A bright and sunny Sunday morning, after a calm and sunny Saturday afternoon, I woke up feeling sorry for people before communications could give you any warning of oncoming storms. A few gusts on friday, some rain bands, and then the "lull before the storm", it must have been a frightening time to  live in. 

Jamaica seems pretty prepared for what is a lessening threat (the track moving over towards poor Haiti), everyone stocked up and somewhat battened down (Jamaica is an optimistic society, we generally assume the best outcome, not the worst, but it seems will take any  excuse to queue up in a supermarket). Some sectors have learned the  hard way, the fisher folk having lost so much in Hurricane Dean they are preparing well this time.

The satellite maps are very  accurate, as now the clouds are moving in just as it shows on the map, and now we have to sit it out till Wednesday!.

Stephen