Thanks Rob for your wise and informative response.

I'll post a more general update on how things are going with my move to Jamaica, in a new thread, when I have a moment. Briefly, I was here July/August, and went home end-of-August feeling very frustrated over a number of issues, which I won't go into here but maybe in that later thread I will. After 2 months back in the US getting back into a good frame of mind, I returned in November to give living here another shot. Things are going much better this time. Maybe I am learning how to live in Jamaica.

I was a little freaked out last night but am OK now. The young woman I was with, the relative of the victim, was a lot more freaked out than I was. And she is a Jamacan who lives here. From my house, I drove her home to be with her family, who were all gathered in a state of shock. I normally would not be out driving at night on these bad roads and in a bad state of mind, but she really needed to get home. And there's no Uber here . On the way back I hit a pothole and had a blowout, which could've been bad, but the people whose yard I wound up in were really nice and helpful and I got home safe and OK. It restored my faith in the goodness of humanity. Most people here are really nice.

Peace and love,

Richard