Treasure Cay Dorian 10 

Thank you. Amazing job. My family started staying in the villas in 1970, and then were among the first to buy into Mariners Cove. The rest of the peninsula was almost all vacant. Stayed for over 20 years, and have many beautiful memories of this place. I'm so sad for all of the residents, and wildlife. You are all in my prayers.

Apologies to all that didn't get to what they were looking for. It was an overwhelming experience in which the sole purpose was to provide Aid to those in need. Bahamians and Hatians alike. The sense of unity amongst the Treasure Cay community that experienced these this horrific experience brought tears to my eyes on multiple occasions. Bahamians and Haitians are stronger and kinder than I thought anyone could be. They will recover however the road will be long and hard. At this moment it is full of questions and completely void of answers. They have been left with the shirt on their back and a few items they were able to salvage that have an indescribable odor. No more than fits in backpacks and garbage bags. The destruction is widespread and catastrophic. Unfortunately due to a ton of false information we were not in Treasure long. We planned to do multiple trips however after seeing the scale of the situation we thought that it was better to regroup. We took off island (to Nassau) several Bahamian friends. While keeping an eye on the boats I was able to use the drone. I was not able to make it further inland with the drone. I didn't feel comfortable flying higher than 100' or too far away. There were times where it wasn't safe to fly due to the helicopter landing or flying over. There were also small aircraft doing recon. There were military, relief, chef Jose Andres with meals, coastguard) I imagine a lot more footage will be coming out in the next few days. I will be returning with more aid and the needs of the few that are staying behind. At that time I will get more footage the rest of Treasure cay. I really am sorry I couldn't give you a bit of an idea about your properties. I tell you with regret that it highly doubtful that they survived. I'll just say, it's indescribable and even the video does not do anything close to giving you a real sense of the disaster on the ground. I can say that when or if you go ( which I don't advise to do anytime soon aside from to provide aid) it will sink in that that it's so much more than property that was destroyed. A paradise that so many enjoyed seasonly, love, and may have even called home is completely destroyed.And I emphasize completely. Island life isn't as easy as most think, though many of us understand that it's not filled with daily island hopping, drinking, fishing, diving it can be taken for granted. It's about finding and making the most out of the few opportunities that they had and then enjoying the paradise they call home. Generations of hard work, blood, sweat, tears, laughter, failure and success has been wiped off the face of the earth. It heartbreaking to see the long hard work, the hopes, and dreams throughout the local population that enabled them to open businesses and lead simple happy lifes in a paradise setting destroyed. They have been left with little hope, a government that has left them one their own. The glimmer of hope that I was left with is I saw a resilience in the population and something else that can be summed up by a tattoo on the back of a Bahamian that many of you know and love. " The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and also controversy." The Bahamian/Haitian men, women, and children surpass all measures. Apologies for any spelling or grammatical errors

These are the best videos I have seen of the situation of TC. It is, however, beyond anything words can accurately describe. Thank you for making and posting these. Blessings for the days ahead.

Thank you so much for posting the drone footage.

Thanks for posting what you have. As others have said, I cannot put into words what I feel. Your video really puts a lot of things in perspective.

Hello Jonathan, are you in the Bahamas?

Sad for your losses , but I remember this sweet island before all those ugly private concrete sea walls And over building, Mother Nature is the boss “ the repo lady !

Were you able to get any video of the houses near Treasure Sands restaurant? Anything on that part of the beach???

Thank you for posting. Any plans for footage of Brigantine Beach out to the point?

hi good job can we see airport and nicloues lower boat yard

Freeze the video at time -1:15. Seems like the guy making the video tried to keep from videoing this house. The house doesn't have the slightest damage, the debris has been removed from the yard and the yard is a beautiful shade of green which means that he's watered it. Meanwhile the rest of the island is in shambles.