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Dennis Jones is a Jamaican-born international economist, who has lived most of the time in the UK and USA, and latterly in Guinea, west Africa. He moved back to the Caribbean in 2007. This blog contains his observations on life on this small eastern Caribbean island, as well as views on life and issues on a broader landscape, especially the Caribbean and Africa.

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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Hurricane Dean Blog


The Jamaican Gleaner has a hurricane blog running (see link), for those who wish to follow events as reported by a range of Gleaner reporters. The picture, borrowed from the blog, shows some of the devastation in Kingston. You'll read that some people still seem to act as if the hurricane will not pose serious risks to their lives.

The brunt of the storm (which is still at category 4) seems to have so far been felt on the southern part of the island, especially Kingston. But let's see how the rest of the night develops.

Hoping that Jamaica can come away with less than a total battering.

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