Ladyville also hammered by Hurricane Richard
Hurricane Richard has come and gone. So far the devastation is more than fifty million dollars and its blast was fatal for at least two persons. For the category one hurricane on October twenty-fourth, it was more destructive than anticipated. The state of homelessness is aggravated by a sense of despair, many are crying out for help which is late in coming. News Five’s Delahnie Bain has the story of two families from nearby communities.
Delahnie Bain, Reporting
The Ladyville area was not immediately in the path of Hurricane Richard but still a number of families felt its wrath. Today, two families that suffered major losses in the storm told us their ordeal. Indira Morris, her common-law-husband and their five children lost their home while Sherreth Williams watched her rooftop blow away as she sheltered at a neighboring house.
Indira Morris, House Destroyed in Hurricane
“We was going to stay in the house but decided to move because somebody gave us wah little hand so we gone stay wid one ah our friends. But di next day one ah my friend text me and tell me dat our house gone down and when we check it we si di house completely bruck up, everything get destroyed.”
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Sherreth Williams, House Damaged in Hurricane
“When I reach cross everything done wet up, damaged; I can’t move nothing out ah my house. My clothes, mi TV, the chair, the kids dehn bed, my mattress dem. Dat’s all and my refridge is kinda acting up.”
Both women are in need of assistance that hasn’t been forthcoming and according to Morris she has been asking the area representative for assistance with a more stable home for months.
Indira Morris
“I lost a lot of my stuff and, as you can see, we’re over there. We don’t have any roof top, any walls, nothing; everything we lost and weh we really want dah assistance because we noh di get assistance from nobody. We call and nobody come. Every time di phone ring, ih just die off. So we need fi get wa ansa because we poor and we really need our house. I go dah Hutchy office, he noh even deh een deh. He noh even deh een deh. He tell me come such a date and when I go deh he noh deh deh. I think dat dah simpleness because he could at least give we wa ansa we deserve fi get wah ansa because weh pah he deh right now he di at and he di sleep.”
Williams, on the other hand, has only received a tarp, which she used for a makeshift roof. But when it rains, it pours inside her house.
Sherreth Williams
“I went to di minister di Monday morning and he assist me the Tuesday with two tarpaulins and it’s still not working in good order cause I still get wet in my house. When ih di rain I have to tek di broom and my son move the mattress and thing and shove the water fi empty it off ah di tarpaulins and den all di wata drop right back eena di house.”
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Indira Moris
“One a my friend take me in but she need her space too. I can’t expect fi live wid her fi di rest ah—she need her space and I understand that too. I really need assistance because dah right yah we di stay too. So we really need assistance and I think dehn government need fi stop di play wid people and come out and do dehn job.”
Morris’ five children and Williams’ son have been out of school since the storm.
Sherreth Williams
“Di lee bwai noh gwein back til di eight because all ah fi he thing dehn get wet up inna di house and ih tennis and things dehn get wet up. So I call di school and di school tell me next week Monday I should bring him in.”
Delahnie Bain for News Five.
