Here's the Destructive Path Hurricane Irma Is Carving Through the Caribbean Towards Florida [Updating]Category 5 Hurricane Irma, the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic north of the Caribbean and east of Florida, blasted its way through some of the first targets on its route on Wednesday—and the initial outlook is not pretty. Irma has continued to terrify with sustained winds of 1. The storm is still heading northwest along some of the most heavily populated islands it will pass before potentially hitting Florida; behind it, authorities are still assessing damage, rescuing casualties and counting the dead.

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Here’s what we know about Irma’s wake so far. Antigua and Barbuda. According to the New York Times, Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne initially said the islands had braved the storm with significantly less damage than expected, and “I dare to say that no other country in the Caribbean would have been as well prepared as we were.”But Browne, who was on Antigua, did not receive accurate reports from the other island, which turns out to have been devastated.

Later in the day, the prime ministe told reporters he estimates upwards of 9. Barbuda, with a population of roughly 1,6.

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The entire housing stock was damaged,” Browne said. It is just a total devastation. Barbuda is literally a rubble.”Photos of Barbuda show the island essentially wiped of most standing structures and strewn with masses of debris. Per the Times, the damage to Antigua could have been far worse. Watch Looking For Kitty Dailymotion.

Anguilla, St Martin and St Barthélemy. Anguilla, an overseas British territory, the French and Dutch- administered St Martin, and French- administered St Barthélemy are a short stretch northwest of Antigua and Barbuda and were next in line to be slammed. South Florida Caribbean News reported Anguilla had taken a direct hit from Irma but survived largely intact. Local resorts, airports and seaports saw minimal damage, “although many private residences sustained some damage.”Photos posted by 1. Radio Anguilla reporter Nisha Dupuis, who broadcast live through the storm, suggest the damage certainly could have been worse.

According to the BBC, French President Emanuel Macron has warned damage to St Martin and St Barthélemy is major, with deaths expected, and that the path to recovery would be “hard and cruel.” Damage in the Dutch section of St. Martin to the south is also widespread; French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb said Irma had destroyed some of the sturdiest structures on the island.

The airport on the Dutch side had been ripped to shreds in places, while the rest of the Dutch half of the island suffered ravaged towns, power outages and a communications blackout. St. Kitts and Nevis, a small two- island nation to the south, appears to have weathered Irma fairly well. British and US Virgin Islands.

The full extent of damage is unclear, but according to the New York Times, taxi driver Javorn Micheal Fahie of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands said he saw numerous roofs ripped off houses in his neighborhood.“Oh boy,” he told the Times. A lot of wind and rain .. Everything is empty.”Kelsey Nowakowski, who lives in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, told the paper the storm felt “seismic” and “catastrophic.” Video posted by Weather. Nation showed major storm surges, toppled trees and flooded neighborhoods. Another Twitter user posted photos of what appeared to be a Department of Labor building in the area, which was surrounded by ravaged and flooded streets. Puerto Rico. Next in Irma’s path was Puerto Rico; according to NBC meteorologist Bill Karins, the hurricane passed slightly north of the island, and was projected to spare its densely populated capital of San Juan the worst of the storm.

The storm is still lashing Puerto Rico, though it will take some time for the full extent of the damage to become clear. AP reporter Dánica Coto‏ warned some 6. According to CNN, Gov.

Ricardo Rosselló said, “From the center of operations that we have over here in San Juan, there is pretty significant damage already done.”What’s next. After Puerto Rico, Irma is scheduled to continue heading west, putting it on a trajectory to slam the northern Dominican Republic and Haiti, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Cuba, the Bahamas and finally Florida this weekend. The Washington Post warned “the latest computer models show [Irma] aimed at South Florida as if following directions by GPS,” and it seems increasingly likely to hit the state’s tip before turning north and raking the east coast along the Miami- Ft. Lauderdale- West Palm Beach corridor.“That’s extremely bad,” University of Miami senior research associate and Post contributor Brian Mc. Noldy told the paper. That’s basically every East Coast Florida city. This could easily be the most expensive U.

S. storm if this happens.” Per CNN, authorities in Florida are sending mixed messages about whether residents should evacuate before the storm hits later this week. Two nuclear plants in the region, Turkey Point and St. Lucie, are possibly in the direct path of the hurricane, but utility Florida Power & Light insisted to the Miami Herald the facilities were designed to withstand extreme conditions.

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BILL MOYERS. This week on Moyers & Company, the high cost of turning our schools into profit centers. DIANE RAVITCH. In terms of the public coffers there are billions of dollars, but I think what’s at stake is the future of American public education.

I believe it is the foundation stone – one of the foundation stones of our democracy. So an attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

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Charter schools are booming, and controversial. There are now more than 6,0.

They’re publicly funded, but privately run. And whatever you think about the merit of charter schools versus public schools, merit is no longer driving the debate. What’s driving the debate is money. The charter movement is now part of the growing privatization of public education and Wall Street sees an emerging market. Take a look at this piece published last fall on Forbes. Watch Cougar Club Online here. Quote, “…dozens of bankers, hedge fund types and private equity investors…” gathered to discuss “…investing in for- profit education companies…” There’s a potential gold rush here. Public education from kindergarten through high school pulls in more than $5. Example, “In Ohio, two firms [both contributors to Republicans] operate 9 percent of the state’s charter schools and are collecting 3. In Philadelphia, a democratic stronghold, “…2.

Here in New York City, progressive Mayor Bill de Blasio set out to curb the charter school poaching of public education. But in recent weeks the charter movement, bankrolled by wealthy financiers, struck back hard with a media campaign costing more than three- and- a- half- million dollars. ANNOUNCER in The Faces of Success Academy Harlem Central Ad.

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Mayor de Blasio wants to stop them from opening and expanding- -SHAMONA KIRKLAND in Charter School Parent Shamona Wants Unlimited Potential for Her Daughter Ad. I voted for de Blasio, but I didn’t vote for you to take my child’s future. Under this withering assault, Mayor de Blasio has turned conciliatory, determined, according to The New York Times, “…to avoid the wrath of a well- financed charter- school movement.” Even dialing up billionaires personally, asking for a truce. The private buying of public education has brought a piercing cry of alarm from my guest. Once a champion of charter schools, she has changed her mind, and that was a reversal that struck home with a seismic wallop. Diane Ravitch is our preeminent historian of education. She has worked for presidents from both parties, and served as an assistant secretary of education.

She’s a scholar with a popular following, in the last year alone her website has received more than 8 million visits. Her teaching, writing, and advocacy have long influenced our debate about schools and the public policies that affect them. And her latest book is a best seller, "Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools." Diane Ravitch, welcome. DIANE RAVITCH. It’s wonderful to be with you, Bill. BILL MOYERS. We're talking about big money, aren't we?

DIANE RAVITCH. Absolutely. Minimum, at least, from the estimates I've seen it's a market of $5. Now we- -BILL MOYERS. A year? DIANE RAVITCH.

Yes. An annual market of $5. So the entrepreneurs do see it as huge opportunities to make money. There are now frequently conferences, at least annually, conferences on how to profit from the public education industry. Now I never thought of public education as an industry.

But the entrepreneurs do see it as an industry. They see it as a national marketplace for hardware, for software, for textbook publishing, for selling whatever it is they're selling, and for actually taking over all of the roles of running a school. This is what the charter movement is. It's an effort to privatize public education, because there's so much money there that enough of it can be extracted to pay off the investors.

But I think what's at stake is the future of American public education. I'm a graduate of public schools in Houston, Texas, and I don't want to see us lose public education. I believe it is the foundation stone, one of the foundation stones, of our democracy. So an attack on public education is an attack on democracy. BILL MOYERS. The people behind privatization, you say they're flush with cash. Where is it coming from?

Where does this money trail start? DIANE RAVITCH. You have to understand that firstly we do have a significant number of for- profit charter schools. They're not the majority, by any means. But they're driving a lot of the legislative changes. There is also the power of the federal government.

Our Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, put out $4. Race to the Top. And he said to the states, you can't be eligible for any part of this money unless you lift your cap on charter schools. So suddenly the lure of getting that federal money made many states change their laws to open the door to many, many more charter schools. So that's really what driven the increase in charters.

But what- - the other thing that's driven them is that there is a tremendous political force of very wealthy hedge- fund managers who are investing in the charter- school industry and seeing it grow. And so they have fought for these laws. There's also a lot of charter school money going as political contributions to legislators in many of the states where the charters are booming. BILL MOYERS. There's a move right now to change Dallas into a chartered district. And it's promoted by the billionaire John Arnold, who's been in the news recently for his views on pension plans. Do you take that sort of thing seriously?

DIANE RAVITCH. I think it has to be taken seriously because John Arnold of course wants to change public- sector pensions. And I have kind of a visceral negative reaction to the idea that someone who is a billionaire doesn't want to see a public employee retire with a decent living pension that they've put into all their life. So I don't like the idea that billionaires who have no appreciation of the importance of public education want to change it to their liking. No one elected John Arnold to do this. But I think that Dallas is at risk.

And the people of Dallas don't want this. And I think if we, if democracy works in Dallas, they will reject this idea of somehow taking Dallas and turning it, the whole city, into a charter district. BILL MOYERS. You have said that within ten years, there'll be cities in this country without public education. Salem`S Lot Full Movie In English.

DIANE RAVITCH. I think at the rate we're moving now, we will see places like Detroit, New Orleans, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Kansas City, Indianapolis, and many, many other cities where public schools become, if they still exist, they will be a dumping ground for the kids that the charter schools don't want. We will see the privatization of public education run rampant. BILL MOYERS. But not everyone will grieve with you over the loss of public education.