Thirty Years Ago on the Beach - #18 Afterword

This account was written on the 30th anniversary of Hurricane Gilbert. There was no preplanning and no consent was given by the others involved. Thus I included no individual names.

It was the first time in decades that I had seriously thought about what had transpired during those days. Making sure I mentioned the main points, hundreds of things long forgotten were remembered but not recorded in this version. That is for the rewrite.

Some odd things did take place. My Mom was worried about us and called our state representative. He told her that we were all okay. Only thing was, we were completely cut off from anyone after the hurricane and he could not have known how we were at all. He is dead now so no reason to give his name.

The experience was life changing. Gilbert was the main reason that I chose to move to Jamaica.

Thanks for reading.

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Nice story and well written Rob. I thought my Florida hurricane experiences were noteworthy but nothing like Gilbert. Respect.

Very well written. I think you may have missed your calling Rob.

Thanks for posting your memoir.

Let us hope that Jamaica does not see the likes of anything close to Gilbert again for many years to come (better yet, never again!)

Thanks for sharing your experience, Rob. I agree with Yoooper, very well written.

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Originally Posted by halfwaytree

Thanks for posting your memoir.

Let us hope that Jamaica does not see the likes of anything close to Gilbert again for many years to come (better yet, never again!)

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Can you say Ivan?

Cap

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Originally Posted by captaind

Can you say Ivan?

Cap

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Ivan was a big rain producer, lots of water damage. But we had a/c and the satellite dish working at Sunshine Plaza in a couple days.

Been here for every hurricane since Gilbert and none have been remotely close to Gilbert.

Thnx for sharing

That was very interesting Rob. Thanks for sharing.

Gilbert destroyed the original round house on Zion Hill and darn near killed Linston and the family.

I was at sea and all I could do was watch the weather fax and pray. I had no news for two weeks

Cap