HURRICANE MARILYN ANNIVERSARY

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A couple of weeks before Luis(?) was heading directly for the VI and everyone was prepped or as prepped as one can be. Good luck finding candles, D batteries or bottled water as the shelves were bare. Thankfully that hurricane turned and missed the VI. Dont remember much from that other than the surge.

Marilyn kinda caught people a little by surprise as it was a (If memory serves) a tropical storm and wasn't likely to hit the VI the night before, people on Thursday we're going about their business as usual. Friday it was a mad scramble to restock and start boarding up.

I'm preparing a media piece on the anniversary of Marilyn and Hugo. If you have something you'd like to relay for consideration in the piece- I can start a new thread, or you can PM me. Thank you, it's valuable information and insight for all who are new to the islands and haven't endured what a storm of that magnitude can do.

Do you want my story about how I looted People's Pharmacy the following day?
Or how I was one of the mass of machete wielding bandits reported on the national news?
Oh, how about my stealing my neighbors car?

I remember when we did our PMV in St Croix the bartender gave me his copy of "The night the roofs went flying" it was absolutely riveting. I really can't imagine what you all went through, and certainly hope I am lucky enough not to find out some day in the future.

I'm preparing a media piece on the anniversary of Marilyn and Hugo. If you have something you'd like to relay for consideration in the piece- I can start a new thread, or you can PM me. Thank you, it's valuable information and insight for all who are new to the islands and haven't endured what a storm of that magnitude can do.

Do you want my story about how I looted People's Pharmacy the following day?
Or how I was one of the mass of machete wielding bandits reported on the national news?
Oh, how about my stealing my neighbors car?

Depends...are you seeking a pardon from the Governor for those crimes?

Depends...are you seeking a pardon from the Governor for those crimes?

See , that's the point. I never committed a crime. Only the media thought I did.

Alana, well said, I couldn't agree more!

As JohnnyU said, we were all prepared for Luis. It missed us, but hit St Maarten head on, sunk many boats there, etc. We were sending supplies off to them, with a sigh of relief and a feeling of "there but for the grace of God..." when blammo!

Among all the horrific stories, I remember how beautiful the skies were at night. Billions and billions of stars, as Carl Sagan would have said.

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