It's been a little over a week post-Hurricane Lisa, and a lot of residents are still sleeping without a roof, or with walls and fences that were damaged in the storm.
But what about those whose houses were falling apart even before the hurricane?
That's the case of one man whose living conditions can only be described as dire. 60-year-old Glenford Morgan's home was in ruin, and the hurricane came in like a wrecking ball. But as a sick elderly man with no employment opportunities, he has no finances - or strength - to fix it. Most days, he barely has enough to eat.
And now, following the hurricane, he's pleading for assistance to rebuild his home. Courtney Menzies spoke with him today and has this story.
60-year-old Glenford Morgan weathered Hurricane Lisa in his small, dilapidated home, with nothing but a pack of bread to eat. The small plywood house stands on stilts surrounded by garbage, and the inside looks no better. With the exception of a couple of sofa chairs, there is no furniture, just a mattress that has seen better days.
And though he had already had floorboards missing, the hurricane also took his roof, and destroyed some of his possessions, as well as knocked down the trees in his yard, which he cannot move on his own.
And since he is unable to work, he's hoping for some help to get out of his dire situation.
Glenford Morgan, Needs Assistance
"I passed it under pressure. I was home when the weather came and meet me off balance. No finance or anything, no food, one pack bread, but I weathered it out with that and got my roof, my roof blew off in the kitchen, and part of the whole entire house, the zinc is lifting, need some new zinc. Need somebody to repair it because I can't get up there. My mattress and radio got destroyed, clothes got wet up. The house, the plywood blew off from the east side, to the back, and the zinc lifted up. And one of them supposed to blow off. Because it have, you can see it, from here you can see the top and got wet up. Just need a little help if anybody could. The condition the house is very old and I'm a person that can't work, I'm a sick person. Just need some help."
But his goal is to eventually be able to earn a living for himself, like he used to do when he was a cab driver.
Glenford Morgan, Needs Assistance
"I need to seek my own taxi, my own employment, because it's going to be hard to pay people for their car, so I'm trying to get one for myself."
Morgan is pleading for any kind of help, and since he doesn't have a cell phone, his neighbour is taking the calls for him. She can be reached at 632-0919, and Morgan can be found at 73 Guerrero Street.
Again that number is 632-0919.
