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    NATURE’S WRATH

    by Peter Nielsen Oct 10, 2017 2 minutes
    Source: Irma’s massive size is evident as the hurricane approaches the Florida Keys

    It was like some cruel jest of nature: two killer hurricanes sweeping over the eastern Caribbean within two weeks of each other, the second battering the islands the first one missed. Hurricanes Irma and Maria made September 2017 a month that will live long in the collective memories of the Leeward Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and Florida.

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