Facing Hurricane Earl in St.Thomas « Liveshots

 

ST THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands-- The wind did not just howl, as is often described, but was louder and more intense--a freight train of noise. Big, thunderous, ascending.
It was Monday night when Earl, then a Category 4 hurricane, neared the Carribean island of St. Thomas-- the small American territory, just 75 miles East of Puerto Rico. I had never covered a ...