Montserrat - People unwilling to leave island

(23 Aug 1997) T/I 10:00:30


About 3,000 islanders could depart from Montserrat shortly,
leaving behind 2,000 people who are unwilling to leave despite
warnings of a "cataclysmic" volcanic eruption, British governor
Frank Savage said on Friday (22/8).
Late on Friday, some youths -- mainly Rastafarians -- burned
tyres in the streets of Salem, venting their frustration at the
new, enlarged danger zone that requires them to move farther
north, and at the British government assistance offer of 2,400
pounds (US$3,800) per adult evacuee.
A British Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Liverpool, is anchored off
the north end of the island, ready to coordinate any mass
evacuation.


SHOWS:

WS Royal Navy destroyer HMS Liverpool off the coast;
tents by seashore;
WS street scene;
women with children;
CU sign for registration point for evacuation;
VS outside building;
WS woman washing in tub outside house;
woman dancing with bowl of food in hand;
children dancing;
Montserrat radio PULL OUT from hand on record to show mixer;
pan across from women outside houses to children playing;
cu young girl - interior dormitory;
pan across from pots and pans across dormitory;
SOT, unidentified woman - We don't get anything, we lost
everything so we don't have anything"
SOT, Anelle Kabbee: "My home is over there, all my things is
over there. I can't go over there. I'm here in the shelter. I
have to buy coals to cook my food because my stove is at home.
They give you something. Every month they give you a hundred
dollars. And you get chicken eggs and vegetables. Otherwise we
don't know how to live we don't want to go england, I don't want
to go. I have nobody overthere. I want to stay with someone but
I would rather stay in Montserrat. If I die I die.
PULL out from british flag;
David Brandt, an independent member of the local Parliament, being sworn in as new chief minister;
SOT, Brandt: "What they expect from to me to ask Britain
again to give them real choices...Those who choose to remain,
live should remain tolerable for them and those who go away
adequate provisions should be made to ensure that they have a
good living."
ws helicopter in smoky sky, pan down to show forest and
volcanic mountains;
men throwing petrol over car tyres;
fire in street;
SOT, Georgie Roach: " And that could kill everyone on the
island. People who died in the east up to now the government nor
England want to take responsibility for it. And if the old folks
and the young children who are staying in the evacuated zone is
to die right know and the people who stay behind are going to
ask who is responsible for it none of them is going to take
responsibility for the lives that have been taken by the
volcano."
VS men fighting in street;
rescue van in street;

Runs 5.04

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