I had an in-law in my former marriage who lived in Christiansted on St. Croix. She came back right after Hurricane Hugo ripped the island a new one in late 1989 and had a VHS video shot by a college student visiting his parents. One of the most telling scenes on the hour plus long tape was a shot of owners of a grocery store standing on the flat roof of their property after the storm passed. Almost every commercial property on the island was looted by the indigenous descendants of slaves except for this store which was owned by Pakistanis. There were about twelve Paki males on the roof keeping watch with AK 47’s. There was a crowd of din-du’s in the parking lot but they never attempted to breach the building for the free stuff.
Exactly! I go there once in a while, and try to dive with V.I. Divers. They’re in St. Croix near the waterfront — every time a hurricane hits, they get flooded, and then the local riffraff comes in to loot the place. Every time.
I expect that’ll be the case this time — but the British Virgin Islands are going to take the brunt of the storm even more directly.
I guess that’s just the downside of living in “paradise” (with only a hint of sarcasm intended).
That story also brings to mind the LA riots — 5 killed, I think all of them by Korean store owners guarding their shops from the roof with ARs.
Surely this must be a coincidence ?