TS Philippe left ‘a lot of damage to properties’- Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith
“We do have a lot of damage to properties...but [we are] very grateful to the folks who have the equipment that came out so fast and so quickly to help us to clean up. They came out privately with their private equipment… and just cleaned up the place, which is, you know, not a surprise to me because as a child, when there was a hurricane….folks just came out with their equipment automatically without anyone having to ask them,” Hon Smith said.
The legislator was speaking to Director of Communications Mrs Karia J. Christopher in a video report posted on the Facebook page of the Government of the Virgin Islands on October 4, 2023.
Hon Hodge-Smith added that she remains thankful to folks for coming out so quickly and helping to clear the roads and debris, along with reaching out to their neighbours and helping out.
Damages assessed
"So I've received a lot of calls. I've received some Videos. I went to those persons who were severely damaged, and we tried to help as much as we can. We reached out to the Red Cross. Red Cross is going to offer their assistance. So we're just going around to different areas assessing the damage,” Hon Hodge-Smith detailed.
She said as a first-time government member and legislator, she was pleased to see the community spirit as it related to helping the businesses affected by flooding.
Meanwhile, Public Works Department (PWD) personnel and private businesses could be seen continuing with the clean-up of Road Town today.
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14 Responses to “TS Philippe left ‘a lot of damage to properties’- Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith”
Hn. Hodge-Smith was in her district all day yesterday. She met with most of us thru out the day and listen to our concerns. She also got the Red Cross and the PWD to assist those that needed help.
The cause of these major flooding is due to poor planning in the past. No proper engineering, just fast development without any vision of what will happen in the future.
We fill up the Sea, fill up the Ponds, sopped up the Wells and the water have nowhere to go.
We paved the guts and filled them with garbage and derelict furniture, appliances and equipment and other debris. What do you expect?
We build buildings, apartments and homes all over the place - We cut roads here and there without studding the structure of the land.
When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's we had a lot of rain but we never had all this flooding.
All of these recent flooding we are presently experiencing is a man made disaster and human errors.