Kenny Chesney is asking his fans and followers to send prayers and good thoughts to everyone in the path of Hurricane Irma as it sweeps through a chain of small islands in the Caribbean and heads toward Florida.  Chesney — who owns a home on the island of St. John — sent out a letter to his fans, along with pictures of the devastation, through Twitter.

He wrote, “As daylight is hitting the islands, and we’re really getting a sense of how bad this all is … I don’t know what to say. I’ve never been in war, but the devastation, the people’s faces in a place I know by heart have left me feeling helpless. It’s total devastation.”

“These are people who live off the sea, who depend on it. They live right there, and it’s gone. Most everyone’s displaced. They are frightened, confused, and they don’t know where help is going to come from. Those lives have changed and will never be the same. Those small islands are hard to get to, and they rely on each other to get through what life hands them. For all of them, though, they’ve been where I’ve leaned for emotional and creative support for 15 years because they are so generous.”

Near the end of his letter, Chesney says that he and his team are developing a strategy to help the areas affected by Hurricane Irma. He also asks his No Shoes Nation fans to be ready to help.