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Come on down, people! | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
You have something a lot of folks dream about. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
In 2016, the Island Parish series celebrated | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
the close church community and relaxed way of life | 0:00:15 | 0:00:18 | |
on the Caribbean island of Anguilla. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
Help us, Father, to build on the successes of the past. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
That our island home will grow from strength to strength. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
Colonised by English settlers in the 17th century... | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
Three cheers for Her Majesty the Queen. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
Hip, hip, hip, hooray! | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
..the Caribbean island is now one of 14 British Overseas Territories, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:47 | |
with its own government and the Queen as its head of state. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
Fire! | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
This is the epitome of paradise. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
You know, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else! | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
But this paradise is also fragile. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:00 | |
We have been monitoring a storm that's in the Atlantic at this time. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
We're still looking at a category three, | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
it might even go to maybe a cat four. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:07 | |
When one of the most powerful hurricanes in recorded history | 0:01:07 | 0:01:11 | |
bore down on the Caribbean last September, | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
Anguilla was right in its path. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
We must prepare for the worst and pray for the best. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
The eastern Caribbean islands were first in line for a battering. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
This is an eminent disaster. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
180mph winds. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
Hurricane Irma is a terrifying force of nature. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
May God bless all of you and may God bless Anguilla. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
By the time Hurricane Irma had carved its path of destruction | 0:01:40 | 0:01:44 | |
across the Caribbean, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:46 | |
it had left around £7 billion of damage | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
and at least 38 people dead. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
Whole communities were destroyed. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
We're running low on water, so that's a little bit frightening. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:02 | |
Cut off from the outside world in the days that followed the storm, | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
a shortage of essential supplies tested Anguilla's community spirit | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
to the limit. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:10 | |
People have been here since morning trying to get gas, | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
and everyone is irritable. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
It's a very, very stressful situation for everybody. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
The British government showed it wouldn't forget the island | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
at the time of its greatest need. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
-BORIS JOHNSON: -The UK is here, the UK is here to support. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
This is an overseas territory, these are British people. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
A month after Irma, our cameras returned to discover | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
how this island parish stayed strong in the wake of the storm. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
For the 15,000 people who live in Anguilla, | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
hurricanes are nothing new. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
But few of them had ever experienced anything like Irma. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:07 | |
The noise you heard from the bedroom was terrible, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:11 | |
but there were so many houses where the roofs had come down. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:16 | |
Terrible. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
A month on from Irma, and only 6% of the island has power, | 0:03:18 | 0:03:23 | |
hundreds of Anguillans still queue for food and basic supplies. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
Life is tough, but most islanders are just grateful to still be alive. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
By midnight, the winds really started to get gushing, | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
and as the time go along, it kept coming up more and more, | 0:03:37 | 0:03:41 | |
but when the hurricane really hit, it had to be a minimum of 230. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:48 | |
That's what I averaged it to. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:50 | |
Sheltering from the hurricane in his home and restaurant is an experience | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
that Edgar Richardson will never forget. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
I was in the corner there. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
When the roof were coming down, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
I went on my knees and then I make my escape. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
We lose everything. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
It hits you once in a while, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
but you've got to still thank God for what's happened. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
Even in the face of all the destruction and loss, | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
Anguillans are finding strength in their deep and unerring faith. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
High winds and torrential rains are testing the damaged church roof | 0:04:26 | 0:04:30 | |
where Father Hodge is holding the Sunday service. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
A reminder of the trauma his parish has just endured. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
We have all been through a terrible hurricane recently. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:43 | |
Many have suffered unspeakable loss. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:46 | |
But amidst it all, we are still required and expected | 0:04:46 | 0:04:51 | |
to hold on to our faith in the goodness of God. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
As well as giving spiritual guidance, | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
churches have been handing out water to their congregations. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
Without power, most taps on the island have run dry. | 0:05:02 | 0:05:05 | |
That's made drinking, washing, and flushing a major struggle | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
for parishioners like Dr Linda Banks. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
With the electricity being off, we had to go back | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
to the old traditional ways of dipping water, | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
filling up a bucket and taking it to the bathroom. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
We all have cisterns under our homes. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
When the hurricane came, they had to turn the electricity off. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
There was no means of pumping the water to the taps | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
which go to the house. When that went, we were back | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
to the bucket bath. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
Have you been receiving any help from the Red Cross | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
or from anybody at all? | 0:05:39 | 0:05:42 | |
I get from our church. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:43 | |
Oh, you got from the church, very good, very good. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
Take care and God bless you, all right? | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
Without power, many Anguillans have become isolated, making | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
Father Hodge's job of visiting the elderly and the vulnerable | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
all the more vital. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:58 | |
I try to get out into the community as much as I possibly can. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
When I get in touch with people, I try to encourage them | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
as much as they can to keep the faith and keep on holding on. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:11 | |
Look at the damage here, the roof is gone. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
All the way here, you can see the roofs are all ripped off. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:23 | |
That house is blown to pieces altogether. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
A merciless hurricane it was. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
Never seen anything like that here before. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
Alfredo, como estas? | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
-Bien, gracias. -Bien, gracias, si. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
You moved out before the hurricane actually started? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -OK, right. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:52 | |
It's a good thing you did, otherwise you would have been | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
in lots of trouble. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:56 | |
All your stuff is gone. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
All the stuff, I don't see the fridge up to now. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
Oh. You haven't seen the fridge yet? | 0:07:01 | 0:07:03 | |
No, I don't see the fridge yet. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
And you do sewing, you say? | 0:07:05 | 0:07:08 | |
Yeah, yeah, it's my original profession. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
-As a tailor? -Yeah, tailor. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
-Where is the machine? -I have... | 0:07:12 | 0:07:14 | |
The rest of them are mashed up, but let me show you. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
Alfredo has lost more than just a home. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
He's lost his sewing machine... | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
-Oh, I see, yeah. -..and livelihood. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
And it was electrical? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
-With electricity? -Yeah, yeah, yeah. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:29 | |
All over Anguilla, | 0:07:39 | 0:07:41 | |
islanders are still counting the true cost of the hurricane. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
Oh, wow. The coconut trees mashed up bad, bad. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
Bad, yeah. Everything mashed up. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:51 | |
Simone Connor and her father, Neville, run and own | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
one of Anguilla's best-known attractions. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
So, right now, we're going to what's left of Sandy Island. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
We operated a restaurant there, we hosted weddings there. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
She was special to us, special to our family. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
Yeah. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:14 | |
For Neville and Simone, creating a successful resort | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
on this beautiful but desolate sandbank has been | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
a labour of love. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
Taking decades of hard work and perseverance against the elements. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:28 | |
The storm blew and washed the sandbank away entirely. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:39 | |
Slowly but surely, it's been building itself back up again. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
Oh, wow! | 0:08:43 | 0:08:44 | |
That's what's left of Sandy Island, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:47 | |
we're looking at what's left of Sandy Island. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
Got to try and make the best of it. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
It's sad, but what to do? | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
Day-to-day, you never know where you're going to go, | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
you never know what's going to happen. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
But the challenge is to make do with what you have... | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
..and to go forward in faith. | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
Look at this. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:39 | |
Yeah. Oh, wow. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
Ah, maybe it was in the bathroom... No. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
No, the bathroom wasn't there. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
A friend of mine, he said, "Oh, Simone, I was looking | 0:09:57 | 0:09:59 | |
"through my window and for a moment there was some clear | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
"and then a gush of wind came, and I just saw the trees just going, | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
"the wind was just taking them, and all of a sudden, | 0:10:06 | 0:10:08 | |
"I saw the main roof," cos the roof was huge, | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
you could see it from the mainland. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:13 | |
He said the whole roof went in one quick gust... | 0:10:13 | 0:10:17 | |
..out to sea. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
25 years, 30 years - in five minutes, gone. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:28 | |
Just like that. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
It's like somebody just... | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
You wouldn't know. To express how I feel, you have to be there, | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
feel it and know it. Not easy. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
Hurricane Irma.. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
..she gave us a clean slate. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:05 | |
She said, "It's time to do something fresh, | 0:11:05 | 0:11:09 | |
"time to do something different," | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
and we're going to heed, we're going to take heed. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
We're going to obey. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
When Mother Nature speaks... | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
we're going to obey. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
We're going to rebuild. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
It's still hurricane season in the Caribbean - | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
the time when most Anguillans take stock and prepare | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
for the up-and-coming holiday season. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
Tourism provides over half of Anguilla's income. | 0:11:36 | 0:11:40 | |
And although the market has slumped, after the global financial crisis, | 0:11:40 | 0:11:45 | |
before Irma an increase in visitor numbers had given islanders hope | 0:11:45 | 0:11:49 | |
of a bumper year. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:50 | |
Most holiday-makers have now cancelled their reservations | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
after scenes of devastation were broadcast around the world. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:01 | |
Few hotels are in a fit state to accommodate them anyway. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
Our main building, we lost the roof, you can see. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
Everything inside of those rooms are gone. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
Will Fleming's popular beach-side hotel took the brunt | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
of Hurricane Irma's force. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
When I was in high school, my father started building this property, | 0:12:22 | 0:12:26 | |
and he came to me with his plan and said, "The carpenter is | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
"charging me 80 a board foot." | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
He said, "You can do it cheaper." | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
So I spent the next couple of months with a jigsaw, | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
cutting these things out for the entire property, | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
every day after school. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
That was my work right here. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
The busy and lucrative Christmas holiday season is fast approaching. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:52 | |
Without an insurance pay-out, Will has set his staff to work. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
If you look across, you see Don tapping out with the construction, | 0:12:56 | 0:13:00 | |
he's actually one of my bartenders, and over here is Lauren, | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
who is trying to repair the pool pump. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:06 | |
He is our accountant. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:10 | |
We are jack-of-all-trades and master of none! | 0:13:10 | 0:13:12 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:13:12 | 0:13:14 | |
But all their efforts could yet be in vain. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
These are going to have to be changed as well. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
The plywood is peeling. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:22 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
The hotels are doing everything they can to get ready, | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
but the destination also have to be ready as well. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
So, the ports, electricity, the infrastructure itself | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
should be cleaned up and ready to receive tourists. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
Anguilla itself have to be ready, not just the hotels. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:41 | |
4,000 islanders work directly in tourism. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
The future employment of at least half of them is now uncertain. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
Hoping to save as many jobs as he can | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
is Anguilla's new British governor, Tim Foy. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
Down here's probably the part of the island that took the worst | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
of the damage, because the eye went... | 0:14:02 | 0:14:05 | |
Oh, tortoise. Here we go. | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
Tim arrived on the island just two weeks before Irma. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
He's making good progress. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:11 | |
He still getting used to the island's quirks. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:14 | |
I wish I had one of those badges at the back, | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
"I always stop for tortoises." | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
With Deputy Governor Perin Bradley, Tim has come to Blowing Point - | 0:14:19 | 0:14:23 | |
the port for ferries to and from Anguilla's | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
larger neighbour, Saint Martin, a 20-minute boat journey away. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:29 | |
So this was the Blowing Point terminal. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
And, essentially, it just needed to get flattened. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:38 | |
Britain has already pledged over £62 million | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
to the Caribbean relief effort. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
Tim has to direct limited resources to help get | 0:14:44 | 0:14:47 | |
Anguilla's shattered tourism industry back up and running. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:50 | |
Probably 80% of Anguilla's tourists actually come in via Saint Martin, | 0:14:52 | 0:14:56 | |
the airport on Saint Martin. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:57 | |
So being able to get people from that side to this is crucial, | 0:14:57 | 0:15:01 | |
because it is the main artery for passenger transport in and out | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
of the island. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
It's not exactly the holiday rush, but in post hurricane Anguilla... | 0:15:07 | 0:15:12 | |
-Welcome back. -..every visitor is precious revenue. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
This is great because this is business. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:19 | |
Anguilla is also an exclusive holiday destination | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
for the super-rich, | 0:15:24 | 0:15:25 | |
many of whom arrive by helicopter or private jet | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
at the island's small airports. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
Itself badly damaged and in parts beyond repair. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
This was the tower. As you can see, we lost glasses... | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
..all the equipment has been pretty much written off. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:43 | |
Everything's pretty much dead in here. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
So... | 0:15:47 | 0:15:48 | |
Head of the airport, Al Barnett came to the job | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
just over a year ago. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
I think it's in this bay. Yes, you see that container there, that tank? | 0:15:55 | 0:16:00 | |
That was thrown close to a mile. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
Known to his team as Mr B, | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
he was given the task of modernising the airport. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
But Irma had other ideas. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
This has sort of become the boneyard now, I think. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:14 | |
There were two aircraft that were both in for engine work, so they | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
couldn't fly them out of here. They tied them down to there. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
And after the hurricane, all that was left was... | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
The ropes were still there, but the aeroplanes were gone. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
When they looked at the altimeter, it had been as high | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
as nearly 500 feet, | 0:16:29 | 0:16:30 | |
and the highest gust, I think, on the recorder was 228mph. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:35 | |
This aircraft here, for instance, it normally cruises at 160mph. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:40 | |
So if he had been able to fly in those conditions, | 0:16:40 | 0:16:43 | |
he'd have been going backwards. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:45 | |
So... | 0:16:46 | 0:16:47 | |
Mr B has to meet strict UK aviation regulations | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
in order to restore full operations at the airport, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
a priority for the new governor. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:57 | |
Hey, Al. Sorry. | 0:16:57 | 0:16:59 | |
-How are you doing? -I'm doing fine. -Yeah. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
Tim wants to get the high-end tourists back to Anguilla. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:05 | |
For every day they're on the island, | 0:17:08 | 0:17:09 | |
they can generate tens of thousands of pounds in taxes. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:13 | |
-Who is this? Do we know? -What? -Who is this? -I don't know. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
-Maybe off the ship. -Right. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
Off the boat. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:22 | |
-Oh, to have the money. -Yeah. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
With such a damaged economy and our ability to actually raise | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
revenue being so badly affected, it's critical that the government | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
focuses in on that high-end market and actually ensures | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
that people here can fly in. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:38 | |
It's key to actually ensuring that we sustain jobs on the island. | 0:17:38 | 0:17:41 | |
We're very, very worried about lots of people being without work. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
So the quicker we can show that the place is back for business, | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
the quicker people can come back, so much the better. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
The return of high-end tourism in particular will bring in | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
much-needed cash to pay for the massive task | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
of rebuilding the island. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
Half of Anguilla's 800 electricity poles | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
will have to be replaced. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
Businesses have been forced to close. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
90% of government buildings are badly damaged, | 0:18:08 | 0:18:12 | |
and schools have been shut for over a month. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
If you really want to see inside here, you've got to make a jump up. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:19 | |
All right! | 0:18:19 | 0:18:20 | |
Classrooms in Michael Skellekie's primary school | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
will have to be demolished. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:27 | |
It was devastating for everyone. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:33 | |
But the school motto is Never Say Fail. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:39 | |
We are looking towards the future with bright hope, not giving up. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:46 | |
We're going to be better for it. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
All right? | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
We're going to be better for it. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:51 | |
The school is only a small part of the estimated £250 million cost | 0:18:51 | 0:18:57 | |
of rebuilding Anguilla, | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
when the island's entire annual government budget is | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
less than 80 million. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:04 | |
I'm not sure where the money is going to come from, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
where the funding is going to come from, but we're hoping that | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
the British helps with the reconstruction process. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:12 | |
Because there's so much to do and it will require so much capital | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
across the nation. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:18 | |
In the initial aftermath of the hurricane, | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
there had been criticism that the British government | 0:19:23 | 0:19:25 | |
wasn't doing enough to help its overseas territory. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
Can show you the bedroom where Boris Johnson slept. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
One of Tim's first tasks as governor was to host | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
the British Foreign Secretary, who'd arrived on the island to assess | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
the scale of the problem first-hand. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
This was our sort of main... | 0:19:45 | 0:19:46 | |
This is the bedroom we use for ministerial visits, | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
cos it's quite nice with the en suite. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:51 | |
It's not the start I would have wanted. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:54 | |
I remember sort of crawling down the road through the | 0:19:54 | 0:19:58 | |
fallen telegraph poles and the wires when the car got stuck, | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
and I was thinking, "Well, there goes my first 90 day plan. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
"Life's going to be a bit different." | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
Even a month on from Hurricane Irma, | 0:20:11 | 0:20:14 | |
everyone on the island is still trying to make sense | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
of what has happened and how their lives have changed. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:20 | |
Right now, people are still in shock and people have | 0:20:22 | 0:20:26 | |
gathered themselves together, they've been very resilient | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
and they're picking up the pieces of their life and restoring | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
and cleaning up and all that sort of stuff. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
So, for some people, it hasn't really sunk in, | 0:20:35 | 0:20:39 | |
you know, what has really happened. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:40 | |
In the dark evenings, without electricity, | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
Linda's has become a regular meeting point for family and friends. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:48 | |
My neighbour found her washer, like, across the street. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:53 | |
It was just white and then you could see the wind coming in like... | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
whoosh! Like somebody was just throwing buckets, and just... | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
It was ridiculous. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:01 | |
Right now, there's a piece of... | 0:21:01 | 0:21:04 | |
and we don't know how we're going to get it out, | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
the tree will probably have to grow around it. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
But you know, it's been fun in a lot of ways. Right, Helen? | 0:21:10 | 0:21:12 | |
Yes. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
We've sat around and we've told stories, we've played games. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:18 | |
-Played games again. -Yeah, and we've had some good, good family times. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
We talk a lot more than we used to. | 0:21:22 | 0:21:25 | |
-Mm-hm. -We're getting to know each other. -Yes. | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
It really brings families together and communities together. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:32 | |
I mean, we're accustomed to every now and then not having power, | 0:21:35 | 0:21:39 | |
but not for this extended period of time. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
We enjoy the simple pleasures for now, | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
but we don't really want to go back there. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
We don't want to go back there, it gets old! | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
In hard times, people turn to the church for reassurance and answers. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:58 | |
# And the father's love has come | 0:21:58 | 0:22:03 | |
# Amen. # | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
Religion plays a central role in island life. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:12 | |
For a population of just 15,000, | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
there are 19 churches and 15 denominations. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
Peace. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:21 | |
Peace. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:22 | |
Anglican leader, Bishop Errol Brooks... | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
She squeezed the life out of me. | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
..is doing his best to explain to his parishioners | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
why their lives have been so devastated. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:35 | |
We hear people saying, "Well, it's an act of God." | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
You know, even the insurance companies are using that | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
as a sort of cop-out, "an act of God." | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
You know, acts of God, for me - | 0:22:45 | 0:22:47 | |
love, mercy, justice. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
-The positive. -The positives, you know. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:53 | |
We need to remember that God does not cause evil to happen. | 0:22:56 | 0:23:03 | |
God, for reasons known only to himself, | 0:23:05 | 0:23:08 | |
allows certain things to happen... | 0:23:08 | 0:23:09 | |
..but he doesn't cause it. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:12 | |
There's some people who are so judgmental in this whole thing | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
that, you know, "God is beating up on us," and all the rest of it. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
We fail to understand that sometimes we bring things on ourselves. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:25 | |
Bishop Brooks, like many in his parish, blames the ferocity | 0:23:29 | 0:23:34 | |
of Hurricane Irma on climate change, from which the Caribbean islands | 0:23:34 | 0:23:39 | |
are thought to be particularly vulnerable. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:41 | |
All right, so we're going to release them now. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:49 | |
Hold it very carefully. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:52 | |
Jan Richardson works tirelessly to protect | 0:23:52 | 0:23:55 | |
the island's rich but endangered wildlife. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
Educating the next generation on the value of some of Anguilla's | 0:23:58 | 0:24:02 | |
most precious inhabitants. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
Sea turtles are beautiful, gentle creatures | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
that deserve to be protected. | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
I'm hoping that the kids would begin to look at Anguilla as the home of | 0:24:10 | 0:24:15 | |
sea turtles and want to protect not just sea turtles | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
but all of our natural resources. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
To gauge the impact of Irma, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:32 | |
Jan, along with Farah Mukhida and other members of | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
Anguilla's National Trust, are heading to a protected | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
offshore island where turtles breed. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
This is the first time that we've gone since the storm, | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
so we don't know what to really expect. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
The team is hoping that the turtle nests survived the hurricane, | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
but first signs aren't good. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
They're all gone. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
I'm feeling a little heartbroken. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
There were lots of nests along this entire stretch of the beach. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
They're gone. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:06 | |
Beaches were exposed to the full force of the hurricane. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
The storm surge has eroded and, in some cases, | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
completely swept away some of the turtles' favourite nesting grounds. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
It looks like the nest is over here. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
I wonder if it was up or in. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:29 | |
So these are all hatched eggs. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
They're relatively small, so it's a hawksbill turtle. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
The hawksbill, Jan, they nest... How many eggs do they usually lay? | 0:25:39 | 0:25:42 | |
So they can lay up to 160 eggs. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
But usually we get up to at least 100, maybe 120 or so. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:53 | |
Counting the eggs will determine if the whole nest survived the storm. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
Two, three, four... | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
five... | 0:26:02 | 0:26:03 | |
Turtles aren't the only protected wildlife on Anguilla. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:07 | |
A year before the hurricane, Jan and Farah released | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
Lesser Antillean iguanas onto the island - | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
a native species under threat from the invasive newcomer, | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
the green iguana. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:22 | |
I think he's saying, "Thank you for releasing me." | 0:26:22 | 0:26:24 | |
This is like a fresh start for the species. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
Yeah. We would love for him to have babies! | 0:26:29 | 0:26:32 | |
I would love for him to start a family. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:35 | |
Devon Carter is now hoping they're still alive. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:41 | |
I don't know if any survived. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:45 | |
Maybe we're going to find one, maybe we might not. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
There's a chance that they're dead. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
But I don't want to believe that they're dead, | 0:26:53 | 0:26:56 | |
but they could be. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:57 | |
Maybe one or two might not have survived, but I believe | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
there's at least one still on the island. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
But I hope that there's at least one. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
So that's ten, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65, 67. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:11 | |
So 67 is about half of what we would have expected in this nest. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:17 | |
-Yeah. -So, probably just washed away or blown away. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:21 | |
In their work as conservationists, Jan and Farah believe | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
they are seeing the effects of climate change first-hand. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:28 | |
And recent studies have linked the increasing number | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
of intense hurricanes over the past 50 years | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
to rising sea surface temperatures - | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
a trend many scientists think is influenced by global warming. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
I mean, it's just... | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
I just want to say that climate change is actually real, | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
whether or not we choose to believe it, you know? | 0:27:52 | 0:27:56 | |
I mean, within the space of two weeks, we were faced | 0:27:56 | 0:27:59 | |
with three major storms. In the space of two weeks, | 0:27:59 | 0:28:02 | |
two category fives and a category four, | 0:28:02 | 0:28:04 | |
and so that is a testament that our seas are getting warmer | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
and we can only expect more of this sort of thing happening. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:12 | |
The Caribbean is on the front line of having to deal with | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
all of those consequences and all of the impacts. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
-Yeah. -And to do this every three, four, five years, | 0:28:17 | 0:28:22 | |
that's not sustainable. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:23 | |
This is not the way we can operate. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
Especially if this is going to become the norm now. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:27 | |
And I think it is. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:28 | |
This is the new normal. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:31 | |
So... | 0:28:33 | 0:28:34 | |
-It's not really looking like anything up there. -OK. | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
The search of the island revealed that almost all the turtle nests | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
were lost in the hurricane. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
Not a single iguana was found. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
This is Radio Anguilla. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:50 | |
It's a beautiful Monday here, if you look around most of the trees, | 0:28:50 | 0:28:54 | |
if not all, are green and flourishing and there are flowers | 0:28:54 | 0:28:57 | |
growing back. | 0:28:57 | 0:28:59 | |
We are back to work, even those who don't have electricity are coming in | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
with their clothes a little wrinkly. | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
The kids are going back to school for the first time | 0:29:05 | 0:29:07 | |
and some of the schools are looking a lot different. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
So good luck today to everyone that's going back to school. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:13 | |
Margaret, please put this out here. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:18 | |
Five weeks later than scheduled, it's the start of a new term. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:23 | |
No, no, no, no, she's not a teacher. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:25 | |
Only the teachers, look. Teachers could park there for now. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
OK? Yeah. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:29 | |
With his primary school for 120 children damaged beyond repair, | 0:29:30 | 0:29:35 | |
headmaster Michael Skellekie and his teaching staff | 0:29:35 | 0:29:39 | |
have hastily converted holiday apartments, | 0:29:39 | 0:29:41 | |
offered to the school rent-free. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:43 | |
So we've taken like a sitting room and a dining room and a kitchen | 0:29:45 | 0:29:49 | |
and made it our space. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
-Hi, kiddos. Morning. -Hi! -Welcome to school. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:56 | |
What we want to thank you for this day, you have brought us to this stage, | 0:29:58 | 0:30:02 | |
to this new environment, to this new building. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:04 | |
And we are OK. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:09 | |
We are alive. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
Thank you, all, and... | 0:30:11 | 0:30:13 | |
..you can put your hands down. | 0:30:14 | 0:30:15 | |
Amen. All right. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:17 | |
Getting children back to school and back to normality is something that | 0:30:19 | 0:30:23 | |
Anguilla's ministers and the island's new governor have worked hard to achieve. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:28 | |
Kids, welcome back to school. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:29 | |
You've all had an interesting few weeks, eh? | 0:30:31 | 0:30:34 | |
Some of it was a bit scary. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:36 | |
It's been a difficult time, but things are getting back to normal. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
So, enjoy your school year, get the most out of it. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
And, as we always say, God bless Anguilla. Thanks, kids. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:46 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:30:46 | 0:30:47 | |
-THEY SING: -# I am a promise | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
# I am a possibility | 0:30:49 | 0:30:51 | |
# I am a promise | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
# Promise with a capital P. # | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
Despite the damage to homes and belongings, | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
the turnout of the children has impressed the governor's wife, Dina. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:04 | |
We were just saying now how smart the kids look. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
They're all like... Their hair's nicely done, | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
their uniform's all pressed. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:11 | |
-Right. -It's just amazing. -Yes, they look smart. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
-They look wonderful. Yes. -When you come and you see 100, 150 kids | 0:31:13 | 0:31:18 | |
going back to school for the first time, that is quite... | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
It is quite emotional. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:22 | |
I've been around a bit, so I don't want to get too sentimental | 0:31:22 | 0:31:25 | |
but I did find that one quite touching, really. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
Good morning, class. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:29 | |
-CHILDREN: -Good morning, teacher McCartney, | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
and may God bless you and may you have a pleasant day. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:37 | |
Anguilla has its own elected government, | 0:31:38 | 0:31:41 | |
but as an Overseas British Territory, when it comes | 0:31:41 | 0:31:44 | |
to a disaster like Irma, even one of the island's youngest citizens, | 0:31:44 | 0:31:48 | |
Corey Barrett, wants its wealthy partner to help out. | 0:31:48 | 0:31:52 | |
Dear Prime Minister Theresa May, | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
can you please send supplies to Anguilla, | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
like electrical poles, money, | 0:31:58 | 0:32:02 | |
generators, concrete, | 0:32:02 | 0:32:05 | |
vehicles and a reverse osmosis plan? | 0:32:05 | 0:32:09 | |
-The letter's gone. -Yes. -The letter has been hand-delivered | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
-to Number Ten. -Nice. -It went over the weekend. | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
-Very good, very good. -So I've delivered... | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
-I've fulfilled my duties and responsibilities. -All right. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
Please send these applies to help rebuild the beautiful island | 0:32:19 | 0:32:23 | |
of Anguilla. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:25 | |
Despite being 4,000 miles apart, | 0:32:27 | 0:32:30 | |
there's still a powerful bond between the UK and Anguilla. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
Cricket's very popular. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
People follow British football. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
They really do follow the monarchy. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:41 | |
So, for me, affirming the relationship between | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
the UK and Anguilla is a really nice thing to do, | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
and it's an important thing to do. It's part of the job, really. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
Money from Britain is already being spent on Anguilla's damaged airport | 0:32:51 | 0:32:55 | |
so that it can meet UK regulations in time for the holidays. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:58 | |
We had this problem yesterday. Oh, here we go. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
OK, let's get in the Gator. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:09 | |
At 72 years old, and over half a century in the business, | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
there's little Mr B doesn't know or hasn't experienced | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
in the world of aviation. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:20 | |
Secret spot for the key. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:23 | |
But Irma has presented a new set of challenges. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:27 | |
In the storm, metal cargo containers were blown onto the airport, | 0:33:28 | 0:33:33 | |
damaging runway lights and smashing through the perimeter fencing, | 0:33:33 | 0:33:36 | |
leaving the airport open to the island's wildlife. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:39 | |
See, those are the type of animals we have to keep out. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:44 | |
Goats. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:46 | |
Mr B and his team are working extra weekend shifts | 0:33:51 | 0:33:55 | |
to get the airport back up to speed for the holidays. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:58 | |
Crane operators have arrived to move one of the containers away | 0:33:58 | 0:34:01 | |
from the fence. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:02 | |
We'll just let him do his thing, because we just need to get that | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
out of there so we can put the fence back and have some integrity. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
His operator there is really... | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
Looking really experienced. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
But he seems to know what he's doing. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:23 | |
It must be his son because they've got their own little signals | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
going on and everything seems to work. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:31 | |
So, they're a team. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:32 | |
They certainly are a team. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
This is my eldest son. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:40 | |
He's eight years old. He's been doing it, you know, off and on, | 0:34:40 | 0:34:44 | |
but these last couple of months, he was doing a lot of the crane work. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:48 | |
It's very fun to operate. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:50 | |
You get to lift stuff and put it in different places, | 0:34:50 | 0:34:52 | |
and you get paid for it, too. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:54 | |
Working the weekend makes little difference to Mr B either. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
This was a bit of a storm. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:04 | |
He's still without power at home. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
So, come into my world. | 0:35:06 | 0:35:07 | |
So since Irma, he's made alternative living arrangements. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
So, I haven't made my bed yet. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
We'll just put it... Put it off in the corner for now. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
It just became much easier to stay here. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:23 | |
Even though I share it with... | 0:35:23 | 0:35:24 | |
There were a couple of rats in here when I first moved in. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:27 | |
Then I had a night of swatting roaches when they fell in | 0:35:27 | 0:35:31 | |
through this window, the ceiling collapsed a little bit | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
and they all fell in on me. So... | 0:35:33 | 0:35:36 | |
But other than that, it's quite comfortable. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:38 | |
The loss of power at home is testing everyone's resolve. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:44 | |
So when the electricity company knocks at the door, | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
it can be quite a relief. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:48 | |
This is the moment of truth! | 0:35:50 | 0:35:52 | |
My lights will be on tonight! | 0:35:52 | 0:35:54 | |
Glory be to Jesus! | 0:35:54 | 0:35:56 | |
Linda is next in line to be reconnected. | 0:35:57 | 0:36:00 | |
I'm excited. God is good. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:04 | |
It has come. A month later, but it's come. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
Since Irma, Anguilla's linesmen have been working 24/7. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:13 | |
We really applaud them for what they're doing | 0:36:14 | 0:36:16 | |
and we really appreciate. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
Sometimes you don't say thanks enough. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:20 | |
And Mr Ben, thank you! | 0:36:20 | 0:36:22 | |
-You're welcome. -Oh, man. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:25 | |
How many have you done so far? | 0:36:26 | 0:36:28 | |
-Hundreds, yes? -Hundreds. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
And thousands left. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:31 | |
-Thousands left. -Yeah. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
I want my life back to normal again. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
-What do I do now? -You just switch the breaker on. | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
-Just make sure I... Which one? Which one, which one? -OK. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
-This one here. Just move it up. -Just move it up? | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
A little pressure. Right. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
-All right. -Whoo! -And here you go, power. | 0:36:54 | 0:36:56 | |
-The meter is saying "delivered." Delivered, D-E-L. -Delivered! D-E-L. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
-So that is... -The meter is talking to me. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
-Yes, that's right. -Wow! | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
Let there be light! | 0:37:10 | 0:37:13 | |
Thank you! | 0:37:16 | 0:37:17 | |
To show her appreciation, Linda has prepared a lunch for the engineers. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:23 | |
There is life after loss and the quality of life is richer, | 0:37:28 | 0:37:33 | |
because you get a deeper appreciation for what you have. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
You realise that relationships are what is key. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
Not one to miss out on a party is Linda's brother, Bankie Banx, | 0:37:41 | 0:37:45 | |
a well-known musician in the Caribbean. | 0:37:45 | 0:37:47 | |
This is my brother, Bankie Banx. | 0:37:49 | 0:37:52 | |
Linda and Bankie both attended the secondary school next door. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
Wow! | 0:37:57 | 0:37:59 | |
Its storm-damaged buildings are now being demolished. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:01 | |
It's very strange look over there and don't see the old school. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
I guess there are many reasons for these hurricanes. | 0:38:12 | 0:38:15 | |
We don't know why they come. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
Changes our lives drastically and like... | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
..you can wake up one day and... | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
Yeah. My God. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:27 | |
Lots and lots of memories. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:35 | |
Lots and lots of memories. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:37 | |
Mm. | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
Bankie's own house has been severely damaged | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
and he's been staying with his sister. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
He's written a new song to mark the hurricane. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:53 | |
# It ain't easy | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
# But it's all right | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
# It ain't easy, we made it through the night | 0:39:01 | 0:39:05 | |
# It ain't easy | 0:39:05 | 0:39:07 | |
# But it's all right | 0:39:07 | 0:39:09 | |
# It ain't easy | 0:39:10 | 0:39:11 | |
# God is on our side. # | 0:39:11 | 0:39:14 | |
You ready? | 0:39:15 | 0:39:16 | |
-ALL JOIN: -# Well, it ain't easy, but it's all right | 0:39:16 | 0:39:21 | |
# It ain't easy, we made it through the night | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
# It ain't easy | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
# But it's all right | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
# It ain't easy, God is on our side. # | 0:39:29 | 0:39:33 | |
-Amen! -Amen! -THEY APPLAUD AND CHEER | 0:39:35 | 0:39:38 | |
Simone has been returning to Sandy Island, | 0:39:48 | 0:39:51 | |
where tourists once sipped rum under 20 foot palm trees. | 0:39:51 | 0:39:55 | |
I'm just nestling the seedling into the sand. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
And I don't want to do it too deep, | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
because I still want the nut to be able to get some sun | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
and some moisture. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:07 | |
But if I do it too shallow, then the wind can blow it away, | 0:40:08 | 0:40:12 | |
because it's very windy now. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:13 | |
This is definitely one of the first steps in bringing Sandy Island back. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
Right now, she's just a sand bar. | 0:40:22 | 0:40:24 | |
Once we can get these to grow, and we can get some seagrass, | 0:40:26 | 0:40:31 | |
then she'll start to take on the semblance of what | 0:40:31 | 0:40:33 | |
she looked like before. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:34 | |
-Grow for mama! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
That's what I tell all of them. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
This is seagrass that we transplanted last week. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:47 | |
As you can see, it's growing nicely. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:49 | |
It's still green. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:50 | |
This one looks like it's struggling a little bit. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:55 | |
These are doing well. We just need to trim them now. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:00 | |
What we're going to have to do is trim all of these branches | 0:41:00 | 0:41:04 | |
that have died, because right now they're just sucking the water | 0:41:04 | 0:41:08 | |
from the leaves that really need it. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:10 | |
And we've got birds. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:11 | |
Once the birds come back, we're good. | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
Because once the birds come, they are going to poop, | 0:41:15 | 0:41:17 | |
and once they poop, that's good because every drop of poop | 0:41:17 | 0:41:20 | |
makes a difference. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:22 | |
That's fertiliser for the plants. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:23 | |
-So, we love it when the birds poop! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
All right. So, who is going in the water? | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
After the disappointment of discovering | 0:41:42 | 0:41:44 | |
that most of Anguilla's turtle nests were destroyed in the hurricane, | 0:41:44 | 0:41:48 | |
Jan and Farrah are looking to assess how the population has fared. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:53 | |
They're attempting to capture turtles in one of their | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
favourite foraging spots. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
We've set the net and our swimmers are swimming around the net | 0:41:58 | 0:42:03 | |
looking for sea turtle. So... | 0:42:03 | 0:42:05 | |
Crossing fingers they find something, but nothing yet. | 0:42:05 | 0:42:08 | |
The encouraging news is that the seagrass on which the turtles graze | 0:42:13 | 0:42:17 | |
is looking healthy after the storm. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:19 | |
And it's not long before the team make a catch. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:27 | |
Turtle! | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
Bring it, bring it. Go, go! | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
It's an adult green turtle. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:32 | |
These ones are actually really important for Anguilla | 0:42:35 | 0:42:38 | |
because we don't have a huge population. | 0:42:38 | 0:42:40 | |
We can't even estimate right now, but definitely fewer than 100. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
So, it's really small. | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
And they are endangered, so we do want to protect everything | 0:42:46 | 0:42:50 | |
that we do have. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:51 | |
A small adolescent soon follows. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:55 | |
We have a little one. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:57 | |
As the team found few nesting sites on the beaches, | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
there was genuine concern that the hurricane might have | 0:43:02 | 0:43:05 | |
driven some of the turtles away from the island. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
We captured five turtles today and all of them were new. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:14 | |
So we hadn't seen or tagged any of them before, | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
which is always a good sign. | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 | |
I don't think they've really been affected too much, | 0:43:22 | 0:43:25 | |
in terms of like sort of the foraging population, anyway. | 0:43:25 | 0:43:28 | |
I don't think they've been affected too much. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:30 | |
Just perhaps more of the nesting population, | 0:43:30 | 0:43:33 | |
which would have needed our beaches. | 0:43:33 | 0:43:35 | |
There they go. | 0:43:42 | 0:43:43 | |
Awesome, good job, guys. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:47 | |
There is a huge sense of relief that we still have turtles here, | 0:43:49 | 0:43:52 | |
that their habitats, their seagrass beds are still OK. | 0:43:52 | 0:43:56 | |
Cos at least we know that our foraging population managed | 0:43:56 | 0:43:58 | |
to weather the storm... | 0:43:58 | 0:44:00 | |
..OK. | 0:44:01 | 0:44:02 | |
Here we are. | 0:44:08 | 0:44:09 | |
The governor is returning to the primary school with a response | 0:44:09 | 0:44:12 | |
from Downing Street to ten-year-old Corey Barratt's letter. | 0:44:12 | 0:44:16 | |
Right, here we are. | 0:44:16 | 0:44:17 | |
Corey, you're a very famous young man, | 0:44:20 | 0:44:23 | |
because you write to the Prime Minister | 0:44:23 | 0:44:26 | |
and you actually get a reply. | 0:44:26 | 0:44:27 | |
And it's from the Right Honourable Theresa May, | 0:44:27 | 0:44:31 | |
the Prime Minister. It's got her signature at the bottom. | 0:44:31 | 0:44:34 | |
And it says, "Dear Corey, thank you for writing to me about the impact | 0:44:35 | 0:44:39 | |
"of Hurricane Irma on your home island of Anguilla. | 0:44:39 | 0:44:41 | |
"I was shocked by the scale of the destruction." | 0:44:43 | 0:44:45 | |
There's no firm commitment to Corey's request | 0:44:46 | 0:44:49 | |
for additional funds. | 0:44:49 | 0:44:50 | |
Something that the governor himself will shortly be raising in meetings | 0:44:50 | 0:44:53 | |
with the British government in London. | 0:44:53 | 0:44:55 | |
"The UK Government stands side by side with the people of Anguilla. | 0:44:57 | 0:45:01 | |
We will continue to do all we can to restore the beautiful island | 0:45:01 | 0:45:04 | |
"you call home. Yours sincerely, Theresa May." | 0:45:04 | 0:45:07 | |
-Well done. -APPLAUSE | 0:45:07 | 0:45:09 | |
You're looking a bit shocked there. | 0:45:12 | 0:45:14 | |
Do you need to sit down? | 0:45:14 | 0:45:16 | |
Without further financial support from Britain, | 0:45:17 | 0:45:20 | |
Anguilla will struggle to get over the devastating effects | 0:45:20 | 0:45:23 | |
of Hurricane Irma. | 0:45:23 | 0:45:25 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah | 0:45:25 | 0:45:31 | |
# Glory, glory, hallelujah | 0:45:31 | 0:45:35 | |
# His truth is marching on. # | 0:45:35 | 0:45:41 | |
How many of you like me have been angry with Irma? | 0:45:43 | 0:45:47 | |
Hmm? Why? | 0:45:47 | 0:45:48 | |
Have you asked that question? | 0:45:48 | 0:45:50 | |
When the tourism industry was just picking up, right? | 0:45:50 | 0:45:54 | |
It wasn't just picking up, | 0:45:54 | 0:45:55 | |
weren't we looking forward to a rambunctious season? | 0:45:55 | 0:45:58 | |
-CONGREGATION: -Yes. -Mmm. | 0:45:58 | 0:45:59 | |
Linda is trying to lift the spirits of her fellow parishioners. | 0:45:59 | 0:46:02 | |
It ain't easy. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:05 | |
But it's going to be all right. | 0:46:05 | 0:46:07 | |
It ain't easy, but we made it through the night. | 0:46:08 | 0:46:11 | |
It ain't easy, but it's going to be all right | 0:46:12 | 0:46:15 | |
because God is on our side. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:17 | |
How many of you agree with that sentiment? | 0:46:17 | 0:46:19 | |
Let me see the hands of those who agree that it ain't easy. | 0:46:19 | 0:46:23 | |
It's not been easy over the past few weeks. | 0:46:23 | 0:46:25 | |
It's not been easy. | 0:46:25 | 0:46:27 | |
# Amazing Grace | 0:46:29 | 0:46:34 | |
# How sweet the sound | 0:46:34 | 0:46:39 | |
# That saved a wretch like me | 0:46:39 | 0:46:46 | |
# I once was lost | 0:46:48 | 0:46:53 | |
# But now am found. # | 0:46:53 | 0:46:57 | |
You're locked in here to the voice of joy destination station, | 0:47:01 | 0:47:04 | |
Radio Anguilla. It is a beautiful day here in Rainbow City. | 0:47:04 | 0:47:07 | |
Businesses up and running. Most of us have electricity. | 0:47:07 | 0:47:10 | |
And we're just looking forward to Christmas, baby. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:12 | |
It's going to be a beautiful, beautiful Christmas. | 0:47:12 | 0:47:14 | |
Oh, gosh, I can just feel it. | 0:47:14 | 0:47:15 | |
I can just feel the Christmas vibes in the air. | 0:47:15 | 0:47:18 | |
Now, three months after Irma, | 0:47:22 | 0:47:25 | |
Anguilla is returning to normal, gradually. | 0:47:25 | 0:47:28 | |
Matter of fact, in some regards, it's going to be better because | 0:47:29 | 0:47:33 | |
some of the houses that were blown down by the hurricane | 0:47:33 | 0:47:36 | |
were either old or the construction was not up to standard. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:41 | |
And so, people are building more substantial buildings now, | 0:47:41 | 0:47:44 | |
and we know that Anguilla will be all the better for it. | 0:47:44 | 0:47:48 | |
The previous roof was just a wooden structure with an aluminium roof | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
on top. | 0:47:54 | 0:47:55 | |
And with some four by four stays that were holding it up. | 0:47:55 | 0:47:59 | |
And the four by fours were literally lifted off the ground | 0:47:59 | 0:48:02 | |
and went with the wind. | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
So we put these walls in to create the support for the concrete roof. | 0:48:04 | 0:48:08 | |
That will not be able to lift off so easily with a hurricane. | 0:48:08 | 0:48:11 | |
A shortage of building materials has dashed Will's hopes of reopening | 0:48:12 | 0:48:16 | |
his hotel for the all-important Christmas holiday season. | 0:48:16 | 0:48:19 | |
He's still not had an insurance pay-out. | 0:48:21 | 0:48:23 | |
So far, for all the work we've done, | 0:48:24 | 0:48:26 | |
we have been paying out of our own pockets, directly. | 0:48:26 | 0:48:30 | |
The hotel doesn't have any resolves left. | 0:48:30 | 0:48:33 | |
It might look as if it's a losing battle, but you just | 0:48:33 | 0:48:35 | |
can't give it up, you know. We have put so much into it already | 0:48:35 | 0:48:38 | |
over the years. You can't just abandon it right now, | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
no matter what you think. My family will not give it up so easily. | 0:48:41 | 0:48:44 | |
Sacrifices will be made and we have to make it. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
Fully restoring the island to what it used to be will take years | 0:48:49 | 0:48:53 | |
and require funds that Anguilla on its own will struggle to raise. | 0:48:53 | 0:48:58 | |
Thanks very much for coming in. | 0:48:58 | 0:49:01 | |
Governor Tim Foy and the island's chief minister, Victor Banks, | 0:49:01 | 0:49:06 | |
Linda's older brother, have just returned from urgent meetings | 0:49:06 | 0:49:09 | |
with the British government in London. | 0:49:09 | 0:49:11 | |
We made sure that they knew exactly what our priorities were, | 0:49:13 | 0:49:18 | |
exactly what the strategy was to engage the British government | 0:49:18 | 0:49:23 | |
in ensuring that we got as much support as possible. | 0:49:23 | 0:49:25 | |
It's really good news for us because we were able to secure £60 million | 0:49:26 | 0:49:31 | |
worth of grant support for the reconstruction and rehabilitation | 0:49:31 | 0:49:34 | |
of Anguilla after Hurricane Irma, | 0:49:34 | 0:49:36 | |
which is a heck of a lot of money for Anguilla. | 0:49:36 | 0:49:38 | |
It'll really help us to get all of our schools | 0:49:38 | 0:49:40 | |
and our health facilities back up, | 0:49:40 | 0:49:42 | |
complete the work we've been doing on the airport | 0:49:42 | 0:49:44 | |
to get access back into the island. | 0:49:44 | 0:49:46 | |
OK. | 0:49:54 | 0:49:55 | |
There we go. Third time lucky. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:03 | |
At the airport, the British government has provided | 0:50:05 | 0:50:07 | |
Mr B with a temporary air-traffic control tower. | 0:50:07 | 0:50:10 | |
Me and my brand-new hips are getting used to these stairs now. | 0:50:12 | 0:50:15 | |
Come into Alaska south. | 0:50:20 | 0:50:21 | |
Because of the equipment, the air conditioning has to be kept on. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:28 | |
So, as a consequence... | 0:50:28 | 0:50:30 | |
..the controllers have to wear this. | 0:50:31 | 0:50:33 | |
It's very cold in here, so we have to bulk up. | 0:50:36 | 0:50:39 | |
And you can see, we've got a couple of jets in now. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
Cleared for take-off. Seven degrees at 12 noughts. | 0:50:45 | 0:50:49 | |
Since the tower was installed, flights have increased. | 0:50:49 | 0:50:52 | |
Private jets like to go where there's air-traffic control services | 0:50:54 | 0:50:58 | |
and so that's made a big difference. | 0:50:58 | 0:51:01 | |
One of those jets coming in for every day they're here | 0:51:01 | 0:51:03 | |
represents a lot of money being spent on the island. | 0:51:03 | 0:51:06 | |
A full ferry timetable is also back up and running. | 0:51:09 | 0:51:12 | |
You can't get a better picture than that, can you? | 0:51:13 | 0:51:15 | |
We are getting a steady trickle of tourists. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:21 | |
It's less than it would have been on a normal year, but I have to say, | 0:51:21 | 0:51:25 | |
it's a lot better than we all anticipated | 0:51:25 | 0:51:28 | |
the day when we all woke up after Irma. | 0:51:28 | 0:51:30 | |
But this is... You know, it's quite an encouraging situation | 0:51:31 | 0:51:34 | |
still because so many people come here | 0:51:34 | 0:51:37 | |
on repeat trade, it's word of mouth. | 0:51:37 | 0:51:39 | |
So the best that we can do to make 2017 as good, and to demonstrate | 0:51:39 | 0:51:45 | |
and project Anguilla out, | 0:51:45 | 0:51:47 | |
it's critical not just for this year but for 2018 and onwards, | 0:51:47 | 0:51:51 | |
and I think it's one of the top destinations in the world, | 0:51:51 | 0:51:54 | |
but I'm biased. | 0:51:54 | 0:51:55 | |
Power has been restored to large parts of the island. | 0:51:58 | 0:52:01 | |
Which means that Mr B is no longer sleeping on a sofa | 0:52:02 | 0:52:05 | |
in the airport maintenance shed. | 0:52:05 | 0:52:07 | |
You know, it's only when you lose electricity | 0:52:09 | 0:52:13 | |
that you really miss it. | 0:52:13 | 0:52:14 | |
It's Neville Connor's 68th birthday. | 0:52:25 | 0:52:28 | |
Got to take really good care of this cake. | 0:52:28 | 0:52:30 | |
And to mark the occasion, along with the first steps in the | 0:52:30 | 0:52:33 | |
regeneration of Sandy Island, | 0:52:33 | 0:52:35 | |
family and friends have come together for a celebration. | 0:52:35 | 0:52:38 | |
This feels so wonderful. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:41 | |
This is awesome. | 0:52:43 | 0:52:44 | |
To realise this day is, like, momentous, it's monumental for us. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:49 | |
It's fabulous. | 0:52:49 | 0:52:51 | |
Welcome, Gino. Thanks for coming. | 0:52:52 | 0:52:54 | |
It's the first time that visitors have set foot on the island | 0:52:54 | 0:52:57 | |
since the hurricane. | 0:52:57 | 0:52:58 | |
Welcome to the new Sandy Island, Father Hodge. | 0:52:58 | 0:53:02 | |
Is there anything here to be eaten? | 0:53:02 | 0:53:03 | |
-Yes, there is lots of things to be eaten. -OK. | 0:53:03 | 0:53:05 | |
-Right over there, on the far end. -Yes. | 0:53:05 | 0:53:07 | |
It's not the Sandy Island of before, but for Simone and her father | 0:53:09 | 0:53:13 | |
today is an important step forward. | 0:53:13 | 0:53:15 | |
You have to start. Once we start, then we will finish. | 0:53:17 | 0:53:19 | |
If you never start, you never finish. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:22 | |
And so what better time to start than on the occasion of | 0:53:22 | 0:53:25 | |
my father's birthday when he starts another chapter in his life. | 0:53:25 | 0:53:29 | |
It's going to be an emotional day, for sure. | 0:53:30 | 0:53:33 | |
It's all about new challenges, new beginnings. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:37 | |
Measuring tape. | 0:53:37 | 0:53:39 | |
On the mainland, Jan is checking turtle nests buried after the storm. | 0:53:39 | 0:53:43 | |
So, we've just found a sea turtle nest, | 0:53:45 | 0:53:49 | |
and it was successful. | 0:53:49 | 0:53:51 | |
And so, what we're doing right now is just measuring the... | 0:53:51 | 0:53:54 | |
..distance from the top of the nest. | 0:53:55 | 0:53:58 | |
These eggs have actually hatched. | 0:54:00 | 0:54:03 | |
And these, we know what species they are just from the eggs. | 0:54:03 | 0:54:08 | |
And we know that this is a hawksbill. | 0:54:08 | 0:54:10 | |
Oh, there you go. So these guys just found a little hatchling. | 0:54:13 | 0:54:17 | |
It's like a little baby. | 0:54:21 | 0:54:23 | |
Oh, my goodness! You can see the smile on my face, right? | 0:54:25 | 0:54:28 | |
I'm so excited. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:30 | |
So excited. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:31 | |
He's ready to go. | 0:54:33 | 0:54:34 | |
So, it is extremely, extremely important for a sea turtle, | 0:54:40 | 0:54:44 | |
the hatchlings, to make their own way down to the beach. | 0:54:44 | 0:54:47 | |
Before Irma, all of this rocky beach was actually sand. | 0:54:47 | 0:54:51 | |
So we just brought it a little closer so that it can make | 0:54:51 | 0:54:53 | |
its own way down. | 0:54:53 | 0:54:55 | |
So we're going to just let it walk. | 0:54:55 | 0:54:57 | |
The critically endangered hawksbill turtles are known to return | 0:55:01 | 0:55:04 | |
to the same beach where they were born, | 0:55:04 | 0:55:07 | |
often more than 20 years later, to lay their own eggs. | 0:55:07 | 0:55:10 | |
It's a wonder that they even survive. | 0:55:12 | 0:55:14 | |
It's amazing. It's amazing just how strong and just resilient | 0:55:14 | 0:55:19 | |
they are, I think. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:20 | |
Life has always been perilous for these turtles. | 0:55:21 | 0:55:24 | |
Only one or two in a thousand will make it to adulthood. | 0:55:24 | 0:55:28 | |
And with rising sea temperatures, | 0:55:28 | 0:55:30 | |
and the trend for more violent storms predicted to continue, | 0:55:30 | 0:55:34 | |
survival has become even more challenging. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:36 | |
JAN LAUGHS | 0:55:41 | 0:55:43 | |
And there he is. He's off. | 0:55:49 | 0:55:50 | |
Good luck! | 0:55:52 | 0:55:53 | |
We're here at Sandy Island, | 0:56:05 | 0:56:07 | |
on the southern end of the little island now. | 0:56:07 | 0:56:10 | |
So, we are going to ask God's blessing on it, | 0:56:10 | 0:56:12 | |
that he will protect it from all the harm and danger in the future. | 0:56:12 | 0:56:16 | |
God the father, God the son, God the holy spirit, | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
bless this place in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. | 0:56:20 | 0:56:25 | |
Amen. | 0:56:25 | 0:56:26 | |
Now, we move to another place for another blessing. | 0:56:26 | 0:56:31 | |
OK? So we cover all the points. | 0:56:31 | 0:56:33 | |
Father Hodge is blessing Sandy Island... | 0:56:34 | 0:56:37 | |
We bless this place in the name of the father, | 0:56:37 | 0:56:39 | |
the son and the holy spirit. | 0:56:39 | 0:56:40 | |
Amen. Over here. | 0:56:42 | 0:56:44 | |
..at every point on the compass. | 0:56:44 | 0:56:46 | |
Bless this place in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit. | 0:56:46 | 0:56:51 | |
Amen. We go, we do the point down there and then we do the middle. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:55 | |
Anguilla is only at the beginning of the rebuilding process. | 0:56:55 | 0:57:00 | |
We bless this place in the name of the father, | 0:57:00 | 0:57:02 | |
of the son and of the holy spirit. Amen. | 0:57:02 | 0:57:06 | |
It will take many years and many challenges | 0:57:06 | 0:57:09 | |
to undo Irma's destruction. | 0:57:09 | 0:57:11 | |
We bless this place in the name of the father, | 0:57:11 | 0:57:14 | |
the son and the holy spirit. | 0:57:14 | 0:57:16 | |
And pray God's protection on it from any harm and danger | 0:57:16 | 0:57:19 | |
in the future. | 0:57:19 | 0:57:21 | |
In Christ our lord, amen. | 0:57:21 | 0:57:23 | |
OK? I did what I could. It's now in the hands of the lord. | 0:57:25 | 0:57:28 | |
The threat from future hurricanes is always present, | 0:57:32 | 0:57:36 | |
but the spirit and faith of the islanders remain undimmed. | 0:57:36 | 0:57:40 | |
Hurricane Irma, unfortunately, had the upper hand on us. | 0:57:42 | 0:57:45 | |
But guess what, Anguillans are resilient | 0:57:45 | 0:57:48 | |
Anguillans are innovative, Anguillans are creative. | 0:57:48 | 0:57:52 | |
We've learned to make do from nothing, | 0:57:52 | 0:57:54 | |
and so we are rising like a phoenix from the dust right now. | 0:57:54 | 0:57:58 | |
Anguilla will come back stronger and better | 0:57:58 | 0:58:01 | |
because we Anguillans are proud, strong and free. | 0:58:01 | 0:58:05 | |
-BANKIE BANX: -# It ain't easy, but it's all right | 0:58:07 | 0:58:11 | |
# It ain't easy, but God is on our side. # | 0:58:11 | 0:58:14 |