Lighthouse renovations?

[Papa Georgie]

Ok, we can berate the Port Authority of Jamaica.

[Rob]

Yah, the records probably have no intrinsic, useful value. However they are an historical record. Part of the history of Jamaica. A civilized nation preserves its history. I suppose the Jamaican government is an easy target. Then, whom shall we berate, the lighthouse keeper?

Just to add to Lisa's comments, if anyone feels the need to shame or berate anyone, make sure you blame the offending entity.

If everything in the photographs are taken at face value to be true, the "uncivilized" country not preserving its records as Papa Georgie says would be none other than the British Empire. They had 64 years to preserve those daily weather records from 1898 , yet have been blamed for leaving them to the elements in the lighthouse. Please note, Jamaica did not gain independence until 1962. The British had ample time to handle the records correctly.

As Lisa pointed out, how does anyone know that the British didnt made copies of the original information? As Papa says, civilized countries do that and the British Empire was considered civilized, so that would imply that the British would have made copies and preserved that information.

I been have dealing with mounds of paperwork records for decades here and things are becoming more computerized everyday. What took months to accomplish in the 1990's now takes days.

Why "berate" when you could "big up"?