My thoughts…on stuff

Despite all we’ve done, for some strange reason, God still loves us. that’s the only explanation for why Hurricane Dean suddenly veered to the south, sparing Jamaica its full fury. Hmm. Dean changing course? Could Mother Nature be telling us something? But let me not politicize our blessing. Besides some scattered leaves, loosened zinc and a broken tree limb, my family and I are ok. We were lucky, as we live near some hills, so it acted as sort of a shield from the wind. The loss of electricity reminded us of how much we depend on technology and all the other creature comforts of modern life. But all of Jamaica wasn’t as lucky as us. The print and electronic media were filled with images of sheer destruction, to both public and private property. Three people died. It was clear that Dean clearly outranked Ivan, though some people in my opinion, deserved it, as they had not heeded the warnings. Some of them were humourous, as the one with a concrete house being held up with rope. Others were awe-inspiring, as the Suzuki Swift washed up on the wall, and most were depressing, such as wooden houses reduced to piles of splintered wood and twisted zinc. The recovery effort is in full swing, but sadly, people are trying to politicize it. JLP doesn’t want to give water to PNP and vice versa. Are we Jamaicans so immature that we can’t put aside politics long enough to help our fellow man? Right now Dean is dying a slow death in Mexico, downgraded to a tropical storm. Right now, I’m just hoping the JPS doesn’t hit us with a “Hurricane Dean Recovery Charge.”