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IRMA - Jamaican in Turks and Caicos
Headley
2017-09-07 08:26:34
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican family of 10 in the Turks and Caicos Islands is this evening making a plea to the Government to make provisions for them and other Jamaicans to return home as Hurricane Irma approaches.
Sandra Walker, who lives on Providenciales, the most developed island in the chain, says she wants to get off the island; however they are unable to get a flight out of the country.
Not to make light of their plight, but this appeal to the Jamaican Government is proof that we are a First World country.
Link Here
camos
2017-09-07 08:39:28
Chrissy
2017-09-07 10:26:56
In reply to Headley
She can't get a flight so the JA govt must send an aircraft.
Where is Cheeks - I told him to head to Jamaica days ago. He already survived Ivan in Grenada.
Cheeks
2017-09-07 12:00:07
In reply to Chrissy
Couldn't get flight for my contingent.
Moved further inland to a good place.
I do have flooding concerns...but hopefully we'll be ok.
First order or business is survival. I may have to send wife and kids away afterwards though...because my work hours will become ahmmmm onerous and not sure what the schools will be like.
Chrissy
2017-09-07 12:04:32
In reply to Cheeks
Listen good -get every document that matters and put them in ziplock bags then in a plastic container and keep it close.
Stay safe bro - a monster approaches.
Cheeks
2017-09-07 12:13:25
In reply to Chrissy
Done.
imusic
2017-09-07 12:43:57
In reply to Cheeks
Hol tight dey soldier. Praying for you, yuh family and everyone else
mikesiva
2017-09-07 14:00:52
In reply to Headley
'The governor of the Turks and Caicos islands has told the BBC that people in low-lying areas have been moved into shelters as Hurricane Irma sweeps in. John Freeman said extra flights had also been laid on to get as many tourists as possible to safety. "Up until yesterday evening, when the airport closed, we had extra flights moving people out and so we've tried to diminish the numbers here, quite a number have gone to Jamaica," he said. Irma is due to strike the islands in the next few hours.'
Stay safe, Cheeks
powen001
2017-09-07 14:55:00
In reply to Cheeks
happy to hear and you still have communication.
stay safe and may you all remain unharmed.
Cheeks
2017-09-07 16:05:23
Thanks all. Perceptible deterioration in weather..but still early times. Traumatic times.
Courtesy
2017-09-07 16:16:06
In reply to Cheeks
Hold tight my brother. Bearlike you must fight the course.
This too shall pass.
Dan_De_Lyan
2017-09-08 14:48:02
In reply to Cheeks
In reply to Chrissy
Done.
You hear smalley?
Good
Ewart
2017-09-08 16:20:43
In reply to imusic
Co-sign.
Best wishes for safety for you and family Cheeks.
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Headley
2017-09-08 16:49:42
The Turks and Caicos islands were hit hard as Irma passed over the tiny archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. A government spokesperson told ABC News the British overseas territory had sustained "catastrophic" damage.
The National Weather Service warned of a storm surge up to 20 feet on Turks and Caicos with 8 to 12 inches of rain for the low-lying islands through Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Bahamas began to experience the extent of Irma's wrath Friday morning. The storm's speed was expected to slow as the core of the hurricane passed between the Bahamas and the northern coast of Cuba.
That's the latest I have seen on
T&C and Bahamas as of Friday morning.
