And this is the way it is on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, where a trip for liquor, lightbulbs and toilet paper might eat up most of a day. Hermine had just thundered through, power out three days, when Hurricane Matthew bore down. Haiti faces fresh cholera outbreak after Hurricane Matthew, aid agencies fear Read moreDaufuskie, three by five miles, 14 miles by water from the nearest traffic light. It’s about halfway between New York and Miami and the real estate wizards figured to make it the Martha’s Vineyard of the south. You might have thought the Day of Judgment was upon us, a mighty howling in the heavens and a shaking of the firmament, the thunder of falling trees.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2016 11:32 UTC