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7 Weeks after Earl, Sanker Street “Sufferahs”
posted (September 23, 2016)
7 weeks after the storm, a Sanker Street family in the Port Loyola Area is still contending with the aftermath of Hurricane Earl. Sheryl Murrillo and her 4 kids have been living at her boyfriend's house for 14 years. It has always been a challenge because they all sleep in one bedroom. But Hurricane Earl wrecked the little they had. Their roof and siding were ripped off in the storm and they have been trying to restore their lives. Although The Belize Red Cross and NEMO have helped them, they still need a lot more help. Murrillo told us more about their living situation today.

Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"After the hurricane came, what did you find?"

Sheryl Murrillo, "Earl Destroyed My Home"
"Well, I found the roof off, the chair wet, bed wet, the speaker wet, and that's about it. My fence was blown down."

Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"So you lost a lot, how much would you say you lost in cost value?"

Sheryl Murrillo, "Earl Destroyed My Home"
"I would say about over a thousand dollars."

Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"Furniture and household items?"

Sheryl Murrillo, "Earl Destroyed My Home"
"For my stove yes, my stove got wet and it cannot light. It does light but its low because of the burners that got wet."

Courtney Weatherburne
"So how are you getting by right now? I noticed that you've put cardboard and there's plastic as your roof."

Sheryl Murrillo, "Earl Destroyed My Home"
"Yes, well my boyfriend put up some tarp that we got from Red Cross and that's up there right now. After the hurricane when he came, he just threw on back the zinc. We had to do that because if we left off the zinc we'd get wet in the place. These zincs are just thrown on and a lot of rocks and blocks are there to just keep the breeze from blowing them off. That's just the situation right now. I would like the city council to just come check the house and we just want a little help, we need to repair our roof, the siding of the house and inside of it."

If you would like to help Murrillo you can call her at 628 4704.

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