Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma is the 2017 disaster event that triggers the Barbuda land-policy conflict in Sand heists and property rights in the Caribbean (Summer School). The episode describes seawater, wind, broken windows, damaged doors, roofless buildings, exposed residents, and a mandatory evacuation after forecasts suggested another hurricane might arrive.

The event matters because it turns land tenure from background institution into urgent recovery policy. Gaston Browne presents title conversion as a way to finance rebuilding, while Barbudan speakers read the same moment as Disaster Recovery Privatization that threatens Communal Land Tenure.

Connections

• Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda, and Gaston Browne - disaster and policy setting.
• Barbuda Land Act, Communal Land Tenure, and Property Rights As Investment Incentive - institutional conflict.
• Small Open Economy Vulnerability - broader Caribbean disaster-exposure frame.