IVAN heads toward Jamaica (Tranquility Bay?)

[Anonymous]

chief of mission: Ambassador Sue McCourt COBB
embassy: Jamaica Mutual Life Center, 2 Oxford Road, 3rd floor, Kingston 5
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [1] (876) 929-4850 through 4859
FAX: [1] (876) 935-6001

chief of mission: Ambassador Seymour Edward MULLINGS
chancery: 1520 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 452-0660
FAX: [1] (202) 452-0081
consulate(s) general: Miami and New York

what ever happened to the wwf...excuse me the wwasps public relations firm who was suppose to cover up all of the...i mean cover their tracks?

please pray for the hundreds of children who are on the island of jamaica, which is about to experience "ivan" the hurricane.

[Anonymous]

Controversial director of WWASP children?s program, Jay Kay, had no intention of evacuating American children (about 300) from Tranquility Bay Academy in spite of the fact that Hurricane Ivan is heading directly toward Tranquility Bay, which is on the south side of Jamaica, facing the hurricane.  Jay Kay, former gas station manager, previously admitted on PrimeTime with Diane Sawyer to spraying children with pepper-spray.  Some children have been released from Tranquility Bay with dislocated limbs, broken bones and loosened teeth.

After considerable pressure by advocates on government officials, in the 11th hour, the children are being evacuated this afternoon, less than 24 hours before the hurricane is anticipated to obliterate the island.  The movement of the children, however, is only to a nearby hotel whose guests were all previously evacuated earlier in the week.

Essentially, the American children in Jamaica (ages 11 to 18) are sitting ducks for a potential death sentence.

[Anonymous]

http://www.strugglingteens.com/cgi-bin/ ... 034#000001

[Anonymous]

TB students were evacuated to the same place the disaster relief crew is staying.  I'm more concerned about all the people of Jamaica, the babies and those homes they live in.  Last I read on cnn .com was that very few of them sought shelter.  Hopefully that changed.

[BuzzKill]

Ivan from off southwest Jamaica
11:45 A.M. ET Sat.,Sep.11,2004
Tim Ballisty and M. Ressler, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel

 

 

Hurricane Ivan Bottom Line
 

Strong Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph as of 5 a.m. ET

Hurricane watches and warnings in effect for Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and Cuba
 
 
Ivan is a powerful and deadly Category 4 hurricane as winds are now sustained at 145 mph. The center of Ivan remained offshore as it paralleled the southern coastline of Jamaica. Now the center is easing away from the southwest coast of Jamaica. Even with the eye staying over water, the hurricane as a whole battered the island all night and during the morning. Amateur radio reports emanating from Jamaica report that rainfall has been torrential and horizontal, the winds unleashed their destructive power, and ocean waves have been as high as a two-story building. Extreme damage has likely occurred, especially over the southern half of the island. The torrential rains that are ongoing are causing a great deal of flooding and mountain mudslides island-wide. Storm surge has been moderate but high waves will continue to batter the southern coast. After Jamaica, Ivan heads for the Cayman Islands late day into Sunday. Hurricane warnings are in effect for both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. By the end of the weekend, Ivan is forecast to approach western Cuba (a hurricane watch is in effect for the whole island) and then enter the eastern Gulf, still as a major hurricane, Monday and Tuesday. The western side of the Florida Peninsula and the Florida Panhandle could be most affected. Thereafter, torrential rains and lingering winds could become a major story for the quarter of the nation as the remains of an inland Ivan head northward mid to late week. The future path of Ivan is by no means set so keep it tuned to The Weather Channel for the latest updates.

[Anonymous]

http://www.jamaicans.com/ubb/ultimatebb ... =forum;f=1


This was posted on Jamiacans.com at 10:30 EST:

Just heard a live report from Ja on radio 106 FM via WPAT, NY. As most of you know by now at 7pm yesterday the hurricane changed it's course and shifted westerly instead of passing directly over the island. As a result:
-The west coast if taking a pounding
-Many homes have lost their roofs, particularly in Mandeville
-There is severe flooding in central and western Jamaica
-At 8am the hurricane was 60 miles south of Montego Bay, and -Black River is taking a serious hit
-It will be passing over Negril some time later
 
 
 
Author: Dawn (---.tampabay.rr.com)
Date:   09-11-04 14:13

Sadly 3 lives lost in Clarendon by drowning...1 baby in Rocky Point and 2 adults in Portland Cottage.

In area between Caribbean Terrace and Seven mile total devastation..2-3ft high mud..

Dumble Hall St Catherine more than 20 homes destroyed.

Very little structural damage in MBJ so far.
 
 
 
 
RE: Ivan jamaica  
From: Gert van Dijken
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:56:38 -0400 (EDT)
 
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:51:48 -0400
From: henrique AT cwjamaica.com
Subject: RE: Ivan jamaica


 Somehow we survived and lived through a night of extreme terror.

We went through a day and night of unimaginable fury of nature, words
fail me to describe the experience.
The sounds were as if a jumbo jet takes of and passes 10 m above your
roof.
Because of the slowing forward moving of Ivan we were pounded at 150
miles p.h. for many, many hours more than predicted last night.

Damage is unbelievable.

Shelters are filled with thousands of people, they are running out of
food and the radio stations appeal to citizens as soon as the storm has
passed to donate food to the shelters.
That will not be before this evening.

Somehow phone lines and internet systems have held up.

"Big up" C&W of Jamaica and Digicel.
They can certainly advertise their equipment as hurricane safe.

Right now we don't know if there were casualties as the entire island is
inundated, all roads are blocked, bridges have come down, big areas are
flooded and mud slides are covering large areas.

Some shelters could not stand up to the winds and people had to be
relocated in the height of the storm.
How that was done I don't know as you cannot walk in 150 miles of storm.

Hospitals were damaged and patients had to be relocated in Mobay
Cornwall and Kingston KPH and Jubilee.

The Prime Minister declared Jamaica a national disaster and implemented
a Public Emergency, restricting freedom of movement and assembly.
This is done to protect the citizens from looting.
We are thankful for that as we feel a lot safer this way.

Looting is going on right now but the police is very, very vigilant and
adopts a no nonsense approach, we are thankful for that.

In the height of the storm several heavily armed gangs of criminals were
engaging the security forces in gun battles in Kingston, endangering the
security forces' lives.

The security forces along with the Government agencies did a magnificent
job.

Some areas are simply flattened, the Community of Windsor has not one
roof left, including the church which served as a shelter, people have
nowhere to go and the winds and rain are pounding on.
Almantown in Kingston is flat.

The roads all over the island are inundated, bridges destroyed.
Communities cannot be reached.
Banana plantations are flat, for that matter our "food basket" in
general is destroyed.

Our hearts go out to Cayman and Florida.

Please consider Ivan as the most dangerous storm you can imagine.
Double check your preparations, you will need it.
One word of advice: when people start to feel the terror and fear for
their lives as we have last night, psychology comes into play.
Hold the children tight as they may be scared beyond belief.
Also tempers can flare out of fear, prayers helped us to cope and stay
half way calm and stay together as a group.

By tomorrow we will know more about the damage but I fear it will
resemble Grenada.


Barbara Henriques

[BuzzKill]

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/adcbin ... s&partner=

Looks like the northern tip of Jamaica is still getting wollopped.

[Anonymous]

Gulf View Hotel in Mandeville. Phone - 876-262-4471

somebody want to check in on the TB kids

[Anonymous]

http://www2.e-gleaner.com/20040910/gallery/index.html

[Anonymous]

http://jampact.org/

[Anonymous]

where is TB actually located on the island of jamaica?  what parish?  closet town?

[Anonymous]

TB is located at the parish of St. Elizabeth.

[Anonymous]

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Originally posted by BuzzKill:
the Mandeville hotel?
The local police and news paper?
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here it is
hotel:
962-2460

police:
962-2250 & 961-4925

sorry i dont know that name of the local paper there.

good luck

[Anonymous]

By TBNet on Sunday, September 12, 2004 - 10:47 am:
As of 11:30 AM Sunday morning, threre's not much new that I could find.

I've recieved some emails with tidbits of reports about roofs off in Mandeville, trees down, etc. We're asking for anyone with ANY information related to PLEASE post it here if. For some, this is the only source they have to know what's going on.

Does anyone have a connection to the Power 106 broadcasts? If so, post the information here or send it directly to me at webmaster@treasurebeach.net

What we do know:

There seems to be sporadic phone service working in the Mandeville/TB area. However, when I called Rebecca's land line, I get 'All circuits are busy'. Her CWJ cell phone is accepting voice mails, but her Digicell phone simply states "the number you've dialed is unavailable."

The Los Angeles Times:
"The Jamaican death toll included two children who drowned near Kingston and a family of four who died in south-central Clarendon, said Sgt. Steve Brown of the Jamaican Police Force emergency response center. He also said a family of eight was missing from a flooded area west of Kingston. RJR Radio also reported that an elderly woman died when a tree fell on her home."

On Jamaicans.com,:
"I have spoken to my mother a few times in the Malvern,Munro,Southfield area of St. Elizabeth via her cell phone. She is telling me that she is fine, but all the houses that she can see around her is destroyed. She says there are no trees standing. The last time i spoke to her was about 7:00 pm eastern time (Saturday) and she said the winds were dying down, but the rain is relentless...things are a bit hectic for her because water is entering the house through some windows and doors. she did say that Treasure beach and Junction were hit pretty bad. I try to talk for a little bit at a time because her cell phone is going to die and she has no means to recharge. Funny thing is I just left the island on Monday."

Again, if you have ANY information, no matter how small, pelase post it here along with where and when you heard it.

[Anonymous]

THIS IN FROM YAHOO...

A paragraph pertaining to St. Elizabeth:

"In Jamaica, aid agencies and officials said they were still trying to find out what had happened in the southeastern parishes of St. Thomas, one of the hardest-hit areas, and St. Elizabeth in the southwest, and hoped to clear blocked roads on Sunday"


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