On a writing site like this, where it is days before publication, what I write today, Saturday, might not be seen until Monday.
Might not be seen until after the island of Jamaica is devastated, and people, maybe even myself, are dead.
As if sending an email from Pluto to Earth, everything I see and feel and expect will be, when that email is read, past tense.
Right now, Saturday, there is a great fear in Jamaica. A fear just inches from panic. Because we are not ready nor able to deal with a hurricane. Even a Cat 1 would be problematic, but this one, Matthew, threatens to be Cat 5.
We have had hurricanes before; Gilbert, Ivan, Dean, which devastated the island.
Gilbert left 44 dead and damage that took years to be repaired.
Ivan took away bridges and caused flooding but was survivable.
Dean destroyed coastal areas but was survivable.
This one does not seem to be survivable.
If it hits Jamaica all those on the coast line, going up to the Blue Mountains stand in the path of death.
The houses will be blown away, the trees will fall, and people will die.
Rivers will over flow, gulleys will become rivers, and the streets will be submerged.
There will be no electricity and our cell phone service will die. There will be no drinkable water.
Those who have generators, those who store water, will have a chance.
Those who don’t will live in darkness until if/when power can be restored. If when water will be returned.
If Matthew hits, people sitting in their homes will suddenly be roofless and the walls will collapse. There will be no where to go, for the few shelters are far apart.
If Matthew hits Jamaica, considering where I am, I do not have much hope.
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Hope you will be spared from this devastation.
I hope the Hurricane does not cause much damage and you are safe.
I think that a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean.
synonyms: cyclone, typhoon, tornado, storm, tropical storm, tempest, windstorm, superstorm, gale, squall, whirlwind;
Yes, it was a very dangerous hurricane and it devastated many building and other many valuable things as Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti’s south-western tip with howling 145 mph winds yesterday, tearing off roofs in the poor and largely rural area of Petit-Goâve, uprooting trees and leaving rivers bloated and choked with debris.
It marked the first time in 52 years that a Category Four storm made landfall in Haiti.
The storm — at one point the most powerful hurricane in the region in nearly a decade — dumped heavy rain as it swirled on toward Cuba and The Bahamas. Forecasters said it could hit Florida toward the end of the week and push its way up the East Coast of the United States over the weekend.
The dangerous storm blew ashore around dawn in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, hitting a corner of Haiti where many people live in shacks of wood or concrete blocks.
The storm left the peninsula that runs along the southern coast of Haiti cut off from the rest of the country. Many streets were flooded or blocked by landslides and fallen trees. Local radio reported that the water was shoulder high in parts of the city of Les Cayes.
Milriste Nelson, a 65-year-old farmer in the town. said his neighbours fled when the wind ripped the corrugated metal roof from their home. His own small yard was strewn with the fruit he depends on for his livelihood.