Karl Froyd and his wife, Deb Quick, scientists who live in Louisville, spent their holidays diving in the Caribbean nation of Dominica. But it wasn’t to study the ocean life.
Instead, Froyd and Quick worked as part of a small team hauling out corrugated roofing and other refuse that had been cast upon the ocean reefs by the catastrophic Hurricane Maria. The eye of that storm passed over the island late the night of Sept. 18 just after reaching Category 5 strength, boasting sustained winds of 160 mph.
The storm defoliated nearly all of Dominica’s vegetation, damaged the roofs of nearly 100 percent of its buildings, killed dozens and wiped out its agricultural sector, ravaging out its banana and tuber plantations, as well as a large portion of its livestock and farm equipment.
Problem, what will be done with all the scrap once it is collected? Plastic corrugated roofing material that was blown around etc.? Is there a way to dispose of it like re-cycle? Burying it will cause an environmental problem. Is there a country that it can be exported too for recycling? This is a major problem, what to do with the waste caused by the Hurricane. Is there a way to cut up all the downed trees into useable lumber or shredded up into mulch that could be exported for landscaping? Are there enough saw mills on Dominica to accomplish a task like this.
A big than you all those who help our small place,wonderful work but Dominicans need to help more instead of waiting for Skerrett to do for them and bribe them into voting for him come election time. No talk of international airport come election, he will start to fix things inearnest come election time and make them people thank they getting something.
on behalf of all Dominicans thank you
meanwhile in Dominica we still waiting on government to clean up for us
thank you good samaritans
That’s wonderful news!
We plan to do our part in Roseau and Soufriere also
Great Job!……..