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Barbuda has been completely wiped out. The entire population of the island survivors has left.
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For first time in 300 years, no one is living on Barbuda
By Joe Sterling and Cassandra Santiago, CNN

Updated 4:24 PM ET, Fri September 15, 2017







http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/15/americas/irma-barbuda-population-trnd/index.html

When Hurricane Irma ravaged the island of Barbuda in the Caribbean, the ferocious storm "extinguished" the isle's way of life and left the beautiful spot "uninhabitable." And, now, for the first time in a few centuries, no one lives there.
"The damage is complete," Ronald Sanders, the Antigua and Barbuda ambassador to the United States, told Public Radio International. "It's a humanitarian disaster."
"For the first time in 300 years, there's not a single living person on the island of Barbuda -- a civilization that has existed in that island for close to, over 300 years has now been extinguished."

.The remains of a home in Barbuda, one of many destroyed by Hurricane Irma.
Antigua and Barbuda -- located southeast of Puerto Rico and where the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea meet -- became a sovereign state in the British commonwealth in 1981. Its population in July was estimated to be 94,731, with 97% of the population living on the island of Antigua, the CIA World Factbook said.
The majority-Christian and the majority-English speaking nation is reliant in large part on travel and tourism and has financial services businesses. But tourism is its bread and butter -- accounting for nearly 60% of its GDP.

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Anyone who was keeping their beautiful boat or yacht at Barbuda won't be pleased with the results.
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Some of the boats didn't capsize. But you can bet there's going to be a lot of repairs going on.
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As they say, "If it's still floating it's still worth fixing."
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Let's see, on that island, there were 7th Day Adventists, a Barbuda Pentecostal church, Deeper Life church, Holy Trinity Anglican church, a Pilgrim Holiness church, Living Faith Baptist church and The People's church.

There was nothing to stop it from being completely wiped out.

They (Antigua and Barbuda) were British territories until fairly recently, about 1981. So them being very Protestant is expected.

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Well, then what about Pitcairn island in the Pacific? It's never been wiped out!
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The only religion they have at all is 7th Day Adventist.
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But still, nobody wants to move there, even with offers of free land.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/pitcairnislands/11418280/Why-will-nobody-move-to-Pitcairn-the-Pacific-island-with-free-land.html.
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It's an island of 49 in the middle of the Pacific where most adults are rapists (literally). No one would want to live there.

There are now three active Hurricanes in the Caribbean. Jose, Maria, and Lee.

://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-16/hurricane-jose-may-threaten-new-york-norma-bears-down-on-baja

There are now three active Hurricanes in the Caribbean. Jose, Maria, and Lee.

://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-16/hurricane-jose-may-threaten-new-york-norma-bears-down-on-baja

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Hurricane Maria is ominously following the same path and development that Irma did.
. photo from yesterday, 9-17-17

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^That is Hurricane Jose (top) followed by Maria (bottom)
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Below is a similar satellite photo of Irma when it was about in the same coordinate location as Maria, above.
. photo from 2 weeks ago, 9-3-17

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6:28pm 18th September 2017
(Updated 6:28pm 18th September 2017)

A new major hurricane that is heading for already destroyed islands in the Caribbean has been upgraded to a category three storm.
The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) predicts that Hurricane Maria is heading straight for the Leeward Islands - and could get even stronger.
It has the power to further ravage islands that were badly hit by Hurricane Irma.
It is due to hit the Leewards late on Monday, local time.
Many of the islands in its predicted path, including the British Virgin Islands, St Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla are still recovering after being battered by one of the strongest hurricanes in recorded history.
All three countries are on a hurricane warning or watch for Maria, along with Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique and the British overseas territory of Montserrat.
St Lucia, Antigua and Irma-ravaged Barbuda are on a warnings for winds of tropical storm strength.
The latest advisory from the NHC says Maria will be an "extremely dangerous major hurricane" by the time it reaches the British Virgin Islands.
Sky News weather presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar said: "It is currently 90 miles northeast from Barbados and is forecast to track briskly northwestwards at 13mph over the next few days - following a similar track to Irma's.
"It is expected to strengthen to a category two hurricane and then quickly to a category three as it slams the Leeward Islands and northern Windward Islands, with damaging winds, flooding, rainfall and storm surges, late on Monday and through Tuesday.
"Winds of 80mph are likely widely across these areas, but gusts up to 130mph are possible near the centre of Maria. This will cause damage to structures of buildings and trees as well as power lines that have only recently been affected by Hurricane Irma.
"This may also mean any loose objects that haven't yet been removed from the clean-up of Irma may become airborne and turn into dangerous projectiles.
"During the middle of the week Hurricane Maria is then set to strengthen further to a category four - therefore winds could reach sustained strengths of 156mph as it heads to the British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)."
British troops and sailors have been helping to rebuild some of communities left shattered after category five Irma smashed through the Caribbean just over a week ago.
Sky's Stuart Ramsey and Sam Kiley described the devastation in the British Virgin Islands after 185mph Irma passed through.
Theresa May has said she is "frustrated" with international rules which stop British aid money being spent on the relief effort for the hurricane, which left more the 40 people dead in the Caribbean and a similar number in the US.
Category one Hurricane Jose also remains in the east Atlantic, having turned north after leaving the Caribbean. It is off the coast of North Carolina.
As well as Hurricane Irma, America is also grappling with the impact of Hurricane Harvey, which left significant amounts of Texas under water due to excessively heavy rain.
British insurers Hiscox said the devastation wreaked by Harvey on the US will cost it £110m ($150m) in claims, based on expected total damage worth £18bn ($25bn).
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