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Hello All - I made a
little announcement a week ago that we are reopening but I jumped the gun a
little. Having lived in Jamaica for 10 years hasn't taught me much, I guess. We
are delayed a little - the date is now (and will stay there) Feb. 24th. There
won't be any big Grand Opening now - we will get on our feet and have a party
later. You will all be notified. Sorry, but the wait will be worth it. Hope to
see you soon. Love, Ann
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| - Heads Up Jamaica |
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Can you believe it - Gamma doing the dirty on us and heading back towards Jamaica. I knew it would happen, yesterday we finally took down the storm boards that have been covering the windows since JUNE, and then cleaned the windows so we can now see out. Supplies are used up and musty hurricane suitcase was emptied everything washed and put in it's proper place. Well, I for one am taking this personally and am going to set up a protest on the seashore. Stay safe everyone Sue M |
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Well it's time to put away the snorkels and masks and find anything that resembles a surf board. The waves are fantastic crashing high over the reefs on the north coast of Jamaica. This is not a familiar sight in this area for this length of time. If this keeps up, we will be giving Hawaii a run for their tourist money. I am sorry for the folks who have come to go scuba diving and also the fishermen who have their boats grounded. This is Jamaica "No Problem Mon" Sue M. Ocho Rios |
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Good Morning from the very windy north coast of Jamaica The winds have been picking up since Saturday and are now quite strong with very heavy seas. It is lovely to sit out and watch the white caps and wonder if a surfboard might be on the Christmas list. Too windy for umbrellas, so might as well leave them at home. Hopefully TD27 will stay well clear of any land, I dearly want to get the boards off my windows and clear out the supplies that seem to take over precious space. It seems this season is going to take us right to the very end and maybe then some!!!!!!!!!! Stay safe Sue M. |
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Friends
I don,t know what the heck is happening and to be
honest with you, i really don't care, all i know is
that there has been very little rain, and a lot of
sunshine over the past 24 hours, and from satellite
imagery it seems to be the case island wide.
Hallelujah!
Bless up and Jah Guide!
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The weather over Jamaica has deteriorated rapidly over
the pass 24 hours, we have been having continuous rain
fall and some serious flooding island wide, this is
especially so over the northern sections of the
country. Our met service has issued a flash flood
warning for the entire country and it is expected to
get worst in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Bless!
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Hey guys,
what do you make of this Latest report from the
National Hurricane Center below.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS FORMED IN THE SW CARIBBEAN
NEAR 11N78W WITH MINIMUM PRESSURE OF ABOUT 1011 MB.
THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN SHOWING SIGNS OF INCREASING
ORGANIZATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH BANDING FEATURES
BECOMING MORE PROMINENT. COMPUTER MODELS UNANIMOUSLY
SUGGEST THE AREA HAS POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
WITH VERY WARM WATER AND LIGHT WIND SHEAR IN THE
FORECAST. A SLOW DRIFT TO THE W OR WNW IS LIKELY WITH
THIS SYSTEM.
I know what you are all thinking, you're thinking we
"BETA" start getting prepared right? All my friends
out there please take note of this latest report, Jah
know we caan tek no more rain right ya now.
Bless up and Jah Guide!
Definitions
caan - Cannot
Tek - take
no - any
ya - here
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| - Update From Jamaica! |
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Thought about posting a bit earlier but i was a bit
busy eating my words about the worst passing, when the
worst was about to rock our world, just goes to show
it ain't over till the DJ drops the mike. All the
folks in the Mexican peninsular, Cozumel & Cancun our
prayers and peace goes out to you all wishing you all
a speedy recovery. We here have our own crosses to
bear, the wide spread flooding are slowly subsiding
and we've already begun to pick up the pieces. All my
friends out there having doubts about coming here take
it from me, that would be a BIG mistake, the sun's
back out in all its glory and the fun did not stop,
don't believe me? Ask the MTV guys who launch their
reggae segment here during the rains.
Bless Up and Jah Guide!
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| - Wilma spins Tornado in Jamaica???? |
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Dear Storm Carib,
Yesterday afternoon during one of the band of showers which affected the island a very strange thing occured in a community in the parish of St. Catherine. A funnel like cloud descended from the sky to the ground spinning violently, splitting trees, utility poles etc, it also destryed a Woman's predominantly wooden house. The woman was on her bed when she heard a loud wind -like sound, she took cover under her bed and it was then that her house and many possesions were completely lifted from the ground,a passer-by came in and saved the woman, she was not seriously injured. Investigations are currently underway to determine if what occured was a tornado, if this is so it would be the first official report of a tornado in Jamaica.
Today the Weather is beautiful, sunshine and cool breeze. My prayers go out to those in Wilma's path.
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Dear Storm Carib,
Thank you all for the many emails of kind words, prayers and encouragement. If anyone has any concern whatsoever where I can be of assistant please do not hesitate to contact me at : sean134 at msn.com
To all in Wilma's path, Keep safe and may God be with you all.
Yours truly,
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Hello from Jamaica -
I have been remiss in writing but it never seemed like this was going to happen
and now it seems like it will never stop. It has been raining pretty much
non-stop for four days and at least a week before that, heavily everyday. I
don't remember the last time we saw real sunshine. Now the Met office is saying
it will be winding down by tomorrow but looking at pictures of Wilma,
I am dubious. We are seeing the spin-off now but it is severe with heavy rain, a
little gusty wind and very heavy seas. The roads on the island are in very bad
condition from being saturated for such a long period of time. We are all
starting to feel a little moldy - but ..... that is life in paradise. Oct. will
end and the sun will shine and it will be all forgotten. I hope the rest of the
Caribbean will be able to say that. Good luck to all in the path of Wilma.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove
Villa
Whitehouse,
Westmorland, Jamaica
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Hello Stormcarib,
In all my years I have never seen a storm quite like Wilma. In a period of 24 hours it transformed from a tropical storm to a Monsterous Cat 4 Hurricane with a pressure of 991 mb! This is almost of biblical proportions. What I also find strange is that Wilma is over 300 Miles away, yet still with each band of shower we experience here in Jamaica we experience Tropical Storm force wind gust, during Ivan we did not experience Tropical Strom force winds much less hurricane force winds until it was realy close. What I also find strange is the size of the eye,only 4 miles. this is very odd especially for a storm of this magnitude. Wilma without a doubt will be a storm to be remembered many years from now.
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Hello everyone,
The rain from hurricane Wilma Continues to be an unwanted Guest in our island. We have not seen any sign of the sun here in Kingston in over 6 days.As long as I can remember i have never seen rain like this in Jamaica,not in Gilbert, Ivan, Dennis, Charley, Emily or any other system.This has caused extnsive flooding across the south coast,some structual damge ( building colapsed in Half-Way-Tree),Extensive road damage, among other ill effects. All schools are closed here in Jamaica until Friday( or possibly later). I am really not exaggertating, if anything I am understating this event, in all my life living here in Jamaica I have never experienced rain of this magnitude,and beleive it our not, though wilma is over 200 miles away from us, we
have been experiencing Tropical Storm force gusts from time to time. I really hope that tomorrow is a better day. A word of advice to all those in this storm's path,Prepare for the worst and pray for the best,keep us in your prayers as I will keep you all.
Yours truly,
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The rain has been going now for more than three days
non-stop we are now getting reports of flooding from
all over the island. Rivers have overflowed their
banks and landslides are beginning to occur in many
parts of the island, thankfully there have not been
any related deaths reported. Can anyone out there tell
us where wilma's heading? No one at the National
Hurricane Center seems to know.
Bless up and Jah guide!
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Hi everyone,
It has been rainy Cats and Dog here in Jamaica for the past couple of days.This has caused Flash Flood Warnings to be posted for The entire island. Thogh t.d 24 is south west of us, it has caused numerouse roads to be impassable,numerous rivers to overflow their banks and many communites flooded. Td 24 has claimed its first life here in Kingston as a man was washed away in his car in Barbican.The current projection is for it to SLOWLY move away from the island,which means that more rain is expected but hopefully no more deaths.Lets just pray that this one fizzles out before it nears Cayman, Cuba or any other land mass.My prayers are with you all,Keep safe.
Andre
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Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion.
Ahh yes! this Eurythmics song seems very appropriate
on a day like this, it's been raining for the past Few
days, not hard but steady enough to be starting some
flooding by now in some parts of the island, no
reports of this yet though. It really seems this
season is hell bent on breaking all records on the
books.oh well!
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
Jah guide! And One Love.
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Bless up; to you all and here's hoping all the crazy
weather has pass for this season. Here on the rock
we've been having some very wet weather for the past
week, some really heavy rain but thankfully not much
flooding,the cane farmers are loving it and so am i,
especially at nights when its cool and nice. It was
great to see the quick and decisive evac of coastal
Texas when Rita threatened, seems someone learned
something from "Katty the Killer", lets hope we always
get it right the first time around all the time. Yow
all Caribbean fans and friend lets support our
Caribbean artists log on to BET & MTV and vote for
Sean Paul's "We Be Burning"
One Love and Jah Guide!
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Today i'm in a pensive mood, yea man i man a hold a
meditation, reflecting on the most recent disaster in
New Orleans and also past ones that have befall us
here in the Caribbean, and my conclusion is that we
humans are a naturally curious type of beings ones
that are spellbound by dangerous situations, and only
realize mortal danger when its staring us dead in the
face and by the time we realize it, it is almost
always too late. Rather than running at the first sign
of danger it seems we are always waiting to see if it
will pass us by. here in Jamaica we face this problem
every time a storm threatens, and i'm sure the
experience is the same in every territory through out
the Caribbean and the world even. Lets face it we will
never be able to eliminate these terrible waste of
life, because of our natural irrational behavior, but
alas, there is a lesson to be learned from this most
recent waste of life, resulting from "danger gazing",
and head for the hills at the first sign of danger.
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yow! all friends and tourist out there, if you are not
at the beach here in jamaica enjoying this weather
then you're craazzyy. man all you guys would need now
is a tall glass a rum an coke (not the illegal type)
and you're set, oh and don't forget the suntan lotion.
weather's fine just a bit too much sunshine
cant believe this great life is mine
opps! out of the shade and its now a little too hot
oh what the heck! pass a beer and lets fire up the
"pot".
Jamaica NICE!
(Ps. You all know i'm talking the cooking type right?)
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Just wanted you to see a pond close by my community that is on most days almost dry but after Emily, had increased by about 300% in size. That was about it though in terms of surprises from Emily in my community. And more pictures of the beach, small aircrafts flying in and people just enjoying the day. There were jetskis and banana boat rides being operated just like normal. Hope you liked the pics. Later! Monique __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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| - The day after Emily; just another day at the beach |
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Ok, photos at last. The first one was taken yesterday
in the morning in my community. As can be seen are
grey skies. It got worse as the day went along and
last night we have medium to strong winds and lots of
rain. But that was about it for me.
Then this morning, hello sunlight!!!!
The second picture shows the Howard Cooke highway in
Montego Bay as well as the UDC beach. Sunny skies I
tell you. The next picture shows people enjoying the
day at the beach. Calm waves and warm waters, perfect!
Also, just to assure you that our airports are open,
as you can see in the final picture a large aircraft
arriving at the Sangster International Airport. While
at the beach I saw quite a few other airlines
arriving. People were out enjoying the sunlight, no
grey clouds to be seen.
Later!.
Monique
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| - Good Riddance to Emily |
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Just to finish the
story - we had a few really bad hours last night on the southwest
coast of Jamaica. But..we didn't lose electricity or water and it passed by
midnight. There was a steady breeze all night and the sea is still a little wild
but the sun is out and it is just another day in paradise. Good luck to all of
you west of us. Til next time.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
Whitehouse Dist. -
Westmoreland
876-383-3872
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I just signed off an
hour ago and things deteriorated here. Heavy, heavy rain, stiff breeze and the
sea is really climbing and booming. I guess we are just that much closer to the
centre of the storm to make the difference. I wonder how things are in Negril.
The NHC said the NE quadrant would be the worst and that appears to be the case
here. I leave near a galley and it is rising fast and really moving. You can see
how cars get washed away by them. My rain gauge says 4 inches so far today.
I am hoping this passes soon. Will advise.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
Whitehouse Dist. -
Westmoreland
876-383-3872
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Hello from the soggy
South Coast. If I were a good reporter I would go out and look at the rain gauge
but that is not going to happen. It is raining heavily now, although there is
very little wind. The sea is pretty serious though. The sound we are hearing the
most is the booming on the beach and the reef that is a kilometre away. I
see on the satellite pictures that the eye of the storm is west of us so I am
just wondering what the back end of this storm is holding. The local police say
there isn't much trouble on the road, in terms of flooding - everyone is staying
in so that is good. More if there are any developments.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
Whitehouse Dist. -
Westmoreland
876-383-3872
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12:00 noon - Here in Kingston it has been raining steadly but without hurricane force winds. Just a very wet and cloudy day. People are still moving about on the streets and most shops are closed.
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Hi All, here in Runaway Bay St. Ann by the sea all is still well, the sea is higher, the rain heavy at times and the wind is not to bad, will keep posting. Elke |
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We have some amount of thunder last night and up to 9:00 am this morning we had medium winds. It is raining outside now but every now and then we get a slight pause. It is really overcast. Thank God we still have power, water and internet services. I hope that we do not really experience any outages. I am also hoping that our neighbours in St. Thomas, Kingston and Portland do not suffer any more damages. But can you believe that some people in flood prone areas of the island refuse to evacuate? Port Royal residents say they are not leaving and to tell you the truth Port Royal is very flat and has no mountains or anything to protect them. I really pray that they will be safe. Anyway, I wish all in the island a safe day and I will make updates later (if my internet service is still available). Later! Monique __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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It was quite still and very hot last night with a thin cloud cover (we could see the moon). This morning the rain started at about 9am and as not stopped since but this rain is only a steady drizzle! There is absolutely no wind .....I really love this girl Emily, for Jamaica. I do hope she avoid the other land areas as well - especially the Cayman Islands. I must give credit to the government and its agencies who had put every thing in place do deal with the ultimate. In fact quite few communities are under curfew until 8pm and buses are on standby to evacuate residents from some low lying areas in the south of the country - that obviously will not be necessary now. So for all you guys that had plans to come to Jamaica, come on down! George Scarlett Writing from Portmore St. Catherine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attention: This e-mail message is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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O.K. - Now things
are starting to happen. The rain is falling, light but steady - the kind that
doesn't go away soon, I am afraid. But our really startling feature is the sea.
There is a barrier reef about one kilometre off shore, that acts as a very good
protection for us, but there are big rollers hitting it now. This is rare
here. It is all very different from last week's hurricane Dennis, when there
were several freighters anchored off our shore for protection. Also the tide is
very low. Our sea is usually pretty calm. My seafront was completely destroyed
in Ivan so not much more can be done to it - I hope. There is no one out
and everyone seems to be hunkered down. As I look at the 11:00 update it looks
like it should be far enough away that we don't have devastation - just a nasty
day or two. Let's hope! More when there is something to say.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
Whitehouse Dist.
- Westmoreland
876-383-3872
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....and once more
lucky... you wonder how many more times we will be.
This is the third
hurricane that looked as if it were to come straight to us during the lat year
(Ivan, Dennis, Emily) and then turned away.
Emily is bypassing
us at quite a distance in the west.
As it is a compact
system, we will only experience tropical storm force winds on the southern part
of the island at the most and rain.
We have an island
wide curfew until 8:00 p.m. ( as reported on the news) to avoid looting and
to make evacuation due to flooding and land slides easier.
Many people don't
even know about it.
So if any Jamaicans
read this, remember to stay at home.
By tomorrow we
should be fine .
I hope that it
doesn't become a habit that we have to prepare for hurricanes every weekend,
this is the second in a row.
Barbara
Henriques
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When I went to bed
last night things had calmed down so at least I had a good nights sleep - only
to awaken to a Cat. 4. But so far we aren't seeing any action on the south west
coast. It is cloudy with a little light breeze, that I have come to know as the
beginning of a hurricane. It would be lovely otherwise - but now we know what it
is bringing. I understand it is raining in Kingston but not here yet. The air
and sea are calm and we are frantically getting ready. It sounds a awful lot
like Ivan to me - and we don't want that. More when things start to happen.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
876-383-3872
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Hello all: Well not much happening in Montego Bay. The sun is out and all seems like another nice warm day. Emily is really getting closer and the fear of what might happen is getting greater especially now that some areas are waterlogged which is the best recipe for land slides. I must tell you though that Dennis did do a number of many parishes and did stuff that not even Ivan did and so right now is really not the time for another Hurricane. The tourism sector will suffer the most as many people cancelled vacations to Jamaica due to Dennis and more are cancelling now because of Emily. I really hope that agriculture will be speared as boy last year after Ivan the cost of tomatoes and other vegetables increased by almost 800%. I've still not been able to afford bananas and I really do not know what is happening in terms of our export market there, but Jamaican banana chips are virtually non-existent in Montego Bay. I still have items and water stocked up from last week so I should be ok for Emily but I am really concerned with those persons in St. Thomas, Portland and Kingston who were greatly affected by Dennis and who will now have to face Emily. Anyway, will try to update you later on today. Later! Monique |
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Well, here we are.
Deja vu all over again. I just came from the supermarket and everyone is there -
wringing their hands wondering what we did to deserve another one - this is our
second hurricane warning in a week, you know. It seems everyone is still
prepared from a week ago. There is a lot of talk in the media about
evacuating people in dangerous, flood-prone areas but we don't see any of that
in our district. We are pretty well drained here so all we can say is bring it
on. Right now the sun is out but there are clouds approaching that look like
they are announcing something. The sea is as calm as it was last week, before
Dennis. I will report again when there is a development. Wish us luck!
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
876-383-3872
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Hi Gert,
Sorry I could not update you before, my internet connection was out due to Dennis.Anyways thank God we were spared the brunt of this system, in Portmore, where i live ( just 8 km from Kingston) we had minimal damage, wind gusted in excess of 30 miles per hour, the major problem was flooding and land slippage.The parish of St Thomas was the worst hit, many communites were flooded and crocodiles invaded communities(they were captured and brought to the Hope Zoo) Many bridges were broken down due to the running water and many rivers broke their banks.parishes thet had major flooding were St. Thomas, Portland, St. Andrew, St Catherine,St. Mary and Clarendon.Thankfully there were no reports of casualties and damage to our infrastructure were quite minimal.I hope Haiti and Cuba recover quickly, our prayers go out to them, and also to the Floridians which it will affect later on this week.
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And more photos. The first taken 4:45 p.m. of the
Howard Cooke Highway, the second at 5:00 pm of an
entrance to the said highway, the third a picture of
the sea in the pm and the last taken this morning at
9:12 am of the sun (the picture does no justice as the
sun is really shining and the ground is nice and dry).
I'm heading to Savanalamar this morning so hope to
get some photos there.
Later!
Monique
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As promised here are my photos from yesterday. The first was taken at 6:52 am, the rest were taken on my way to work. More to come! Monique __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Today was quite an interesting day. I would say it rained more today than yesterday. We had a few showers throughout the day and just about an hour ago. The sun has not shown its face yet but I bet I will see it tomorrow. Montego Bay is its usual busy yet laid back self. Hope to post all photos taken today later. So until then! Monique __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com |
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Well....sure enough,
as I had thought.....the rain is what did us in this time and not the
wind.......apparently the banking overflowed up in Seaforth and washed away
400-500 homes.....the Yallas bridge is gone and the Isington bypass which
basically was our last route to Kingston has a lot of debris on the road and
only passable with at 4x4 vehicle.....after getting through that, you have to
then contend with the Bullbay fording .....and then if you get through that,
then you have the Bullbay bridge.....hang in there everybody...we will get
through this again......
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Hi all: Montego Bay looks ok this morning. At about 10:15 am, it started raining pretty hard and there were medium winds. Not all stores were open this morning but downtown Montego Bay basically looked like any other normal rainy morning. It is clearing up a little as where I am now the rain has stopped falling. Unfortunately, come communities in St. James are without power and water. Unfortunately, a few transformers blew out yesterday and power has not yet been restored. After speaking with a few people this morning, I found that many areas in St. James experienced heavy winds and rain while others such as my community experienced minimal stuff. I've got some pictures which I hope to post this evening, so stay tuned. Later! Monique |
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Hi All, this is a message from Anke Doering in Black River, (Parotty area) she is without electricity and water since last night 20.00h. Her property is surrounded by water and she can't leave.It is flooded all around her as far as the roundabout. From what she has heard, it doesn't look good in Black River and it is still raining heavily,she has never seen so much rain in all the many years that she lives there. We here in Runaway Bay are still dry , but rain, rain,,, Elke |
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Well we dodged that
bullet and I am relieved. As I look at the radar I see the eye of the
storm is well gone but it is raining very hard here now and there is more
wind and thunder than we had all night. I guess it is one of the bands. My rain
gauge said nearly 6 inches about an hour ago and that has been our biggest
problem. The sea isn't particularly rough and we haven't had much wind - until
now. I took a little drive out earlier and there is a little washing out of the
roads and the gulleys are really flowing but no big problems in the Whitehouse
area. Let's hope it stays that way. All the best to those of you who have to
face Dennis as a Cat. 4
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
Whitehouse
Westmoreland
876-383-3872
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Well it's gone. God does work in mysterious ways. Below are a few photos of my community taken throughout the day. Wanted to post them as soon as I took them but unfortunately I had problems connecting to the internet. The first was taken at 2:08 pm, second at 3:15pm, third at 3:32 p.m. and final at 5:23 pm. Not much happened in my community. We for the most part were without rain. Right now nothing is happening. Here and then you get a little sprinkle of rain but that is it. I sort of expected winds and heavy rain but I must say I was pleasantly surprised. I am really rejoicing that this is all we got as I really could not stand a lack of utilities. While we are on that subject, an area in my community lost power at about 7:00pm. It has not been restored and will not be until tomorrow per the local power company. This power outage does not seem to have been due to Hurricane Dennis though. Anyway, I guess I will be back at work tomorrow afternoon and I really hope that all will be back to normal for all Jamaicans by week end. Til tomorrow..... ..later! Monique __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Title: Message
.....Well hope
everybody made it through safe and sound.....at around 12 noon, the winds were
pretty much none existent and the rain was only a little drizzle.... we
were standing around joking how this hurricane wasn't coming and everybody had
made a mistake.....and it was almost as if at that same moment, somebody turned
on a switch and the wind just picked up.....its been pretty steady since that
time and the wind and rain is really a lot lighter than I had expected....I
guess compared to Ivan, anything would be.....just want to get outside to see
how the rest of the town made it through....especially the roads...I will update
later.....
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This
experience is bringing back Ivan to my mind. I forgot that one of the hardest
things is waiting for it to come. It has been dark and foreboding all morning
and the rain is just now starting to fall. It looks like the eye of the storm
has passed slightly north of Jamaica so we won't see a direct hit but the
forecasts are for a LOT of rain. The weather channel just mentioned 10 - 20
inches! Now that is more than Ivan so it wouldn't be good. Locally, we have made
sure that the gulleys are clean so all we can do it wait. As I said, the rain is
just beginning, there is no breeze at all and the sea is dead calm. There are
three freighters moored off shore waiting it out. We have never seen that
before. When there is anything to report, I will do it, if power is available.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove
Villa
Whitehouse,
Westmorelane
(876)
383-3872
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Hi from Runaway Bay , St. Ann, had already a lot of rain, sometimes with gusts of wind, sea is rough and now we are waiting for the things to come, hope we can manage, preparation time for Dennis came so suddenly, not like Ivan, when we were preparing from Tuesday , will update , regards Elke |
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Yet more photos. These were taken this morning. The first was taken at 6:15 am, the second at 7:30 am and the last at 9:45 am. Still no major winds, rain or anything. It did rain between 12midnight and about 3:00am this morning, but we woke up to almost perfect sunlight. Now it is not that sunny. Not much happening in my community in terms of preparation. Water has been turned off in one section of the community (although this has been almost a daily occurrence for that area). One of the local televison channels is not working in my community and this morning there was a technical problem with a very popular radio station. I don't know if we can attribute this to Hurricane Dennis and I really hope not as we had coverage from this tv and radio station up to almost the last minute in Ivan. Anyway, take care. Later! Monique __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Sorry to take so long to report, having problems with
my internet provider. These pictures were taken
yesterday. More to come. There is still some amount
of calm in Montego Bay; however the sky has started to
get darker. Almost no wind.
Later!
Monique
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Yes, here on the
South Coast we can hear hammering too. I was at the supermarket late this
afternoon and it was packed, so people here are paying attention. We learned a
lesson in Ivan. But...there is nothing happening yet. I just went out a did a
little reconnaissance and it is calm and still but there is lightening all
around - lots of it. The satellite picture looks nasty and the last update says
it could be a Cat. 2 by the time it reaches. More tomorrow - JPS willing.
Ann Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
876-383-3872
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O.K. - Here we are
again. I was really hoping we couldn't be doing this for a few months. But guess
we need to face facts here in Jamaica. Dennis has been upgraded to a Category 1
Hurricane and it is headed our way. I am on the farthest end of the island from
Kingston so am not expecting too much activity until later tonight. It is VERY
still here now - the sea is crystal clear and calm and there is no wind at all.
I suppose this is the calm before the storm. I will write again tonight but if
you don't hear - it is an electricity problem. In Ivan we were out for almost a
month - Lord...I hope that doesn't happen again.
Ann
Lyons
Culloden Cove Villa
876-383-3872
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Title: Message
Hi
gert,
Well, the season is
here but I really did not expect to have to deal with a
Hurricane.
The latest news on
the Jamaican radio station is as following:
tropical
storm Dennis has been upgraded to a cat 1 hurricane and will affect us
in the next 24 hours
as
a:
130 km p.h.
upper end cat 1 hurricane, right now the track shows a slightly
SE movement
Dennis slowed
down just a little, 22 km p.h, continuing to the NE coast of the
Island (Portland, St. Mary)
All island gets
rain, Dennis is a wide system engulfed in thunderstorms
Winds will start in
the East, movement will go accross the island.
Difference to
Ivan
Ivan moved along the
South coast, this Hurricane follows the track of Allan in
1980
This time round I am
on the on the North Coast in the vicinity of Falmouth, pretty close to the
coast, don't feel so good about that, especially since the winds have
increased.
But as you said, the
rains will be the major problems and we have not recovered from Ivan
yet.
We just
got bananas back in the shops, I bought some today, as I most likely will
not see any in the next 6 months and I love bananas.
Well we have to go
through this and hope for the best.
Will try to give you
further updates as we go through the night.
It will be tough to
deal with another Hurricane so soon after Ivan and the season has just
started.
Barbara
Henriques
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It is still nice and dry outside. (I guess this is the calm before the storm). The sun is smiling back at us and almost no wind, just like any other day in Montego Bay. I'm hoping this will last through to Sunday and prove the local and international weather predictions wrong. Later! Monique |
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Title: Message
Well we will all
have to wait and see how this one turns out....and only just after the island
had begun to show signs of recovery from Ivan last year it is so sad to think we
might be hit with another one so soon......I realize that it might not be a cat
4 like Ivan but with all the rain we have been having already, surely the road
out by Roselle in St. Thomas will be severely damaged.....with just the rain
alone parts of the roads have already erroded away....
I awoke this morning
to torrential rainfalls and lightening at around 5:00am this morning but then
shortly after nothing but blue skies and a piercing heat till now
1:20pm.....everybody is saying that is a sure sign that it is coming...well I do
see clouds forming now......the generator is topped up .....and the water tanks
are all filled......I will keep you updated as often as I can....keep safe
everyone....
d
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Here in Montego Bay, the sun is still out; however, I heard that Kingston has started experiencing rain. Now that I have my digital camera, I hope to take a lot of pictures. Jamaica cannot handle a storm or hurricane at this time or for the rest of the year. I really do not want to go through another period without electricity and water, so I am just keeping my fingers crossed and leaving it all up to God. Later! Monique |
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Title: Again?
What the heck is going on? It's a bit early in the season to be staring down the barrel of another hurricane, and yet here we are, waiting on Dennis. We had the most spectacular lightning and thunder storm I've ever seen/heard last night. The rain started early this morning too, and it's still coming down VERY HEAVILY in Kingston. The streets and stores are packed with people rushing around to get their supplies; I suppose after Ivan just eight months ago, we all felt we'd have a few years' rest between hurricanes, but alas, here we go again! One saving grace is the fact that it is already quite close and it is not yet a hurricane; this means that when/if it does hit us, it should not be worse than a Cat 1 or 2. One huge concern, however, is the tremendous amount of rain we're likely to experience as Dennis passes. There will probably be a lot of damage from flooding and landslides, particularly in the interior. This is bad news for the folks living there, as roads become impassable and may be cut off for a while. As usual, we are hoping for the best, bracing for the worst. Corinne Smith
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Title: Can you say "rain"?
Yes, we are getting a good soaking in Jamaica today. Here in Kingston it is very dark (and it's 8 a.m.), very wet and relatively cool (it is June after all). I imagine that folks in the interior will be having to cope with landslides by tomorrow if the rain persists, as we've just been through a few weeks of wet weather, and the soil is already quite saturated. On a positive note, the rain helps to break the heat somewhat, which has been rather intense this week. If you're coming this way on holiday, fear not - there are lots of great ways to pass the time even when it's raining! Corinne |
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Hi all,
Though Arlene is over 400miles away, we in Jamaica have been having torrential rain over the past 3 days.I really do hope that it wont strenghten too much before it reaches Cuba. Lets just pray that this season wont be as bad as last year's, especially for Cayman, Jamaica, Grenada and FLORIDA.Ill keep you all updated at a later time.
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