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2017-09-11 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Joe 'Smart' and friend trapped in rat infested room on lawless island wrecked by Irma have been 'abandoned by the British Gov't'

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Gotta be badder than the banditos.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-09-11 00:31|| 2017-09-11 00:31|| Front Page Top

#2 On the plus side, this should make for some great Youtube vids.

Posted by SteveS 2017-09-11 01:03|| 2017-09-11 01:03|| Front Page Top

#3 The veneer of civilization is often thin in places.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-09-11 06:16|| 2017-09-11 06:16|| Front Page Top

#4 ...You know, something I remember from Hurricane Hugo was that the VI - ours and everybody else's - pretty much went full Mad Max afterwards, and that I made a promise to myself to never visit the place. Glad to see I made the right call.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-09-11 07:37|| 2017-09-11 07:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Never start a land war in Asia

Never visit a Caribbean island during hurricane season

Posted by DarthVader 2017-09-11 10:06|| 2017-09-11 10:06|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 Never start a land war in Asia

Never visit a Caribbean island during hurricane season
Posted by: DarthVader 2017-09-11 10:06

Vizzini nods.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-09-11 11:27|| 2017-09-11 11:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Trump has a $14 million mansion (at least before the hurricane it was) on that island. I hope he hired a bunch of PMCs to protect it unless he has really good insurance on it. He's had it up for sale for quite awhile.

Posted by 3dc 2017-09-11 12:28|| 2017-09-11 12:28|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm disappointed. I expected a story about Morning Joe and his GF Mika.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-09-11 12:30|| 2017-09-11 12:30|| Front Page Top

#9 The airports were destroyed in St. Martin, Tortola, and St. Thomas so the KY National Guard, with units that do not need to land, were rescuing people and transferring anyone with a passport to Puerto Rico. Jamaicans with passports but no US visas were trying to get off island and I think they decided to figure it out in PR. I don't think people realize the extent of devastation after a direct hit from a Cat 5 storm, with no communication or power on islands that must import everything, but these former colonies also had the prisons destroyed with about 150 prisoners running loose in the BVI. All homes and vegetation were destroyed, including the VG Yacht Harbor for mega yachts THE Aga Khan was fond of, & the mosque in Roadtown. 'Left Behind' in the Caribbean with machete wielding thugs is truly a terrifying thought.

Posted by Whavish Thusoling5684 2017-09-11 13:48|| 2017-09-11 13:48|| Front Page Top

#10 All ready covered Dead Island, got the fever?

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-11 17:05|| 2017-09-11 17:05|| Front Page Top

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