@seaegg99

How come the folks on the East side of JA didn't use the fishing boats etc. to get to Black River and other locations with supplies quickly? Figured almost all roads had to be out once the Melissa move off the Island. Didn't see much of that while looking at videos.

The day after the hurricane there was a couple of US storm chasers who travelled from Kingston to Santa Cruz, filming and sending videos back to the US. I guess they were using satellite phones. I couldn’t understand where so much mud came from in Santa Cruz. I was surprised Spur-three was passable then. A friend explain that the water travelled on the road down the hill 

@birdseye

it was a complete mess but it is a valid question

Content - water still rising

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj0mweCouVI

And in all this the Jamaican spirit bring a few tears of joy and pride.. So much optimism from the afflicted, so much neighborly love. Media and vloggers are reaching some crannies. I teared up seeing a 92yrs old granny who survived on her verandah of a board house that survived Charlie '51 and Gilbert 88. Rest of house mash up.

@XDFIX

Can't fully recover in 2yrs.wull take yrs to ship and distribute the materials for infrastructure rehab. Banane Tek 9mths fi produce. Think bout di production cycle whe' create constant supply (starting from almost scratch)

@Brerzerk

lots of tears - senior citizens hit real hard.

I cried watching a 72 year old man who needs regular medical treatment.

he said no one cares while showing his swollen hands and feet.

nuff mouth deh bout - action now!

Oh skites - here comes the health crisis

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20251115/lepto-scare-west

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzCaZK-a5Lw

content, Manchester

@Chrissy

I read somewhere that Jamaica had purchase an insurance policy worth over US$500M in preparation of such a disaster.

Is there any confirmation of that???

How Jamaica took out an insurance policy

$150M US ‘catastrophe bond’ issued last year headed to full payout, will provide Jamaica immediate help.Funds could get to Jamaica in a matter of days. The country also has multiple eggs in its disaster risk basket — including insurance policies to cover extreme rainfall and tropical storms through a regional pool that provides disaster insurance to Caribbean countries. Additionally, it can draw on lines of credit with the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. 

"Jamaica's strategy is, in my perspective, one of the most comprehensive of any country globally at the minute," said Conor Meenan, a risk financing adviser at the U.K.-based Centre for Disaster Protection. Jamaica’s $150-million US catastrophe bond was issued in 2024 with the help of the World Bank. The country funded the bond itself, while investors, mostly investment firms in North America and Europe, bought it. The bond matures in 2027, covering four hurricane seasons.

In total, Jamaica's Finance Ministry says it has about $820 million US available in financing to draw from in the days and weeks right after a disaster. That won’t cover all of the likely billions of dollars in damages needed, but the insurance-related financing will flow to Jamaica much faster and help quickly restore the most essential services like roads, health care and telecommunications. 

@sgtdjones

Thanks!😎

@StumpCam

US $150m

world bank - it’s on the original thread

@StumpCam

Jamaica can access up to $820 million in disaster-risk financing

I posted such on Thu, Oct 30, '25 at 8:37 PM

tge hard part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjI0RD2s0To

From the Red Cross

https://www.ifrc.org/article/you-cant-capture-it-pictures-hurricane-melissa-leaves-path-destruction-western-jamaica

sadness is everywhere