Supplies Flown To Hurricane Victims
Virgin Islands - Planes flew pre-packaged meals, ice and other supplies into St. Thomas by the ton Monday, part of an effort to relieve residents whose lives and homes were jolted by Hurricane Marilyn.
C-130 military cargo planes thundered onto the airstrip at St. Thomas, beginning the full relief effort six years to the day after Hurricane Hugo ravaged the Caribbean. The island’s 51,000 residents lost water, electricity and telephone service when Marilyn struck Saturday.
National Guard troops and police directed traffic in Charlotte Amalie, the islands’ capital, where long lines formed at gasoline stations.
The drive from the airport to the resort of Frenchman’s Reef, normally a 15-minute trip, took 45 minutes Monday.
In the interior, workers cleared roads of power lines and utility poles.