 17
@ramapo17 Wow, yes what is going to happen there? I had friends who went to St. Maarten and Bermuda. It is going to really hurt the cruise industry that ships out of Florida.
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Sep 17
That;s a heart breaking story. Very sad!
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Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
18 Sep 17
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Sep 17
It really is. People work so long to get what they want and to have it taken away in one day is sad.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
23 Sep 17
SO many people in the Caribbean and Key Wet have had their entire lives devastated by these storms.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
23 Sep 17
Yes they have and I am sure we are wondering what next.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (140370)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Sep 17
That is really sad. I hope they are able to go back home and rebuild their homes.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472277)
• Switzerland
18 Sep 17
A friend had suggested us to go to live to Turks and Caicos. I told my husband that I loved him, but I was not ready to go to live on a small Island. I was right.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472277)
• Switzerland
19 Sep 17
@ramapo17 I would not even want a vacation house in the Caribbean, if you are not there the humidity spoils everything and living there is too dangerous.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Sep 17
You are a smart lady. It sounds like fun if it is a vacation house but I would never want to live anywhere that could be so dangerous.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
19 Sep 17
@LadyDuck I know. It is always nice to visit but I would never move there either. My husband wanted to many years ago but we never even looked at any houses.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Unfortunately more are coming....this is a bad hurricane season for sure.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Sep 17
I just saw on the news today about more that are headed up the coast.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317478)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Sep 17
Good luck to them rebuilding their homes.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342516)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Sep 17
That is really, really sad. I feel so sorry for anyone who has lost their house.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
18 Sep 17
I cannot even imagine it. And those people said there was nothing at all left on their island. Everyone had to evacuate.
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Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
20 Sep 17
@JudyEv It seems things just keep getting worse and worse all over the place. There is hardly any good news these days.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342516)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Sep 17
@ramapo17 It must be devastating. Where would they start? It's horrendous and must be a nightmare for the authorities too.
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Nancy_Nikki
@Kind4321 (826)
• Nairobi, Kenya
18 Sep 17
That's so sad and heartbreaking to hear...I can imagine their pain especially after having an attachment.Loosing property is painful.I pray that the transition will be smoother and they will get the help they need.
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Melissa
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
18 Sep 17
The hurricanes despaired people a lot.
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