SAINT LUCIA – Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e ke Kuhina Nui o ka mokupuni i nehinei nā moku holo moku i holo e kākoʻo i nā kaiāulu o Saint Lucia i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka Hurricane Tomas.
ʻO ka Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association a me kāna mau lālā lālā i hoʻihoʻi koke i ka ʻoihana holo moku ma hope o ka ʻino o ʻOkakopa 30 a ua hoʻouna pū ʻia i ke kōkua kanaka no nā Saint Lucians i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
ʻO ke Kuhina Nui o Saint Lucia ʻo Stephenson King, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka hui kalepa ʻo Florida no kāna kākoʻo ʻana i ka ʻoihana malihini huakaʻi holo moku o Saint Lucia, "ʻo ka hana wikiwiki a nā laina holo moku he kōkua nui ia no mākou a hōʻike i ka waiwai nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi i ko mākou. nā hana ho'ōla."
Ma kahi o ʻelua hapakolu o nā mākaʻikaʻi o Saint Lucia i wehe hou ʻia, a i kēia Lāpule i hala, Nowemapa 7, ua lawe mai ʻo Holland America's Noordam a me P&O Oceana i mau tausani o nā ohua i hiki ke ʻike i kekahi o lākou, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Lucian Life, Zip Lining in ka waoakua o Sana Lucian; a holo i nā catamarans i ke kai kaulana ʻo Marigot Bay a me ke kipa ʻana i kekahi o nā kahakai kaulana o ka mokupuni. Ua hauʻoli pū nā mea hoʻokele kaʻa a me nā mea kūʻai aku o Saint Lucia i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o nā malihini i ka mokupuni.
Ua hauʻoli ʻia ka poʻe holo kaʻa e ka ʻike ua lawe mai nā moku a lākou i holo ai i Saint Lucia i 200 tonnes o ka wai me nā lole, nā meaʻai, nā lako, nā moena, nā pale a me nā pākeke i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kaiāulu ʻilihune e ka National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) a me ka Kea ʻulaʻula ʻo Sana Lucia.
“Mahalo nui mākou i ko mākou mau hoa holo moku no ko lākou lokomaikaʻi, a mahalo i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka pōʻino o kekahi o nā hōkele nui o Saint Lucia, ʻaʻole wale i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻolako i kā lākou mau malihini ponoʻī me ka wai palekana, akā ua hiki nō iā lākou ke kaʻana like i kā lākou waihona, ka wai hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia me nā kaiāulu a puni," i hōʻike ʻia ʻo Guy Joseph, ke Kuhina Kūkākūkā a me nā Hana o Saint Lucia.
E hoʻomau ʻia nā moku holo moku e lawe mai i nā mea hele kōkua a me ke kōkua ʻana iā Saint Lucia i nā pule e hiki mai ana.
A ma ka lewa, ua hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi i ka hopena pule me ka hōʻea ʻana o JetBlue Airways, American Airlines/American Eagle, Air Canada, Delta Air Lines, British Airways, a me nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe.
Ua pae maʻalahi nā mea lawe kaʻa honua a me ka ʻāina ma Hewanorra International Airport a me George FL Charles Airport.
"ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ko mākou koko ola, a mahalo mākou i kā mākou mau hoa kūloko a me ka honua no ka hilinaʻi a lākou i kau ai ma Saint Lucia. Ma ka hoʻi wikiwiki ʻana, ke kōkua nei lākou i ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o ka lāhui ma hope o ka ʻino," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi o Saint Lucia, Senatoa Allen Chastanet.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ua hauʻoli ʻia ka poʻe holo kaʻa e ka ʻike ua lawe mai nā moku a lākou i holo ai i Saint Lucia i 200 tonnes o ka wai me nā lole, nā meaʻai, nā lako, nā moena, nā pale a me nā pākeke i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kaiāulu ʻilihune e ka National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) a me ka Kea ʻulaʻula ʻo Sana Lucia.
- Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Stephenson King, thanking the Florida-based trade organization for its support of Saint Lucia’s cruise visitor industry, pointed out, “the quick action by the cruise lines was of enormous help for us and underscored the huge value of tourism to our recovery efforts.
- “We are grateful to our cruise partners for their kindness, and thanks to the disaster preparedness of some of Saint Lucia’s larger hotels, not only were they able to supply their own guests with safe water, but they were also able to share their stored, purified and desalinated water with surrounding communities,”.
