Damage as of Thursday in Orient Bay on the French Caribbean island of St. Martin, after the passage of Hurricane Irma. Moreover, at that moment, the kitchen and Poe and 100-some other terrified guests were all in the eye of Hurricane Irma. “There was one point I thought I was gone — me and my wife were gone,” Poe told The Washington Post, his recollections occasionally interrupted by long silences when memories got the better of him. As darkness fell on his first night since the hurricane, Poe said, he looked out over the hills and saw flashlights signal distress. [Hurricane Irma devastates world-famous Sint Maarten airport]A plane was landing to evacuate the Americans, Poe remembered being told.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2017 22:41 UTC