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After Hurricane Wilma
10/21/05
After Hurricane Wilma
Finally the rains have stopped. For some of us it’s business as usual, ‘no problems’. Some however are not so fortunate. The flood rains completely destroyed some homes while severely damaging others. There are still communities where the residents are marooned. Landslides, fallen trees and high waters have completely blocked areas forbidding persons from moving about freely. Bridges have collapsed, roads have broken away and fordings are impassable. To add to the frustration water mains in some sections have broken depriving residents of clean water with which to begin putting their lives back together.
Follow up:
One housing scheme which has been totally devastated is Kennedy Grove in May Pen.
For the second time in four months the scheme has been flooded out with some of the houses being completely submerged. This is a fairly new housing scheme. The question is why were the houses built in such a flood prone area? Did the developers request proper permission? And if they did who approved it?
All the roads every where island wide are in dire need of urgent attention. The already stretched National works agency will definitely be busy for some time to come. The Causeway and the Mandela High way have both proven to be grossly inadequate and will need to be treated with some amount of priority.
It will take some time for Jamaica to recover from the effects of Hurricane Wilma. There are families left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. It’s at times like these that the true strength of a nation is tested. We need to all get involved and find a way to help our fellow Jamaicans.
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Reasons why I love my Jamaican Mom
1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait till we get home."
2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You going get a ass'n when we get home!"
3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE.
"What di backside yu thinkin'? Answer me when me talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"
4. My Mother taught me CONSEQUENCES.
"If yu run cross de road an' cyar lick yu dung, a goin' kill yu wid lick."
5. My Mother taught me THE VALUE OF EDUCATION.
"If yu no go a school, yu a go tun tief or walk an' pick up bottle."
6. My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If yu tun over yu eye lid an fly pitch pan it, it a go stay so fi evva."
7. My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD.
"Is not one time monkey goin' wan' wife"
8. My Mother taught me ESP.
"Yu tink a don't know what yu up to nuh?"
9. My Mother taught me HUMOR.
"If yu don' eat food, breeze goin' blow yu 'way."
10. My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT.
"Come an' tek yu beatin' like man."
11. My Mother taught me about SEX.
"Yu tink say yu drop from sky?"
12. My Mother taught me about GENETICS.
"Yu jus' like yu faada."
13. My Mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Yu tink mi come from "Back A Wall?"
14. My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE.
"When yu get to be as ol' as me, yu wi understan'."
15. And my all time favorite... JUSTICE.
"One day wen yu have pickney, a hope dem treat yu same way."
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