Hurricane Sandy

Its been a little over a week since Hurricane Sandy pounded the East Coast and about 2 weeks since it hit my beautiful island of Jamaica.  This Hurricane has impacted my life from two sides.  I myself was not too badly affected here in Connecticut, but my family in Jamaica has been hit really bad.  As far as I know they are still with out lights on most of the island, and if you live in the country (rural area), your affected by a lot more things than if you live in the city.  People in the country have to worry about their crops, live stock and most of all, their houses.  Most of the houses in the country are build on or near hillsides and gully's and because of this they have to worry about wash away earth coming into the houses and landslides completely destroying their homes. The people of the islands are very resourceful, we have learned to deal with and overcome many obstacles, especially anything that has to do with the weather.  Because of where we live and the uncertainty of the weather from one day to the next, we know that we have to take things as they come and do the best we can with what we have, even when it comes to dealing with the often arrival of hurricanes.

Here in CT, where I am right now, we are in the process of cleaning up.  People on the shoreline are the ones mostly affected by the storm.  The damages in those areas have been reported to be in the tens of millions. In land, the damages are mostly uprooted trees, fallen tree limbs and down power lines caused by the fallen trees.   This has been reported to be the worst storm in 30 years.  It is being called "The Super Storm of the Century".  People on this side of the United States are used to snow storms and blizzards, but are totally unfamiliar with hurricanes.  houses on the shores of areas such as Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut were not built to withstand hurricane force winds, so because of this, a lot of people did not heave the morning to evacuate and were improperly prepared for what happened.  So, for right now, the  people here who were affected, as well as back home in the islands, are doing the only thing we can do, and that's pick up the pieces, clean up the mess, and keep it moving, or as they say back home, "Jus kool and everything irie."

Below are a few of videos showing just a small amount of the damage The Storm of The Century SANDY has done here and back home in the islands.  Keep everyone affected by the storm in your prayers.