{"id":9,"date":"2017-09-15T23:07:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T23:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/09\/15\/2017914irma-troubles-in-the-south-impact-quinnipiac-residents-up-north\/"},"modified":"2020-09-05T19:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T19:54:44","slug":"2017914irma-troubles-in-the-south-impact-quinnipiac-residents-up-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/09\/15\/2017914irma-troubles-in-the-south-impact-quinnipiac-residents-up-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Irma troubles in the south impact Quinnipiac residents up north"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Shauna Golden and Michael Brennan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>   <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yERBCdkeFJM?wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1\" height=\"480\" width=\"854\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There were several days where Roliya Jackson, a senior at Quinnipiac University, didn\u2019t know whether or not her family in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, was alive after Hurricane Irma swept through her home.<\/p>\n<p>Once she was able to successfully contact her mother, nearly three days later, Jackson said that as her mother spoke over the phone, she could \u201chear the tears in her voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAt first I had hope that the hurricane would change course. Then I was scared, and then I was sad&#8230; I religiously checked the news\u201d said Jackson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jackson learned from the news that the eye of Hurricane Irma would directly hit her 21-square mile home in Tortola.<\/p>\n<p>Tropical Storm Irma, which finally made its way to Florida last weekend, ravaged many of the Caribbean Islands as a category five hurricane. Jackson\u2019s home of Tortola was one of several Caribbean cities destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/09\/07\/world\/americas\/hurricane-irma-caribbean-destruction-video-photos.html\">New York Times<\/a>, nearly the entire island was affected by the hurricane. For example, \u201cbuildings are leveled. Roads have been washed away. People have limited food and water.\u201d Jackson\u2019s family, which includes her mother and 14-year-old brother, is now homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals living in Florida also experienced the impact of Irma\u2019s wrath. Though the storm dropped in status to a category one storm by the time it hit Florida, &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/09\/11\/hurricane-irma-nearly-half-florida-in-dark-tampa-braces-for-storm.html\">Fox News<\/a> reports that it still \u201c[hammered] much of Florida with roof-ripping winds, gushing floodwaters and widespread power outages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, nearly, a week after Irma hit the Caribbean and several days after it hit Florida, individuals all around the world are still wrapping their heads around the devastation the storm has caused. The ripple effects are still being felt just days after the storm across the country, including for many students at Quinnipiac University.<\/p>\n<p>Quinnipiac University senior Daquan Stuckey found himself in a predicament similar to Jackson\u2019s while trying to contact his grandmother, who is stuck in the US Virgin Islands. While he no knows that his grandmother is safe, having to wait for the first text message from her was stressful.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;\u201cWhen you get the text messages that \u2018I\u2019m okay\u2019&#8230; those are always fantastic, but what about the time, the two hour period where you have to wait for that next text\u2026 then I really don\u2019t know what happens,\u201d Stuckey said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Stuckey was not worried, however, because of his strong faith in God.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEven though I was very worried in that moment, because God knows I wouldn\u2019t be here without my grandma&#8230; He wouldn\u2019t let anything happen to her,\u201d Stuckey said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Irma tore through The Caribbean, including the British Virgin Islands and US Virgin Islands, at a tremendous rate of 185 miles per hour. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/11\/americas\/caribbean-reacts-hurricane-irma\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, the deadly storm left at least 36 people dead in the Caribbean, four of whom were in BVI.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, who is 1,767 miles away from home, &nbsp;has been relying on photographs and the internet to assess the extent of the damage on the island she calls home. She explained that because of the hurricane\u2019s impact on BVI, the satellite images of her home are now dull brown in color instead of the vibrant emerald that they used to be. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2017\/irma-atlantic-ocean\">NASA<\/a>, there are several possible reasons for which this change occurred. First, \u201clush green vegetation can be ripped away by a storm\u2019s strong winds, leaving the satellite with a view of more bare ground.\u201d Second, \u201csalt spray whipped up by the hurricane can coat and desiccate leaves while they are still on the trees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jackson has had very limited contact with her family because the island does not have electricity at the moment. &nbsp;She has only been able to talk to her family three short times since last Wednesday when the storm hit BVI.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>   <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZKg4DHRcQ-0?feature=youtu.be&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;enablejsapi=1\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hurricane Irma downgraded to a category four hurricane by the time it reached the Florida Keys. Soon after, Irma further downgraded into a tropical storm as it moved out of Florida and into Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Quinnipiac University senior Nicole Kessler and her family have lived in Boca Raton, Florida for nearly her whole life, and hurricanes are all too familiar territory.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of residents across the state who have just survived one of the worst storms of the year, are without power and have had their homes destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/irma-live-updates-florida-power-outages-09-11-2017\/\">CBS News<\/a>, \u201cIrma flooded streets, spawned tornadoes, knocked out power to millions of people across the state and snapped massive construction cranes over the Miami skyline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kessler\u2019s family has just faced a terrifying tropical storm that Florida has not seen for quite some time. She recalls the dangers of Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Wilma and how they destroyed Captiva Island, one of her family\u2019s favorite vacation spots.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere [were] [these] beautiful banyan trees, and the branches grew over each other, so you would drive for miles and you were in like a tree tunnel. And those all got destroyed,\u201d Kessler said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:1960.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n                style=\"padding-bottom:65.71428680419922%;\"\n              \n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                \n          \n        \n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-11-at-11.26.23-AM.png\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy of NASA\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-11-at-11.26.23-AM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-11-at-11.26.23-AM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"1960x1288\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy of NASA\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59bc554d914e6b6f100065f2\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n          <\/div><figcaption class=\"image-caption-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>Photo Courtesy of NASA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kessler\u2019s family decided to wait out the storm. While they are safe, this made her remember going through those frightening, if comforting, times all those years ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy favorite part about the hurricanes [&#8230;] I have, not good memories, but my grandparents would come and stay with us for like two weeks, and that was like a dream come true because I loved when my grandparents got to stay with us,\u201d Kessler said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regardless, Kessler knows that once a hurricane comes through, in the present or the past, the area is never the same.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\n  sqs-gallery-container\n  sqs-gallery-block-slideshow\n  \n  \n  sqs-gallery-has-controls\n  sqs-gallery-has-thumbnails\n\n  \n    sqs-gallery-block-show-meta sqs-gallery-block-meta-position-bottom\n    \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n  \n  clear\"\n  \n  \n><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-gallery\">\n<div class=\"slide content-fill\" 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       data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-11-at-10.13.08-PM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-11-at-10.13.08-PM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"630x472\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-09-11 at 10.13.08 PM.png\" \n            data-type=\"image\"\n          \/><\/p>\n<p>          <img\n            tabindex=\"0\"\n            role=\"button\"\n            aria-label=\"Slide 8\"\n            data-load=\"false\"\n            data-src=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-11-at-10.13.16-PM.png\" data-image=\"http:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2017-09-11-at-10.13.16-PM.png\" data-image-dimensions=\"958x712\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-09-11 at 10.13.16 PM.png\" \n            data-type=\"image\"\n          \/><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp; \u201cWe couldn\u2019t go back to Captiva Island for years. And it\u2019s now, you go back there, and it\u2019s never the same,\u201d Kessler said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that her home has been demolished by Irma, Jackson feels the same way, and is worried that the island will lose the culture she loves so much.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the same. It will never be the same,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shauna Golden and Michael Brennan There were several days where Roliya Jackson, a senior at Quinnipiac University, didn\u2019t know whether or not her family in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, was alive after Hurricane Irma swept through her home. Once she was able to successfully contact her mother, nearly three days later, Jackson said that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/2017\/09\/15\/2017914irma-troubles-in-the-south-impact-quinnipiac-residents-up-north\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Irma troubles in the south impact Quinnipiac residents up north<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quinnipiac","tag-quinnipiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3431,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/3431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hqnn.org\/hqpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}