- Matthew
stormCarib - Update from Jamaica
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By B.H.
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:04:31 -0500

We were just told on our TV news that Matthew is now 5 miles short of cat 5. Government and people take this one seriously, people are stocking up, traffic is crazy, we don't really know what to expect other than disaster, Gilbert which devastated the island was 'only' a cat 3. So here we are making very sure
to prepare as best as we can. It is going to be ugly. The only good thing is that it will hit us in the day.

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- Matthew

By R.P.

Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:06:34 -0500

Friday evening: warm and sunny, with a gentle breeze. TV and Radio warnings going out: but in typical Jamaican fashion, no one taking it seriously; they are all in stage one of preparing for a hurricane; wishing it away.

Stage two will follow, probably on Saturday, when the churches all fill up, and they start trying to "pray it away"; when that fails; and the first winds and rain appear: PANIC!!

Expecting many shops to be open on Sunday: too good a sales / panic buying opportunity!

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By D.W.
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2016 14:17:29 -0500

Sunny skies …but extremely hot outside…. nobody in the countryside here seems to be listening to the warnings of the impending storm….I fear that our memory is too short…..I just realized that the storm hitting here Monday morning is such a bad thing…as most stores will be closed on Sunday…which is when I suspect the news will finally sink in….the radio has recently announced that Mathew is a Cat 3…. so hoping and praying that we will be protected ….update more later