HURRICANE MELISSA UPDATE AS AT 10 28 AT 11:30 AM US Eastern Time

Renaldo McKenzie of The Neoliberal spoke with Nigel Stewart a resident in Portmore earlier about conditions in Jamaica and provided video image of Gregory Park, Portmore, Jamaica.

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Episode Transcript

(00:01):
Spring the camera again. Let's see what Jamaica look.
This is where are you in in greater put more.
No, man, I'm in greater Parkside.
Wait, there's no nothing is happening there.
Nothing is happening yet. When I look at the news, it's
like devastation and destruction.
But the no, not yet. It's completely far from where
you guys are. You remember I'm next.

(00:25):
I'm close to where you normally comes.
That's where I'm at. Wow, wow.
Well, you know what? Let me create the zoom and send
it to you and then you can and we can and we can talk via Zoom,
OK? Definitely.
Hi, podcast and YouTube channel,a little Corporation.
We have someone in Jamaica who'sproviding us of what's going on

(00:50):
in Jamaica. Nigel, you are.
Where are you right now? Where in Jamaica are you right
now? Literally, I'm in, Greg.
Catherine Okay. And all right.
And that's the condition. I can hear you.

(01:17):
So this is a live feed, yes, I don't I mean I understand that
the hurricane 3 hours or two hours.
Wow, what the news right now andthey are saying that?

(02:04):
You have Internet? Are the shops open around your
area? What?
Are the shops open around your area?
No, I don't. OK, pretty much.

(02:30):
But pretty much things look verycalm where you are.
What? What are you hearing about?
I'm not hearing you. I'm not sure what's going on at

(02:52):
all. Hold on, hold on.
Let me see. Can you hear me now?
Yeah, I'm hearing you now. OK.
Much better, much better. What's going on in terms of on
the other side of the island, interms of because you're on the
South, yes. Normal on the the eastern side,
the eastern central, yeah, you're more.
Like. All right, what is what I know

(03:14):
based on the news is that different places are
experiencing different guts, gusts of the wind.
All right, so some places they have a lot of trees down, severe
rain. Some persons may be without

(03:35):
water. Some person's rooftops would
have been affected. Even some cars damaged, some
flooding areas. But some places pretty calm.
Like where I am, it's pretty much wind.
No, last night we had rain the entire night.
Yeah, and we didn't have much breeze.

(03:56):
So now we are experiencing a little bit more stronger wind.
OK. All right.
But I'm still see trees still up.
And the amount of trees surrounding where, surrounding
where you're living, yeah, I think that has a lot in terms of

(04:17):
breaking the wind. But like those persons who don't
live where a lot of trees are, they tend to experience
different things, you know? Yeah, it's more direct at their
property. And then The thing is you have
health. You guys are more you're, you're
more on the, you are you're on the lower side of.

(04:39):
Yes. Folks in.
Right away from the away from the you.
Have the, you have the Hellshirehills that service.
So all that wind you some of thethat wind is you gonna it's
blocked. The hills are blocking those
with the wind, yes. Correct, Correct.
I just spoke with somebody from Greater Fort More Region and it
is, you know, very catastrophic there in terms of the wind

(05:04):
objects blowing, trees are down,you know.
So these are some of the things that said because, you know,
hell shy or I would rather the sea would be just behind the
mountain right there. Yeah.
Yeah. So they are, they are
experiencing something severe than we are on this side.
OK. I hope you guys are fine.

(05:29):
What about what what you hear about what's going on in Montana
Bay, Sav Lamar, Buff Bay, especially Buff Bay
understanding it's gonna hilt inBuff Bay.
In Portland, I didn't hear much about Portland side but I know
the West side that the high willbe passing that side.
Oh, sorry. My geography is mixed up.

(05:54):
Oh, so it's more it's where it'sit's yeah, down that side sent
Elizabeth Westmoreland and a little bit of Montego Bay and
maybe Saint Anthony. So to some extent and Shalani.
So that's where they will be experiencing the blunt of
things. So not that other areas won't

(06:16):
will be impacted, but this is where you know severe blood will
be or the landfall will be that region.
OK, what about so Do you have enough food at home and
everything? Yeah.
Yes, we do. Well, as much as we can.
We can prepare, you know, and wedid all of those purchasing and

(06:38):
stuff like that. You know, well, pretty much I'm
fine. I have water harvested water
tank and that kind of thing. Yes, food.
We went and we did shopping and all of that, you know, because
he's like, we got enough time. It's like over a week we've been
hearing about this impending storm and.

(06:58):
People are saying that because there's so much water out there
thinking about in terms of saturation, a lot of solid
erosion or landfalls. Are you guys have you, are you
hearing of that or are there anyconcerns about that?
Well, to this to this point, I've not heard anything about
any land. Land.

(07:21):
What do you call it? Landslide.
Landslide. Yes.
Right. Haven't heard of any, right, in
terms of flooding or more here like flooding areas, you know
because some drains might not beproperly clean.
So you would hear about that. I think that's pretty much it.
Yeah, well, oh, thank you so much for this report.

(07:42):
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speaking live, we're speaking live.
Well, this is a live picture of Jamaica right now as at 10:30 AM
and 28. It's a Wednesday.
It's a Tuesday morning. It's quite interesting though,

(08:06):
but you listen. I'm going to keep following up
with you though and, and, and see what's going on.
I didn't know what to get anybody from you seem funny, but
with you and we're signing off. Signing off right now.