channel one studios
channel one is regarded to be one of the most important studios in the history of reggae. its location was in maxfield avenue, kingston, jamaica .
kenneth hoo kim, one of four brothers associated with the channel one studio, died on thursday .
for the artistes and producers who recorded at channel one, the api board set channel one apart from its rivals. fitzroy' bunny diamond' simpson was one of those artistes .
many musicolo - gists tend to believe that channel one was to the 1970s what studio one was to the 1960s .
recording studio, located in kingston, jamaica also credited with production. also appears as channel 1 recording studio, channel 1 studio, channel one studio, just channel 1 or channel one. among the regular engineers: soldgie, donovan phillips, dale mclaren, ernest hookim, lancelot
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— jimmy cliff' s 1975 album, follow my mind, was recorded at channel one .
between 1974 and 1984, the channel one studios at 29 maxfield avenue in kingston 13 dominated the reggae airwaves with a multitudinous array of quality reggae recordings that could only be rivalled by its predecessors, studio one and treasure isle .
from its early days, dunbar knew the drum sound was key to channel one' s success .
channel one recording studio 29 maxfield avenue kingston 13 jamaica w. i. ph: 92 - 95590
. during the coming years the studio built its name as one of the best studios in jamaica. artist who recorded there during these times were
the classic channel one era effectively came to a close in 1977 when paul hoo - kim, second of the brothers and operator of the channel one sound system, was killed at greenwich farm beach while playing dominoes .
coxson went as far as to update some of his studio one classics by overdubbing the drums in the new channel one double - drumming style. in another ironic twist, channel one used several popular studio one artistes like john holt, ernest wilson, the viceroys and the wailing souls, to record on their contemporary rockers rhythms .
wilson' s version became a hit and triggered a remarkable run of success for hoo - kim' s fledgling studio. channel one' s golden era lasted a decade and is comparable to studio one and treasure isle, rival studios during the ska and rock steady periods of the 1960s .
— many of the hit songs at channel one, including far east by barry brown and the jays' queen majesty, were originally done at studio one and treasure isle, respectively .
the hoo kims had no music experience when they launched channel one. their family operated an ice cream parlour and owned gaming machines .
norcross has worked for the weather channel since 2010. tuesday, he left his miami beach apartment and flew to the network' s atlanta studios for around - the - clock irma coverage .
this leaning of channel one on some studio one foundation bass lines, created some amount of animosity between brentford road and maxfield avenue, and studio one boss clement' coxson' dodd retaliated with sugar minott versions of i need a roof, and woman is like a shadow, both channel one recordings. the latter recording by minott was even on the streets before the meditation' s version .
four brothers — joseph (better known as' jo jo'), ernest, paul and kenneth — were responsible for running one of reggae' s great recording studios and labels .
for sly dunbar, who is still an in - demand musician / producer, working at channel one is the highlight of a storied career .
did what often is regarded as his best and most ground breaking work at the channel one studio. this in combination with the backing of the
both have long given up on music, though jo jo oversees distribution of the channel one catalogue. kenneth died in october 2013 at age 66 .
jo jo is credited as producer on many of the hit songs from channel one' s most fruitful period (1972 - 1977). ernest was one of the engineers while paul ran the company' s sound system .
the dilapidated channel one complex is barely recognisable today. the studio that produced some of the greatest music in the 1970s went silent over 20 years ago .
— bertram' ranchie' mclean, a key member of the revolutionaries, started his career as a guitarist. he switched to bass at channel one .
— channel one had a number of top engineers including ernest hoo - kim, bunny' bunny tom tom' graham and overton' scientist' brown .
most reggae historians agree that the 1970s is the music' s golden age. some of the period' s greatest sounds came out of channel one .
bryan norcross left his miami beach apartment tuesday and flew to the network' s atlanta studios for around - the - clock irma coverage .
kenneth hoo kim was a mechanic by profession. he began producing songs at channel one in the late 1980s, working with artistes such as singer frankie paul .
— producer bunny lee conducted the first recording session at channel one with delroy wilson and the soul syndicate band. it produced the song, can i change my mind .
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in the mid 70' s. »truly« by the jays (1976, channel one) is often referred to as the specific first 12
discomix release .
— my leader born yah, theme song for the people' s national party 1976 general election campaign, was recorded at channel one. it was produced by clancy eccles .
doing its own productions and having its own in - house band, channel one created a sound that conjured up memories of the studio1 days with their fluid rocksteady - influenced bass lines and sly dunbar' s revolutionary drum patterns. for a moment it would seem that the whole rhythmic structure of 1970s reggae had been remodelled by channel one' s emergence .
it seemed a strategy to lure producers away from the more established studios, while at the same time affording joe joe the privilege of gaining experience in the business .
the place had a sound... heavy, rootsy. after we hit an' people hear the sound, everybody wanted to come to channel one ,
he said .
in 2004 ernest decided to build a new studio on his premises in west kings house rd. - the new channel one. as this time the studio hasn' t been finished yet .
this collection is representative of the more experimental side of channel one' s output showcasing a selection of sixteen dubs and instrumentals from this innovative and inventive studio from the period between 1974 and 1979 .
side a mixed and recorded at channel one studio side b mixed and engineered at king tubby studio, kingston, jamaica made in jamaica track a1 mis - spelled as
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channel one bring a lot out of me as a musician an' other musician and artistes will tell yuh the same thing. i think it' s up there with the great labels ,
he said .
released their hit »right time« which was a well deserved major success for the studio who by now had started to dominate the chart - as they would the coming next years. the channel one studio was known for reusing old
although it' s a shame was the first hit song for channel one, recording sessions were going on there for almost one year. in an interview with american writer david katz for his book, solid foundation: an oral history of reggae, hoo - kim says not everyone was impressed with the studio' s sound .
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the mighty diamonds were arguably channel one' s biggest act. in 1975 as roots - reggae took off internationally, the trio recorded the right time album which yielded hits in the title song, i need a roof and africa .
during the early 80' s the studio was arguably the most important in jamaica and carried the swing up to the mid 80' s when the digital era started. this would mark the end of channel one who closed up .
but they took the plunge, purchasing an api console that made the channel one sound stand out from its rivals. in fact, other producers recorded there, which jo jo hoo kim, eldest of the brothers, said helped the company .
that it did, with several of the musicians at channel one picking up recording or touring assignments with top acts like jimmy cliff and peter tosh. on the strength of their songs for the label, the mighty diamonds eventually signed with virgin records .
the teething pains had eased considerably one year later when channel one officially launched. hoo - kim' s youngest brother ernest replaced the more experienced syd bucknor as official engineer and was at the studio' s impressive api console for follow - up hits including horace andy' s girl i love you and country living, by a harmony trio called the mighty diamonds .
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it was a sunday afternoon in 1973 when music producer joseph' joe joe' hoo - kim gathered a band of musicians at his new channel one studio to back singer delroy wilson on a reggae cover of the spinners' hit song, it' s a shame .
the channel one sound not only captivated the hearts of jamaicans, its rhythms rocked dancehalls as far as new york, toronto and london during the 1970s and 1980s. but by the early 1980s the studio was on the decline and finally closed its doors in the mid 1980s .
the wailing souls also managed to maintain the incredibly high standard they reached at studio one with back out and things and time .
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energy workers arriving from michigan to help with the power restoration of miami begin to work one day after hurricane irma hit florida .
the studio was the heartbeat of roots - reggae in jamaica during the 1970s. among the many hit songs recorded at channel one were delroy wilson' s it' s a shame, i need a roof by the mighty diamonds, ballistic affair by leroy smart and woman is like a shadow by the meditations .
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the most successful performers to be backed by the revolutionaries was the mighty diamonds - (donald shaw, fitzroy simpson, and lloyd ferguson). after showing an early penchant for soul covers, the mighty diamonds increased their tempo, resulting in hit after hit that flowed out of channel one in a veritable deluge of unparalled consistency .
streets are blocked in coral gables as residents working to clear trees and debris on sept. 11, 2017, one day after hurricane irma hit florida .
downtown miami high rises suffered power outages, except for one apartment, as outer bands of hurricane irma passed over miami on sept. 10, 2017 .
located along maxfield avenue, channel one opened in 1972. it produced countless hit songs, including i need a roof, africa (the mighty diamonds), ballistic affair (leroy smart), i know myself (ernest wilson), woman is like a shadow (the meditations), and mpla by house band, the revolutionaries .
the entrance to the magic kingdom at disney world is empty as the theme park was closed because of hurricane irma approaching the central florida area, sept. 10, 2017, in lake buena vista, fla. other tourists attractions including universal studios and sea world were also closed and planned to reopen tuesday .
one of two confirmed destroyed construction cranes in downtown miami seen as the last major bands of wind and rain of hurricane irma pass on sept. 10, 2017 .
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other artistes and hits recorded at channel one during the period were leroy smart (ballistic affair, badness nuh pay), the wailing souls (things and time, jah jah give us life), the meditations (woman is like a shadow), ernest wilson (i know myself), the jays (queen majesty) and mpla, a rousing instrumental ode to angolan freedom fighters by the revolutionaries .
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jose antonio feliu stands with his car on a blocked street in a miami neighborhood on sept. 11, 2017, as the clearing of trees and debris begins one day after hurricane irma hit florida .
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melbourne, fla. — hurricane irma poses the most significant threat to florida in memory — and
this is the kind of storm that you read about in the history books ,
said bryan norcross, senior hurricane specialist at the weather channel .
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scientist presents neville brown‎ – with the aggrovators at channel one studios recorded at channel one studio; the titles in the track list are taken from the back cover, the lp labels have some different spellings (including rhythm information in brackets): a1 < b > the right time < / b > a2 < b > where did she go. < / b > (< i > money in my pocket < / i >) a3 < b > tell it to the children < / b > a4 < b > trod along natty dreadlocks < / b > (< i > heavenless < / i >) b1 < b > i man no follow no fasion < / b > (< i > boxing < / i >) b2 < b > i man no follow no fasion part 2 < / b > (< i > boxing < / i >) b3 < b > babylon dont touch my sensy < / b > (< i > pressure and slide < / i >) b4 < b > babylon dont touch my sensy part 2 < / b > (< i > pressure and slide < / i >) b5 < b > a friend indeed < / b > (< i > eastman sound < / i >) b6 < b > a friend indeed part 2 < / b > (< i > eastman sound < / i >) matrix # side a: mpo vslp 4014 a1 matrix # side b: m. po vslp 4014 b1
because i' ve done this before with hurricanes, where i head off to television stations — or in this case headed to atlanta to be on the weather channel — and left my home to fend for itself as well - protected as i could make it ,
he said .
bertram' ranchie' mclean (bass), eric frater (guitar) and keyboardist ansell collins also backed wilson, who had been a child star at studio one in the 1960s. dunbar recalls making a bold prediction at the end of the gig .
stephanie matejcik gets a hug from one of her neighbors as she moves her belongings out of her home at the sea breeze resort in islamorada, fla. , after hurricane irma brought high winds and flooding to the area destroying most of the homes in the community .
miami beach shut down to car traffic on sept. 11, 2017, one day after hurricane irma hit florida. police would allow residents to walk from venetian island checkpoints across the bridges into miami beach. miami beach will allow all residents back into miami beach on sept. 12 at noon .
police enter one of the few remaining businesses open in naples before the arrival of hurricane irma into southwest florida on sept. 9, 2017 in naples, fla. the naples area could begin to feel hurricane - force winds from irma by 11 a. m. sunday and experience wind gusts over 100 mph from sunday through monday .
with the likes of keyboardists ossie hibbert and ansel collins, guitarists rad bryan, earl' chinna' smith and winston bowen, percussionists noel' skully' simms and uziah' sticky' thompson, and horn players tommy mccook, vin gordon, and herman marquis, they created the rockers thythms which, to a large extent, was based on the studio one classics of the previous decade .
an image taken from a video posted on facebook by stefany santacruz shows the view from her balcony as hurricane irma hits the island of st maarteen on september 06, 2017 in filipsburg. hurricane irma, one of the most powerful atlantic storms on record, cut a deadly swath through a string of small caribbean islands on wednesday and was on a collision course with puerto rico and potentially south florida .
jimmy bierau, right, a construction manager at houchin construction, along with alberto trabaglianti, work to board up windows at a verizon wireless store naples, fla .
we' ve had around 15 people come by and ask if they could hire us. we' ve had to turn them down ,
bierau said .
we have a staff of six. after nine hours every one of us is burned out .
the story really unfolded in the early 1960s when' joe joe' and brother ernest entered the juke box and one arm bandit business. despite their success, their real ambition was to get into music production. it was more like a blessing in disguise when, in the early 1970s, the jamaican government outlawed gaming machines, and forced joe joe into other directions. that new direction took joe joe on a path toward building his own recording studio .
i' ll add some more info to this one quite soon. what need to be mentioned is jo jo' s move to the us, the closing of the studio and other major things that happened. also a special mentioning should be the rebuilding of the studio that is currently in the progress. i' m very interested to see what they will cook up. hopefully they' ll have some sort of revival thing going on production - wise .
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his younger brother ernest, told the jamaica observer that he died at his home in independence city in portmore, st catherine from lung cancer .
joseph and paul were the other siblings who ran the maxfield avenue studio which opened in 1972 .
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it had a champion house band in the revolutionaries who fashioned a militant sound that reflected the turbulent 1970s .
drummer sly dunbar became the heartbeat of the revolutionaries. he was a member of the skin, flesh and bones band when hoo - kim invited him to sit in on the wilson session .
mi tell joe joe sey,' if dis (song) nuh hit, yuh can shut down the studio' .
( producer) bunny lee said,' the studio don' t sound good', an' i have the most expensive console. i did an lp with alton ellis that i couldn' t release ,
hoo - kim recalled .
the bass was tied to the drum... it wasn' t recorded properly .
in addition to dunbar, the core of the revolutionaries were mclean, collins, guitarist rad' dougie' bryan, percussionist uzziah' sticky' thompson, saxophonists tommy mccook and herman marquis, trombonist vin gordon and trumpeter bobby ellis .
bassist robbie shakespeare, who later established a formidable production team with dunbar, played guitar on several of the sessions .
joseph hoo - kim was the eldest of four brothers whose parents ran a bar and ice cream parlour at the intersection of maxfield avenue and spanish town road. while he knew lee and artistes from nearby greenwich farm, he had little knowledge of the music business .
a visit to dynamic sounds with singer john holt peaked his interest and he decided to open a studio in the maxfield avenue area, a political hotbed throughout the 1970s. he told katz that he purchased the api console for $ 38, 000 and promoted the facility by allowing producers to record there for free .
we used to listen to the songs from philadelphia international records an' how dem use the drums. so if wi have a good drum sound the studio would tek off ,
he said .
recording still took place there into the early 1980s but it was mainly producers booking studio time. dunbar and shakespeare revived dunbar' s taxi label and produced a number of hit songs by black uhuru, sugar minott, junior delgado, the tamlins and jimmy riley. the roots radics band teamed with producer henry' junjo' lawes for a series of memorable sessions with barrington levy, john holt, eek - a - mouse, cocoa tea and gregory isaacs .
in recent years, its catalogue has been the subject of several compilation albums distributed by independent companies such as vp records and heartbeat records .
the 17th staging of tribute to the greats takes place july 26 at the chinese benevolent association in st andrew. dubbed' the chinese connection', it salutes the contribution of the chinese to jamaica' s popular music. today, the jamaica observer presents the fifth in a six - part series on some of the recipients .
we gave everybody a free try because i didn' t understand anything about running a session and i want to get experience ,
he told david katz, author of the book solid foundation: an oral history of reggae .
kenneth, a mechanic by profession, began producing songs in the late 1980s .
in 1977, paul was murdered by gunmen in greenwich farm, not far from the studio. his death influenced a gradual withdrawal from the music business by jo jo and ernest .
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»jo jo« (b. 1942) and ernest hookim in 1972. since his family (who was of chinese and chinese - jewish origins) owned a bar and ice cream parlour in the maxfield area the two brothers set up their studio in the same premises they previously had operated the bar, ice cream parlour and also worked as slot machine operators. as jamaica outlawed gambling jo jo turned to reggae. it was after a visit with
in 1977 the murder of paul hookim was a great blow to the brothers .
it was a robbery - they rob him for his gun. i get a bit down when paul got killed - we weren' t doing anything for a long little while .
this was also the reason for jo jo going abroad. he opened a store in utica ave. , brooklyn, with a friend by the name lowell .
the first engineer was syd bucknor who was at the studio for about a year after that ernest hookim. during the early 80' s with the emergence of the dancehall sound the engineer
. also engineers such as barnabas was working there at the time. as of late' 84 the in - house engineers were solgie and chiney burru .
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maxfield avenue which runs north to south from half - way tree to greenwich town, and cuts a dividing line between the red - hot communities of trench town to the east and whitfield town to the west, was where joseph' joe joe' hookim harboured his ambition to become involved in the music production business .
the eldest of four brothers of chinese descent, his parents ran an ice cream parlour and bar at the corner of maxfield avenue and spanish town road before relocating to number 29 in 1966 .
he openly admitted that he had very little knowledge in that area, but wisely decided in the interim to obtain a top - quality api mixing console at a cost of $ 38, 000 .
the entire project, having been completed in six months, was opened for business as a 4 - track studio in 1972, with the offer of' free try - before - you - buy' sessions .
producers bunny lee and phil pratt were two of the first to take advantage of this offer with delroy wilson' s can i change my mind, and gregory isaacs all i have is love respectively, the latter giving the studio its first no. 1 hit. despite other respectable pieces from stranger and gladdy, leroy smart, and junior byles with the roots masterpiece fade away, the distinctive maxfield avenue sound didn' t begin to evolve until the hookim brothers put together their own house band in 1975 .
appropriately named the revolutionaries, the group literally revolutionised reggae music in the 1970s with a new type of rhythm that was soon to dominate kingston' s dancehalls. boasting the best musicians in the land, the line - up included the astonishingly prolific and inventive drum and bass partners' sly' dunbar and robbie shakespeare, who were mainly responsible for the new style .
they hit hard with right time, have mercy, i need a roof, africa and the militant back wey .
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people in south florida raided store shelves, buying up water and other supplies before the arrival of hurricane irma. long lines formed at gas stations and people put up plywood to protect their homes and businesses. (sep. 6 )
this has the possibility of running up the peninsula and affecting every major city in the state. it' s not certain that that' s what' s going to happen, but it certainly is a possibility ,
norcross said wednesday .
we don' t know what is going to happen exactly. but we know what the range of possibilities is — and this is a situation where the top of that range is extraordinarily extreme ,
he said .
this is the kind of storm that i always pictured when i read the history books about the great florida hurricanes of the past and imagined how they would impact the modern state .
when a storm is threatening like this, my day is pretty much 7 a. m. to 11 p. m. , or maybe a little after. i start in the morning, where we have morning meteorology meetings, and i post extensively on facebook. i stay up through the 11 o' clock advisory at night ,
he said .
norcross said his facebook posts reached 4. 5 million people during the past week — including 900, 000 on wednesday morning — as irma continued to gain strength .
the west coast of florida — including the ft. myers / cape coral / naples area and tampa bay — are spectacularly vulnerable to storm surge. much more so than the east coast, which still has many threatened areas ,
norcross wrote during a lengthy facebook post wednesday morning. “if the storm looks like it could go up the west coast, evacuations are going to be required there, which will create an epic movement of people through the state of florida .
if this happens, and you are in an evacuated area, do not dawdle. do not even think about dawdling. immediate action will be required ,
norcross wrote .
norcross, who worked as chief meteorologist at wtvj - tv in miami when hurricane andrew stormed ashore in august 1992, retold the experience in my hurricane andrew story, a book released in may .
some waited hours for sandbags in viera for hurricane irma. video by lamaur stancil, florida today posted sept. 6, 2017
a quarter - century ago, andrew inflicted unbelievable damage in south florida that
you use a round of superlatives to describe ,
norcross said. but andrew was a fairly small - sized hurricane that moved directly across the sunshine state from east to west, he said .
prior to irma' s projected path, norcross said florida has not faced a similar threat from a big, powerful hurricane since hurricane donna in 1960 .
that historic hurricane hit the middle keys as a category 4 storm, then curved to the northeast and crossed the peninsula as a major hurricane. donna exited florida between brevard county and jacksonville .
when i left my apartment in miami beach (tuesday), i closed the shutters, took a look around and took some pictures and locked the door. and it was an odd feeling ,
norcross said .
destroyed trailers wait to be cleaned up at the sunshine key rv resort where residents are still not allowed on sept. 16, 2017 in marathon, florida. many places in the keys still lack water, electricity or mobile phone service and residents are still not permitted to go further south than islamorada. the federal emergency management agency has reported that 25 - percent of all homes in the florida keys were destroyed and 65 - percent sustained major damage when they took a direct hit from hurricane irma .
a man looks out at the ocean from the southernmost point marker in key west on sept. 16, 2017 in key west, florida. many places in the keys still lack water, electricity or mobile phone service and residents are still not permitted to go further south than islamorada .
tim thompson, minister of the marathon church of christ, clears debris in front of the house he rents next to his church after arriving from homestead where he and his wife kathy evacuated to before hurricane irma made landfall on sept. 16, 2017 in marathon, florida. many places in the keys still lack water, electricity or mobile phone service and residents are still not permitted to go further south than islamorada .
the congregation of st. peter catholic church lead by rev. jets medina holds a mass under a pavillion after their church was damaged by hurricane irma on sept. 17, 2017 in big pine key, florida .
george bueno and others in the congregation of st. peter catholic church lead by rev. jets medina pray during a mass held under a pavillion after their church was damaged by hurricane irma on sept. 17, 2017 in big pine key, florida .
you hungry ?
kaiden carey, 8, asks his sister kailana carey, 3, while opening a meal ready to eat (mre) for her at the dr. carrie d. robinson center in fort myers, florida. the siblings also received hot meals. kaiden says they came to the center because his family, who lives in southward village, has little food and no power as a result of hurricane irma. society restaurant of fort myers provided the hot meals .
ryan o' brien walks towards his devastated home on big pine key as he tries to clean up after hurricane irma hit the big pine key the area destroying most of the homes in the community .
a key deer feeds among rubble on big pine key after hurricane irma hit the area destroying most of the homes in the community .
darwin trabacco spends time with his pet chicken, frankie as he takes a break after cleaning up around his family home on big pine key after hurricane irma hit the area destroying most of the homes in the community .
aerial view of imperial bonita estates, a mobile home park, in bonita springs, fl .
aerial view of imperial bonita estates, a mobile home park, in bonita springs on sept. 16, 2017, six days after hurricane irma .
aaron winship goes fishing, friday, at bathtub beach in stuart, fla. . in the background stands a house that hurricane irma caused severe beach erosion .
congressman mario díaz - balart steps foot in a home affected by hurricane irma on friday in everglades city, five days after hurricane irma hit .
liza wells registers with the federal emergency management agency as her son, zander, tries to hand her sunscreen, friday, in everglades city, fla .
gisselle reynolds, director of constituent services for congressman mario díaz - balart, walks down the road with fema representative, annette johnson in everglades city, five days after hurricane irma .
wendy crocker leans on her car in disbelief after she surveyed the remains of the home she shares with her boyfriend tom neville at the sea breeze resort in islamorada, fla .
tracy hanlon checks the water level, friday, at her flooded home on pawley avenue in bonita springs, fla. the water did not rise to the second story of the bi - level home .
pedro castellano helps local residents load their belongings from their flooded home onto a boat on chapman avenue in bonita springs on friday. castellano drove down from st. petersburg to help residents impacted by hurricane irma .
don manley sits for a quick break after helping residents load their belongings onto his boat along the flooded quinn street area in bonita springs on friday. manley has been ferrying residents to their flooded homes since tuesday .
fish swim along the bottom of a flooded pawley avenue in bonita springs, friday .
darren iorio tries to salvage as much as he can from his home at the sea breeze resort in islamorada, fla. on friday .
residents of sea breeze resort in survey the damage to the homes in the mobile home community .
a home built under the current building codes to protect against hurricanes is still standing in the sea breeze resort in islamorada, fla. , as others are ripped completely apart after hurricane irma brought high winds and flooding .
family photos lie on cristina lopez' s couch while water still stands in her home on pawley avenue in bonita springs, friday .
louis sarangi and carlos hernandez and direct a boat carrying their new generator to their home in bonita springs, fla. four days after hurricane irma hit their neighborhood, sept. 14, 2017 ,
some of the many sunken fishing boats at postcard inn beach resort & marina in islamorda, fla. following hurricane irma, sep 14, 2017 .
flood waters touch the bottom of a mailbox along the quinn street area in bonita springs, fla, sept. 14, 2017 .
steven dobkins owner of keys marine towing and salvage in key largo, fla. , works to clear the marina so he can launch his boats to retrieve other damaged boats, sept. 14, 2017 .
pedro gonzalez and cornelia leon grab belongings from their flooded house on in bonita springs, fla four days after hurricane irma .
his is bud n' mary' s marina damaged by hurricane irma, in islamorada, fla. sept. 14, 2017 .
jacob daffin starts to throw out items from his grandmother' s shed in everglades city, fla. after hurricane irma .
a man rides his bike by a trailer that was destroyed by hurricane irma in immokalee, fla .
president trump arrives at southwest international airport in fort myers, fla. the president will visit areas that were damaged by hurricane irma .
a pile of rubble sits in the center of naples estates in naples, fla .
andris flores, 8, plays in front of his family' s trailer that was destroyed by hurricane irma in immokalee, fla. eustolia flores and her four children set up a tent outside of their trailer to sleep in until their neighbor purchases a generator. the family is staying with neighbors in their trailer next door .
a mobile home in oak park in alva, fla. , that was heavily damaged by hurricane irma .
ray yarbrough picks up the pieces of his damaged home in oak park in alva, fla .
robby daffin sorts through family photos that were damaged by floodwaters and sludge in everglades city, fla. , after hurricane irma .
i didn' t know these were in there ,
daffinsaid .
damaged boats litter the canals in marathon, fla. after hurricane irma swept through the florida keys, sept. 14, 2017 .
yvonne trebilcock, 70, wades through her flooded yard in front of her home along the santa fe river in lacrosse, alachua county, fla. sept. 14, 2017 .
it' s never ever been that high ,
she said referring to the water level that was within a few feet of reaching her home, which is without water or electricity thanks to hurricane irma last weekend. trebilcock, who lives at the home with her husband said she gets flooding occasionally, but never to the extent that irma brought .
a damaged boat barn can be seen in marathon, fla. after hurricane irma swept through the florida keys, sept. 14, 2017 .
marty walton, an underground lineman with jea electric, stands near his truck as the sun sets where he and his crew were working to restore electricity on san marco blvd. in jacksonville, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017, after hurricane irma .
marj phinizy sits on her doorstep in jacksonville, fla. , after hurricane irma left her with flooding and a large amount of debris, sept. 13, 2017 .
alex rivero checks out storm damage in the long key outdoor resorts neighborhood following the passage of hurricane irma in long key, fla. sept. 12, 2017 .
adam goode gets extra gas after waiting nearly two hours at love' s in north fort myers, fla .
nancy daffin walks through her destroyed home on plantation island in everglades city, fla .
i don' t know what i' m going to do ,
daffin said .
robby daffin consoles his mother, nancy daffin, as she returns to her destroyed home on plantation island for the first time after hurricane irma in everglades city, fla .
crystal holler waits for her clothes to dry in the garage of her neighbor' s home in chokoloskee, fla .
all of my clothes came flying out of the house ,
said holler. she returned home to find her clothing covered in mud in her yard .
dave stroshein helps his wife linda through the flood water and debris at citrus park in bonita springs, fla. the strosheins came back to check on their home for the first time since the storm, which was luckily still standing .
a boat dips into the canal as houses in cudjoe key, fla. , show damage from hurricane irma on sept. 13, 2017 .
dave stroshein inspects the flooding in his shed at citrus park in bonita springs, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 after hurricane irma .
water surrounds many of the homes like these in north fort myers, fla. , after hurricane irma on sept. 13, 2017 .
people pick up food and water from collier county and meals of hope outside of immokalee high school in immokalee, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 .
people wait in line for food and water from the collier county and meals of hope outside of immokalee high school in immokalee, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 .
crews from xtreme powerline construction from port huron, mich. , work on downed power lines in rockledge, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 in the aftermath of hurricane irma .
islande dillon checks to see if she has water in key largo, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017. dillon and her son traveled to check on their home after hurricane irma .
sections of the roof are seen peeled off on the bayside hotel on sept. 13, 2017, in key west, fla. , after hurricane irma .
scenes along fiske blvd. in rockledge, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 in the aftermath of hurricane irma .
a sign crew repairs the rockledge christian center sign in rockledge, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 .
a gas station in key west, fla. , shows signs of damage on sept. 13, 2017, days after hurricane irma ripped through the florida keys .
sea breeze rv and mobile home park in islamorada, fla. , was devastated by hurricane irma. many of the mobile home owners were in the park on sept. 13, 2017, trying to salvage anything they could from their homes .
water surrounds many of the homes in the corkscrew woodlands development in estero, fla. , after hurricane irma on sept. 13, 2017 .
damage in the community of goodland, fla. , near marco island after hurricane irma on sept. 13, 2017 .
george lopez talks about how there is nothing left of his mobile home in sea breeze rv and mobile home park in islamorada, fla .
bill quinn stands on the foundation where his home once stood in islamorada, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017. he escaped to a neighbor' s home to ride out the storm, but emerged to find his mobile home destroyed .
ralph gruver pulls a piece of aluminum siding from the flooded road at citrus park in bonita springs, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 after hurricane irma .
boats at a dock after hurricane irma in lakeland, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017 .
drivers waited for nearly two hours to get gas in north fort myers, fla. , on sept. 13, 2017. most southwest florida gas stations had similar long lines .
hollywood police direct people arriving on the scene at the rehabilitation center in hollywood hills, fla. , following hurricane irma .
lisa daniels quickly scans through her home in chokoloskee, fla .
it' s overwhelming. i just don' t know where to start ,
daniels said .
i got to get help from fema .
healthcare workers walk down the street near memorial regional hospital in hollywood, fla. , after five residents at a florida nursing home that lost power during hurricane irma died after a loss of air conditioning during the outage, broward county officials said wednesday. police chief tomas sanchez said another 115 patients were evacuated, including several in critical condition. his office immediately started a criminal investigation, but sanchez did not indicate specifically what the office was looking for .
we' re not ruling anything out ,
he said. the victims were found inside the rehabilitation center at hollywood hills and the larkin community hospital, which sit in a medical complex surrounded by a larger children' s hospital .
joey spalding takes a break from cleaning his home, which had nearly 3 feet of floodwater enter during a record high tide from tropical storm irma on tybee island, ga .
ramon almarez checks on his home in chokoloskee, fla. , which is caked in a thick layer of mud because of storm surge from hurricane irma .
layers of paint were stripped from the southernmost point marker in key west by hurricane irma.
channel one is a recording studio in maxfield avenue , west kingston , jamaica . the studio was built by the hoo kim brothers in 1972 , and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music . 
channel one is a recording studio in maxfield avenue, west kingston, jamaica. the studio was built by the hoo kim brothers in 1972, and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music.
channel one is a recording studio in maxfield avenue, west kingston, jamaica. the studio was built by the hoo kim brothers in 1972, and has had a profound influence on the development of reggae music.