Villa Carinya

11/12/2017

The barge is here to clean up Teague Bay and remove all sunken and beached boats!

24/09/2017

20/09/2017

The eye of CAT 5 Hurrican Maria is closing in on St. Croix.

19/09/2017

Here we go again. CAT 5 Hurricane Maria full impact ETA 7hrs 59 min. All boarded up, hoping for the best.

14/09/2017

https://twitter.com/PlayersTribune/status/906958626983739392/video/1

“Tim Duncan is asking for your help for the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands to steadily rebuild their lives: https://t.co/AnVho3mnq6 https://t.co/o3eogGduBa”

12/09/2017

Here's a good summary of the relief effort.

Hurricane Irma came through the Caribbean and wreaked havoc on the Virgin Islands, but the island community has pulled together miraculous relief efforts!

12/09/2017

As Irma batters Florida, the storm's earliest American victims fear they will be forgotten by the mainland. Largely reduced to wreckage, the U.S. territory is now struggling to pick up the pieces.

12/09/2017

Tim Duncan's fundraising campaign for relief for our sister islands is going strong! Still time to contribute! 👍🌴🌞

I was 13 years old when Hurricane Hugo ripped through my home town in the Virgin Islands, and had my life and community forever changed. I know exactly what kind of devastation a hurricane of this magnitude can cause and want to do all I can to aid in the relief efforts for the islanders. With...

10/09/2017

As Hurricane Irma moves on so does the media coverage. It seems like the news outlets always cover the front end of storm systems, paying little attention to the aftermath. Looking back at Irma, St. Croix was incredibly lucky sustaining relatively minor damage. Unfortunately, our sister islands St. Thomas, St. Johan and the BVIs have been decimated with heavy damage. Entire communities have been destroyed. St. Croix has become a natural staging area for the relief effort, which has prompted a flotilla of vessels bringing supplies to St. Thomas and St. John and bringing victims back. Right now people are on the ground, clearing roads to get to remote communities, assessing injuries and damage to basic infrastructure. The St. Croix community has come together funneling water, food, medicine, fuel, batteries, chainsaws, blankets and other supplies that is, as I write this, on its way across the straight to our sister Islands. You can help too, by donating to the cause. Every little contribution helps. Thank you in advance! The article below is written by Tim Duncan, formerly in the NBA, who grew up on St. Croix. There's a link to his fundraising campaign in the article, seeded with a personal $250,000 contribution by Duncan.

I don’t use Twitter. I don’t have a Facebook. I’m a little out of my comfort zone. But here I am, talking right to you, asking you for a favor.

09/09/2017

Beautiful sunset over Teague Bay with hurricane Irma battered palm trees. Hard to believe that category 4 hurricane Jose is only 220 miles away. Thankfully heading away from us.

06/09/2017

The most powerful hurricane on record in the Atlantic basin, as seen from space.