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MistressDREAD -> RE: Hurricane Roll call (9/21/2004 5:40:18 AM)
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MistressDREADS still live and kickin!![:D]
8 Sisters and Brothers lost their Homes
My Home in Jamaica halfs still standin
(thank Jah it was the half blown away
that was insured!)[;)] but the insurance
company got blown away so dont know
how thats gonna work........
The Farms whiped out sept the yam,yukka
and potatoes so got plenty food to make due.
spent three days burning and
burying goat and chicken
carcasses killed.
Three Fishing Boats lost ( sumone heard on
the radio two Jamaican boats washed up on
Cuba shores and Castro used em for fire wood,
probably Mine! LOL )
BeachFront rentals and club washed away.
No schools left standing in Our Parish
Electrical Grids still under 5 foot of water
and dont expect to gain any utilities to the
area for no less then four to six months.
Fresh waters in short supply, but My family
has a hidden block sisteen We built last year
for water for the familys use in Our Mountainside.
~wink~ We soooooo smart sum times!
Pops House allright but He complainin his bones ach
an he wanna go soakem in the salt water seaside so its been
a fight to keep the 78 year old who can barely stand up
hard headed man in his house away from the quarter mile
walk down to the ocean front and out of harms way.. LOL
Befor I left the US
Roof dammage to Both My Homes and trees down
and flooding at the Construction Job Site in Florida
Im not EVENNN gonna worry about till I return there.
All and All We are all present and accounted for so
things will rebuild and repair and life goes on but
a bit worried about the next month or so of storms
that still might hit Us here befor We can recoop.
A lot of looting and disparity with people here as
many lost everything and to find basic food and water
is a day long chore now and those of Us who got have
to physically protect Our areas from the looters. Thats
the sad part of all of this besides the dead and missing.
None of the hospitals have any utilities either and only
one in Kingston has generator power but heard that gas
is hard to find to keep it filled. At least Im not 24 hours
on and 6 off anymore but 16 on and 8 off for now.
At this point any donations of anything are being accepted
for any island and here are a couple of addresses to
send anything you might and can: even $1.00 US dollar
will help for that one dollar is worth $65.00 dollars in Jamaican
money and would buy basic food for one person to survive a week.
THE JAMAICAN EMBASSY:
http://www.emjamusa.org/
Disaster Donation Center
ST. ELIZABETH,
Black River Primary School
Fort Charles District
Watchwell P.A. St Elizabeth,Jamaica
876-634-4505, 876-634-4506
Jamaican Embassy in the USA
Miss Lisa Yee, @ (202) 452-0660,
said that she is working
on organizing shipping
companies to help out from
Embassy in D.C.
June Royes @ (323) 756-4601
in the L.A. area Embassy
The Jamaica National Building Society
(JNBS) has established a 'Recovery
Fund' to help aid Jamaica's recovery
after Hurricane Ivan.
Under the fund Jamaicans and friends
of Jamaica can send contributions to
help rebuild Jamaica via JNBS outlets
for free.Funds raised will be turned
over to the Government
remittances to account number 10272794
but call befor to the bank to verify the
transfer.
Jamaica High Commission - Ottawa
275 Slater Street # 800, Ottawa ON Canada K1P 5H9
Tel : 613-233-9311
Fax: 613-233-0611
UNICEF is very active in Jamaica and
will be assisting with the relief effort.
Kwesi Loney
Regional Development Manager
UNICEF Ontario
Tel.: +1 613 233 8842
Fax: +1 613 235 3522
www.unicef.ca
UNICEF NEW YORK
Headquarters
Mail Address
UNICEF House
3 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
U.S.A.
For those in Miami who want to drop
items off for the Relief Fund ...
you can do it at:
Dade
Amcar Freight
Contact Mr. Diamond : 305-599-8866
7850 NE 80th STreet
Miami, FL (sorry I dident get the zip)
specify donations going to either
Grenada,Jamaica,Caymans,Haiti
any BAnk of America
at the bank of American you tell them
the GCCA relief fund and they will have
the account number for Grenada....or
request the account number for the Jamaican
or Cayman or Haiti releif fund and they
will deposit it appropreatly.
Red Cross - stipulate that your donation
be sent to a spacific Island to help and
you can also specify if its to go towards
food and water or hospitals or schools
or goverment or what not for physical
items and for cash donations you can
do this here:
Jamaica Red Cross Headquarters
76 Arnold Road
Kingston 5
Tel: +1 (876) 984-7860-2
Fax: + 1 (876) 984-8272
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.jamaicaredcross.org
St. Elizabeth Branch
Postal Address: 60 Beadle Blvd, Santa Cruz P.O.
Phone: (876) 966-2038
Director: Mrs. Sheila Doctor
canadian red cross:
1-800-418-1111
www.redcross.ca.
In the U.K.
Donating online at
www.redcross.org.uk/caribbeanappeal
Send cheques, made payable to
British Red Cross -
Caribbean Hurricane Appeal, to:
Caribbean Hurricane Appeal,
The British Red Cross,
FREEPOST,
London SW1X 7BR
For New Yorkers who wants to offer any
kind of help, they can carry any donations
of anything to Square Deal shippers at
Church Avenue and East 45th Street Brooklyn,
in care of GM shipping
Also for NY
Blackfoot Mas Camp (Bklyn)
located at
1640 Nostrand Ave,
bet Beverley Road and Tilden Avenue
specify what Island you are donating for.
WHO JAH BLESS LET NO MON CURSE!
A Fisherman was asked why He thought that the Eye
of Ivan stayed 8 miles off of the coast of Jamaica and
the fisherman said: The Rasta Man were smoken soo
hard waitin for Ivan the Terrible to hit that it put up a
smoke screen that blinded Ivans eye and He couldent
find Us! HAHAHAHA! A lil Jamaican humor for your
day!
Oh and thanks Gungasoid for the thought an caring.
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