So it seems this is going to take longer than I had hoped. I'll be undating the news section if I get any interesting links but I was hoping that this would have been over from yesterday. My Sister just called and said we made the front page of the times news paper and my paycheck reach the bank but there is no one there to process it. So it go.
If you more interested in documentaries then here is a old video from roughly 2003 which explains some of the issues in jamaica today; Ross Kemp On Gangs Jamaica (old video). Its 45 minutes long so go to the bathroom first.
In the meantime be safe and hope hurricane Dudus no cause di electricity fi cut off. For your listening pleasure; The timeless Bob Marley and the Wailers.
Apocalypse commented: It hasn't had any drastic effect on my life. I was always the person preaching to persons about conserving water esp at school. The water situation at my home is what it always was; water every other day :( ... read 4 more
Well what do we have here now? Seems like the lack of hurricances last year had some how affected the water in Kingston, now water is being delievered on a schedule. Its only a matter of time before people start rioting. If people aren't complaining about one thing, or another, then they are complaining about EVERYTHING.
THE seasonal drought, which typically lasts from late November to March/April, is at its height and as usual the southern half of the island is worst affected. The effects are being more acutely felt because the traditional wet months of May/June and September/October last year produced far less rain than is usually the case. Hence the alarmingly low storage levels at supply points such as the Mona reservoir and Hermitage dam -- forcing severe water restrictions in the heavily populated areas of Kingston, St Andrew and St Catherine. -RAINWATER HARVESTING A MUST
See hurricanes do serve a good purpose after all (besides destruction and reduction in crime). I am sure people in rural areas are laughing and pointing fingers at the SUV washing Kingstonians. Although they are rationing the water now, we are not about to "run out of water", at least not just yet (maybe next month or 2) but we may run out of "easy water" and start having to look at other, not so easy sources.
They is no real way to prepare for a drought, it just happens and you run out of water.
It rained in Portmore over the weekend - well not really rained but drizzled consistently. Jamaica would need a good, consistent, 2 day heavy rain to get everything back to normal. I suggest we all start our rain dances, paying our tides and stop washing cars before it gets any worst.
Update - Feb 12 2010
THE NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that with effect from 8th day of February 2010 or five days after the publication of this notice, whichever is the later, the NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITS in all areas of the island of Jamaica served by drought-affected water supply systems, the use of water supplied by or obtained through, the pipes of the Commission for ..... ..... c) washing of vehicles using a hose or watering or washing roadways, pavements, paths, garages or out rooms;..... .....ANY PERSON WHO CONTRAVENES THIS NOTICE IS GUILTY OF AN OFFENCE AND LIABLE ON SUMMARY CONVICTION BEFORE A RESIDENT MAGISTRATE TO A FINE, AND IN DEFAULT OF PAYMENT, TO IMPRISONMENT FOR A TERM NOT EXCEEDING THIRTY DAYS. - PROHIBITION NOTICE - Under The National Water Commission Act
They should have added that vehicles will be impounded and hoses confiscated.
Tami commented: Don't you mean 'increase in crime' during a hurricane? I find that when people are forced to stay inside during a storm and converse with family members or other unsuspecting persons they otherwise try to avoid, crime tends to escalate.
What about looting? It's not as if the Jamaican Police are going to leave their families or sweet hearts warm bed to come in the rain and wind to shoot us, or maybe i'm oblivious to what they really care about.
Jamaica shouldn't be able to run out of water, we are surrounded by it for god sakes, that could be an alternative. Recycled water? ... read 21 more
Notice how the weather has slowly moved from boiling hot to overcast-cool these days? Notice how you get to sleep a little bit longer and spend a little less time at work? This is all for a cause. Dont feed the monkeys. I love this kind of weather, but it garners people around the office and home sneezing their sockets out. Sniffling here and there, nasty snot tissues on the floor. But sometimes, everyone needs that good sneeze to get the bullshit out. I dont get in fights with open minded persons but i do with the padlocked ones. Dam dingbats! frigging fonts! To each his own.
I have been aquaintances with this tough foot, female wrestler looking girl at work for over a year now. This relationship began with much caution as we were introduced at lunch while she was telling a story of how the evening before she stabbed a guy several times because she was trying to say something and he wasn't lending an ear, instead going on and on. I kept my distance, occasionally joining to have lunch and gossip a little. Everyone gossips, just in different ways. Her demeanor was bullish and bossy and persons around the office preferred it to be business as usual when it came to her. Ghetto.It's either her way or the high way.
Due to drastic changes in the sector, I was thrown in the lions mouth when [they] decided to close my department and transfer me to where baby bull resided. She hindered my work, chatting constantly about some other persons business or the many problems she had in her life. I realised that I couldn't fade away into my music and produce outstanding work anymore, or it could just be a silly excuse that my new duties were even more boring than the last or just that i wasn't adjusting to the change very well.
Something, somewhere had changed. I think i liked the fact that she was occasional when i was not so close, but now she was there 24-7. Annoying. It's funny how things are when the gossip is now about you. I didn't confront her because quite frankly i didn't want to get stabbed, so i spoke with her supervisor about it. A meeting was called and i turned out to be the "bad guy". It seemed her bark was alot louder than her bite. Tears rolled down her face, difficulty to catch her breath as i told her of my discovery. She asked to be excused from the meeting, but it was denied and from then I began getting that feeling that something was about to pop off any moment now. Shoot, i left my Ninja gear at home. Dammit.
Nothing happened but now i'm seen as the one who took the bully off her high horse.
