Yardies, at home and a farrin' (Part 4)

[Jamaica to CT 0]

I'm thinking of flying down to JA tomorrow to salvage some of my vacation. What do you guys think? Does anyone know what type of damage occurred? Or when the airport will reopen? Any information would be helpful

Glad you and the family are ok Rhonda. I would go if I could get a flight.

[JaEnglishGirl 34]

I'm thinking of flying down to JA tomorrow to salvage some of my vacation. What do you guys think? Does anyone know what type of damage occurred? Or when the airport will reopen? Any information would be helpful

Rhonda, I would wait a while until water and electricity have been properly restored. Depending on how much damage was done, it could take a while until the utilities come back up.

I wouldn't think it was worth going down with those lacking.

I think the airport does open on Tuesday.

[12/11/2006 0]

Well I spoke to Melvin this morning and he is fine and everyone else that was in the house. The house suffered no damage but we are just waiting to here from his father in the country. He said the outside is really messed up and everything is everywhere. He is not going to make it to the medical today so I don't know what we are going to do about that. I imagine that they will reopen later this week and that they will see him given the circumstances of the hurricane. He was scheduled to go to the doctor's office in Mobay and from what I understand Mobay didn't have too much damage its just getting there that will be the problem. So, I told him not to worry about it because hopefully everyone will be understanding in this situation. I am scheduled to go down on the 1st of Sept. and that should go as planned Who knows if the embassy will be open so we can nothing but wait. We are just glad to have survive this storm with life, everything after can wait.

I hope everything is good with your families and friends.

[JA Tam 7]

I'm thinking of flying down to JA tomorrow to salvage some of my vacation. What do you guys think? Does anyone know what type of damage occurred? Or when the airport will reopen? Any information would be helpful

So far no reports on when the airports will reopen. I got this from the Gleaner's website this morning: http://www.go-jamaica.com/news/breaking/re...icle.php?id=115

I hope you are able to go to Jamaica, or at least that Tony is able to come home early. I was equally impressed that the phone service held up so well throughout the storm. I was talking to my husband every hour on the hour.

Still haven't heard from my grandparents who are on the Northwest part of the island, Lucea Hanover. Please keep them in your prayers. My dad says if he doesn't hear from them by 2pm, he plans to drive down. I am just worried about the road conditions on the way down as I am sure Mount Russo may have some mudslides.

[*JG* 2]

Everyone I know in Jamaica is accounted for and ok. No property damage reports as of yet cause they all moved from the coast inland. I suppose today they will all go survey damages.

It cracks me up.....the person who said they are so calm in Jamaica. I was monitoring all weekend on the tropical weather underground website and I kept telling my husband to call his mother and get her to move the kids inland. I was frantic. They are about 50 feet from the coast. I pictured this gigantic wave coming in and sweeping them all out to sea. Lucikly, Sunday morning, she finally did. A huge relief.

We never lost cell phone coverage to any of our friends or family. Tha helped quite a bit in calming my fears. I think I was a bigger wreck then when Andre was actually still living there.

[clairern 0]

Hi y'all

I am happy to hear that you SO and family are doing OK. I just got in from work and called Mike and everyone is OK but their house sustained some damage and a cinder block fell on the toilet bowl and broke it after the roof of the batghroom blew off. Wonder what a block was doing on the roof? LOL Anyway, not to make lite of the situation they aere in, because I am estatic that all is doing Ok..Just need to get in touch with my other family members. Cable and wireless service is up and functioning, but I can't get through to anyone else. Keep hoping and praying that they are alright. Lata.

[Empress 0]

claire they prolly used the block to hold down the roof...guess that didn't work

need to call my grama now, my family in kgn are safe and sound.

glad the rest of you alls family are safe this morning

and rhonda I would wait until tomorrow to leave but definitely call the airline to get confirmation so that you will be on the flight

[SweetSugahDumplin 0]

Hi y'all

I am happy to hear that you SO and family are doing OK. I just got in from work and called Mike and everyone is OK but their house sustained some damage and a cinder block fell on the toilet bowl and broke it after the roof of the batghroom blew off. Wonder what a block was doing on the roof? LOL Anyway, not to make lite of the situation they aere in, because I am estatic that all is doing Ok..Just need to get in touch with my other family members. Cable and wireless service is up and functioning, but I can't get through to anyone else. Keep hoping and praying that they are alright. Lata.

Cant reach anyone i know all phones going straight to voicemail and the land line call not even completing.

[Empress 0]

oh and mr. man can pretty much forget about his medical today also

you should have heard him on friday worried that his medical won't reach the embassy in time. and you know who was like wow I wonder who was the one telling you to get it done weeks ago because you never know what will happen at the last minute

these stubborn men. I just have to laff tho I didn't even get mad

[JA Tam 7]

Cant reach anyone i know all phones going straight to voicemail and the land line call not even completing.

Oh JALOVE, I hope you get to speak to someone soon. I am sure everything is alright and it is just that the phones are down in their part of the island. You are in my thoughts and I am praying for you.

Is it bad that outside of worrying about my family and friends I was praying "God do, save di Immigration building because we ah wait long enough".

Edited August 20, 2007 by JA Tam

[Jonesie 1]

Hello VJ fam,

Thank the Lord for the hurricane finally passing over. My family called every other hour (I was calling every hour) and they were chattin like it was a regular day *lol*. My niece even began reading The Big Green Dog to me. I was listening to Power FM and glued to the Weather Channel as well. Just thankful because things could have been worse.

Everyone have a blessed day!

[Empress 0]

you can also listen to the radio here power 106

http://www.go-jamaica.com/power/

[SweetSugahDumplin 0]

oh and mr. man can pretty much forget about his medical today also

you should have heard him on friday worried that his medical won't reach the embassy in time. and you know who was like wow I wonder who was the one telling you to get it done weeks ago because you never know what will happen at the last minute

these stubborn men. I just have to laff tho I didn't even get mad

Me too thanks! glad im off today i had to work thru the weekend that was hard with tryn to keep up with the storms course thanks everyone who provided the radio links also

U.S. Embassy Consular Section to close Monday and Tuesday August 20 - 21 2007

The Consular Section of the Embassy of the United States of America in Kingston will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, August 20 and 21, 2007, due to the expected effects of Hurricane Dean. There will be no visa interviews, or routine American Citizen Services available on these dates. As always, emergency services for American citizens will continue to be available without interruption. American citizens with bona fide emergencies should call 702-6000. As soon as it is possible to do so, the Embassy will advise the public about the availability of consular service hours from Wednesday, August 22, onwards

[SweetSugahDumplin 0]

Cant reach anyone i know all phones going straight to voicemail and the land line call not even completing.

Oh JALOVE, I hope you get to speak to someone soon. I am sure everything is alright and it is just that the phones are down in their part of the island. You are in my thoughts and I am praying for you.

Is it bad that outside of worrying about my family and friends I was praying "God do, save di Immigration building because we ah wait long enough".

Replied to wrong post! at first thanks for your prayers and im hoping everything is ok with chris and his family, they actually had family in from england so they are there too with this all one brother left before the storm began

[Yaads 0]

Cant reach anyone i know all phones going straight to voicemail and the land line call not even completing.

Same here for us Andre and I haven't been able to reach any of his brothers, mother, grandmother or aunts and cousins. God only knows how tired my fingers are from dialing all 33 numbers each time (yes I counted )

Glad to hear that others family is safe and sound...hope those who haven't heard will hear something soon.

Thanks for those links as well...Andre and I did nothing but sit and watch the weather channel.

I remember when I was in contact with Andre while he was in JA and Ivan hit. I was a nervous wreck and he was all calm over the phone. Well the tables definitely turned yesterday. He was all frantic and worried about everyone down there. I think it has a lot to do with the amount of information we have access to. Andre said that when he was in JA he never saw coverage or pictures like he saw on the Weather Channel last night.

Glad to hear that you are safe Rhonda...sorry you had to cancel/postpone your trip. I agree with what someone else said about waiting to hear how the conditions are. A lot of the roads are supposedly covered in debris making traveling very difficult.

Lets keep praying that this is the last hurricane of the season to affect JA