Barbuda Has To Completely Rebuild After Hurricane Irma (HBO)

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6 жыл бұрын

When Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda, it left the Caribbean island uninhabitable and, just two days later, deserted for the first time in 300 years.
Nearly every one of the almost 2,000 Barbudans was forced to evacuate. Many are still in Antigua, Barbuda’s much more developed and richer sister island. There they live with friends, family or in a number of refugee camps that dot the island.
Now Barbuda doesn’t just face rebuilding-it will likely have to completely remake itself. Up until now the island has remained largely untouched, thanks to quirky rules about land ownership that date back to the end of slavery. They've kept it green, but also prevented it from developing a sustainable economy. Without enough money coming from within or abroad, the rebuilding process is barely inching along.
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@geraldsoria1764 6 жыл бұрын

Hawaii used to have a law similar to barbuda before the annexation; that all native hawaiian land belongs to the people and cannot be bought or privatized. But when that land was redistributed during the great mahele the some lands were privatized by wealthy owners and later became powerful sugar/pineapple magnates. They then later overthrew the monarchy and its queen and had it annexed as a territory. In short land being shared amongst everyone is a very moral ideal but is vulnerable to corruption from outside forces.

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

That's what they are trying to do.

@SydneeLoveee 6 жыл бұрын

All the celebrities need to get together and donate they could have 200 million in no time

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

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@TheModernInvestor 6 жыл бұрын

And it's insane to think that there are people who still don't understand global warming and the effects it's having on the planet

@MineCrafterCity 6 жыл бұрын

The Modern Investor Omg it was just a hurricane shuttt uppp

@muhammadfirdaus8797 6 жыл бұрын

The Modern Investor Global warming is a misnomer. It's actually climate change caused by human action. But I get your point. It's incredibly infuriating to see people denying climate change or saying it's because of natural causes or it's the work of god. I mean really? How much longer will you deny climate change, until everything has gone to shit? It's mind boggling that there are people like this.

@muhammadfirdaus8797 6 жыл бұрын

MineCrafterCity There were THREE major hurricanes that occurred near America in the span of just a month. That doesn't happen naturally so something must be affecting the regularity and intensity of these storms, and climate change is at the center of it. Just because you don't like it does not mean it's not a fact. Things are not going to change if you keep denying it.

@panchothemonkey 6 жыл бұрын

Hurricanes have hit that island for thousands of years only people didn't live on them until just recently and there wasn't 24 hours of news covering it.

@I41535D 6 жыл бұрын

Nope More like control weather, but sure I’m crazy, right right keep watching tv and actors that always address global warming

@mzoosormzeus6037 6 жыл бұрын

Sad to see that this gets no attention :’(

@NikonChicFL 6 жыл бұрын

Mzoos Or Mzeus yeah right it's insane. Even with Robert DeNiro mentioning about it still no attention.

@theragingjamaican1113 6 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna share this and donate if I can. I urge you guys to do the same.

@MineCrafterCity 6 жыл бұрын

No attention? Its getting plenty in the Netherlands.

@mzoosormzeus6037 6 жыл бұрын

MineCrafterCity well I live in the east United States, and haven’t heard a thing about this until now.

@repairdrive 6 жыл бұрын

I want them to have their own land but it feels like a losing battle with global sea rise 🤔

@GlenCychosz 6 жыл бұрын

7 inches of sea level rise in the last 100 years.

@Juunkiie 6 жыл бұрын

"The annual rate of rise over the past 20 years has been 0.13 inches (3.2 millimeters) a year, roughly twice the average speed of the preceding 80 years."

@GlenCychosz 6 жыл бұрын

It fluctuates with an average of 7 inches every 100 years. With your numbers 0.13 inches X 100 is 13 inches in 100 years. That is not exactly quickly rising. Sea level has been rising for the last 20,000 years. climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/sea-level/

@Juunkiie 6 жыл бұрын

Glen Cychosz oh god, u are one of them arent you? The global warming deniers.

@GlenCychosz 6 жыл бұрын

dinkmeister Where is the part where I denied anything? Is NASA not a good source for you?

@2000_bms 6 жыл бұрын

2:40 "I ain't running no giant welfare island over there" > My sides

@Lifebydesignvlogs 6 жыл бұрын

Take ur time to rebuild.. Repeat after me DO NOT barrow any money from any international company

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@Antonov15 6 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Cayman Islands and most every house here is made from reinforced concrete, I never understood why no other country does this on a scale we do, especially in the West Indies or Tornado alley in the US.

@Burlymon 6 жыл бұрын

Antony Powell who says no other island does that? All islands do or at least they're supposed to. The Caribbean Uniform Building code requires it. However when you have a poor country that residents can't afford or don't have access to the materials, how can you? Then you have back to back to back hurricanes that are strong and bigger than ever before, what structure can stop it?

@dertychurchtablet3101 6 жыл бұрын

The florida keys is why, big money research... I have a question, where do you think theyre going to get all that heavy duty concrete, it would have to be imported by diesel boats from south miami or the keys.. too costly for most islanders man. All they have to export is crops and music out of 2000 or so people, not going to work for them. Their main income is tourists and now thats ruined for years also

@ryanwhite. 6 жыл бұрын

Bermuda and BVI has them as well, the wealthy Caribbean islands.

@TheBic4 6 жыл бұрын

Antony Powell because the caymans is where all the rich Europeans go to store money offshore or go vacation. Barbuda has none of that, same with Jamaica or Haiti.

@Lando-kx6so 5 жыл бұрын

Tons of rich foreigners vacation in Jamaica & most of our homes are reinforced (which is why when big hurricanes hit us nobody really gets killed) what are you talking about ?

@Lolaleeeelalol 6 жыл бұрын

Just don't borrow from the IMF

@Psillytripper 6 жыл бұрын

Naa Jamaican Sparklin Xylvr but thats what they will try and get them to do

@EternallyGod 6 жыл бұрын

You are quite smart right!?!?!?! You cant borrow if you cant repay....that isnt borrowing....that is taking someones money. The leader has said that the country has NO INCOME, so it cannot repay ANYTHING.

@Lolaleeeelalol 6 жыл бұрын

Kirk Wilson have you gotten all your anger out?? I wasn't saying anything bad about the fucking island

@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 6 жыл бұрын

You are right in that it's better not to be BEHOLDEN to the IMF. That's like owing money to the mob. But worse.

@danielmercedes639 6 жыл бұрын

When you getting money you have to learn how to get money with others. I get it tho, Barbudans don’t want to be exploited. But some privatization isn’t awful just gotta do it right, just make it so the State and the community owns shares in the private companies that do business there. Nowhere to go but up from here.

@lucasrendon4182 6 жыл бұрын

Just lost my house in the NorCal fires im in the same boat man

@sergiodelburquevelasquez5666 6 жыл бұрын

Lucas Rendon: dam I’m sorry to read that. Those fires look insane. I hope you and your fam are ok.

@lucasrendon4182 6 жыл бұрын

Yea if Vice need anyone to interview for that im the man lol

@lucasrendon4182 6 жыл бұрын

Sergio Velasquez were all ok lost my cat and everything i own tho

@MrKh4Ot1k 6 жыл бұрын

Lucas Rendon if you have your family, then you are still rich!

@aus-li 6 жыл бұрын

MrKh4Ot1k But he lost his cat...

@kaystarlo 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for reporting on this

@sliferxxxx 4 жыл бұрын

I understand where the Barbudans are coming from. It's like people in Europe who don't want all these foreigners coming in screwing up their culture. Maybe do like what they've done in st kitts nevis. Similar two island state but I believe nevis has it's own internal government. Also, st kitts is much more developed than its smaller sibling . Nevis I believe has a few small hotels etc , enough businesses etc to generate their own capital. Just my .02

@pabss3193 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my God, my brothers Colin and Bravo on Vice!!!! Best engineers ever!!

@jamessullivan4934 6 жыл бұрын

What can we do to help our ppl in the Caribbean?

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

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@thuff1947 6 жыл бұрын

Check out the channel Adrienne and Matt gone Caribbean. They have posted a few videos on how easy it is to send care packages to families.

@joshualewis8077 6 жыл бұрын

I'm from Antigua

@aydentonge1106 6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Lewis me too.

@obediencefrank6909 6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Lewis me too and it's real sad to see what our prime minister is doing to these ppl.....

@efficientmoves6670 3 жыл бұрын

@@obediencefrank6909 what did he do

@handmethathammeryoulame9693 6 жыл бұрын

Starting afresh sounds amazing. They don't know how lucky they are.

@ryanking7532 6 жыл бұрын

HandMeThatHammer YouLame yup those mud houses gonna b lit until that moneys raised

@barbadreadwebber467 6 жыл бұрын

That Gov never care to help Barbuda but now the.outlaws saw $$ signs. . .

@mfvieira89 6 жыл бұрын

Ok, I'm sorry but what's the point of keeping the country a constitutional monarchy if the crown does not lift a finger in times of extreme need? Seriously, Barbuda is a small island, the money used to renovate Buckingham palace would be really useful, for example...

@liamsmith5188 2 жыл бұрын

Queen isn’t responsible tho

@croixs 2 жыл бұрын

@@liamsmith5188 She should be, if she’s going to be our head of state, she has to act like it. If she does not care about our country, then she needs to get OUT.

@liamsmith5188 2 жыл бұрын

@@croixs it would’ve honestly ended up being a better decision, Antigua and Barbuda would be so much more modern

@liamsmith5188 2 жыл бұрын

@@croixs ....she isn't head of state we are independent

@PonchoANS7 6 жыл бұрын

Kinda crazy that they can't get the 20 million needed. That's a drop in the bucket for most countries. If a few wealthy neighbors wanted to, they could just loan them the money.

@bunberrier 6 жыл бұрын

Poncho The leader clearly said in his interview that even if they could borrow the money, the wouldnt be able to pay it back, therefore their borrowing ability is limited.

@Burlymon 6 жыл бұрын

Didn't he say they raised 30 millions out of the 200 they needed?

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

They received about 20 million in donations but the PM was offering loans when I was at one of the meetings. Pure crookery.

@obediencefrank6909 6 жыл бұрын

The prime ministers story is twisted, he needs to get it straight

@LonePigsyAndCub 6 жыл бұрын

Please look into DOME HOMES. They are cheap and are the future for hurricane prone areas.

@elpatron8696 2 жыл бұрын

Go do a follow up n see what it looks like now. People still living in tents

@sonnetthomas682 5 жыл бұрын

Barbuda will rise again.

@red-hat-mike 6 жыл бұрын

moral of the story is... u have to give up something, to get something

@kevincookiemonster 6 жыл бұрын

mean while he lives in a big ass house XD

@EternallyGod 6 жыл бұрын

Every country has that, welcome to today. This isnt 1000 BC.

@Parysk 6 жыл бұрын

they don't pay taxes etc but they expect help

@NaturelDeese 6 жыл бұрын

Helloooooo

@croixs 2 жыл бұрын

@@Parysk Yes, if we were forced to be United with Antigua, then, if you want us to stay part of Antigua, you have to help us. And, even if we don’t pay taxes, the rest of the country does not either, and, it’s common knowledge that the leader of a nation is only a good leader if they actually help their people.

@omega-myrrhalphahoney2307 5 жыл бұрын

id go to make it a self sustained land.. like give to the land and she'll give back to you. go all natural boo, start a trend

@aprilrain9008 6 жыл бұрын

So sad.

@808zhu 6 жыл бұрын

SUSTAINABILITY

@gustavohlff 6 жыл бұрын

ask for help from Odebrecht's Meinl Bank Antigua that uses this country as a tax haven to pay bribes

@LegendNinja41 6 жыл бұрын

i don't get it, why are people want to live there regularly when you have to deal with those hurricanes every few years who wipe out most of the islands ? does it even makes sense to rebuild unless everything is safe against extremly storng hurricanes ? i have so many questions ..

@be28ans 7 ай бұрын

Its there home 🤔 smh

@LegendNinja41 7 ай бұрын

@@be28ans damn, you really replying to comment thats over 6 years old. Now looking back at it, i get it.

@Philllin 6 жыл бұрын

wow their accent sounds like trinidadian....

@Burlymon 6 жыл бұрын

Babyballs no, it doesn't.

@maximeb6662 6 жыл бұрын

Okay

@DeJulius_Caesar 6 жыл бұрын

Wait a second. He somehow tied global gas emissions to a hurricane occurrence frequency? Please... Sure, global warming is real and whatnot, but hurricanes are random. Shit happens, for Caribbean countries more often than other countries. Blame your ancestors for choosing a crappy location. Oh wait a second, they didn't have much choice, did they...

@CookieCutVids 6 жыл бұрын

DeJulius Caesar actually since ocean temperatures are rising hurricanes will be more frequent a more devastating

@devwreck192 6 жыл бұрын

The Prime Minister is exactly right about privatizing to generate wealth to fund the welfare state. Glad he recognizes it's a completely arcane system. Government is not responsible for paying your mortgage or housing you, and you should not expect your government to burden your children with debt to finance what you should be financing yourself. That's your responsibility. Smart man.

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

You don't turn donations into loans. Then cut the people off the land that they are from. It's greed.

@TheTapeandscissors 6 жыл бұрын

Barbuda runs on a land lease system. There's pretty much zero economic benefit privatizing land and you can cite goddam Adam Smith on that. Land is not like any other good at all, no one created it, you can't make more of it, and each piece is unique. Please look up the Physiocrats, JS Mill, and Henry George on this issue. There isn't a classical liberal defense of privatized land ownership, it's straight-up feudalism. Buying land for $10 and turning around and selling it for $100,000 isn't an "investment" gain, it's economic rent (From Ricardo).

@MattBiden 6 жыл бұрын

A hurricane is not a volcano. You will get 10-15 hurricanes almost every year. Just because one makes landfall in the USA doesn't mean global warming is happening.

@ECsponger2 6 жыл бұрын

You're silly

@Burlymon 6 жыл бұрын

Will y'all stop responding to this internet troll who keeps saying the same thing over and over for a reaction. Talking about I've been though three hurricanes. So that makes you an expert I guess.

@Zach-xm5wc 6 жыл бұрын

Are hurricanes correlated with global warming?

@creativeusername6453 6 жыл бұрын

Zach yes

@red-hat-mike 6 жыл бұрын

yes and no; a complicated answer

@panchodelocho9503 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Miguel wrong ur fake news

@MattBiden 6 жыл бұрын

No because I've been in 3 hurricanes. Global warming queens are quiet when hurricane season produces minimal hurricanes. But when they make landfall they screams GLOBAL WARMING. A normal hurricane season produces about 10 hurricanes.

@MattBiden 6 жыл бұрын

Yes and so is patterns. If it happens every year than its normal if it happens again. Hurricanes have been around before the industrial revolution.

@mayspondmogul 6 жыл бұрын

That island has been inhabited by humans for 350 years til today still Dont believe in climate change? I hope the Best for those affected in the carribean!

@jonesderbyshire8787 2 жыл бұрын

Actually 600 years thanks. I’m a Barbudan

@fakku6356 6 жыл бұрын

They're going to have to allowed some of the billionaires to buy the land in to build some Casino and also to build some golf courses and to privatize the beach so that tourists can come and stay also the trillionaires of the United States of America I going to have to come and build their little houses on the island and build their boats Marina to park their boats and do their whole thing and they're going to have people from Europe Italy Germany sweden Swiss and all those fancy countries to buy some of the land to build their resorts that way they can help build the island and they're just going to have to buy the whole Bermuda or I don't know the name of this island but with the help of foreign investors they should be able to recover fast and easy

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

That's not recovery. After these corporation build on this island, they push the people from there out.

@be28ans 7 ай бұрын

Privatize beach? U sound like the Prime minister

@MineCrafterCity 6 жыл бұрын

Soo the money we donate probably wont go to new proper houses as the people dont want that. Oké fine just let them be homeless I really dont care I wont donate a cent.

@scaryfaced1 6 жыл бұрын

You weren't going to donate anyway.

@MineCrafterCity 6 жыл бұрын

scaryfaced1 i already did

@obediencefrank6909 6 жыл бұрын

So who told u the ppl don't want proper housing?

@be28ans 7 ай бұрын

Dont need you

@rurutuM 6 жыл бұрын

1600 population isn't a country.

@JewjewBeed 6 жыл бұрын

Its a country that has not been touched by capitalist snakes because the land belong to those people. It's not chopped up into bits and pieces to China, etc... If it was, then it would be over populated. They own their own land. Permission is needed by the council in Barbudan before any land, project, business is sought out. And because it's set up so this country has historically been sabotaged by the powers that be. This hurricane bought the vultures out because now everyone wants to buy land.

@croixs 2 жыл бұрын

Barbuda isn’t a country, it’s part of the country of Antigua and Barbuda, which has 100,000 people. Remember this is the Caribbean, not whatever random European country you live in.