Editorial: The untold damage to the USVI's economy in WAPA's wake—Part 1

After decades as the sole electricity company in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the infrastructure, executives, and bank accounts supporting the Virgin Islands Water Authority have buckled under its weight.

“I been in jail for years and WAPA still like this? This is unbelievable!”

One of my older brothers said something like this in 2010 after he was released on probation from the Golden Grove Adult Correctional Facility & Detention Center in St. Croix.

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration—Hurricane Earl (2010)

Every time I think about that exchange w…