Dean

And once again, it is panic time in Jamaica -  a hurricane appears to be on the way. I have a question. You know all that stuff that people buy for hurricanes that never hit us? You know, the candles, the flashlights, the tarpaulin, the water buckets? For hurricanes like Dennis and Emily who come close but miss? What happens to them when it turns out to be just a scare and we don’t get hit?

As you can be sure that the next time there is a warning, these same people will be standing in the same long queues in the same old shops to be the same things over again.

Me? I have an excuse – it’s a new house so I’ve never had those things before!

And my plan is to batter down the windows, put things in high places away from flooding and head to the man’s to shelter in his big bed!