Oh noooo. I have never suffered directly, but living in Japan (a natural disaster magnet) I have learned to feel. To even sniff and tear when watching tv interviews of people who in minutes lost everything. Gulp. Hard to even imagine.
I hope recovery can come soon to your island paradise.
Poverty puts rebuilding so close to impossible. Governments don’t always step in because - well the funds aren’t there. Where the money goes is another discussion for another day.
Capitalism lies at the root of climate change. Unless we force stronger the governments of powerful countries to do things differently, hurricanes will continuité to flatten and oceans will continue to rise.
I wonder what happened to what I said here last night?
Tana, i was saying that the Caribbean has pulling together for some time now, and it’s wonderful. In disasters, people have been sending food, etc, material to rebuild, people to help clean and build. It’s not enough though, the islands need massive assistance right now.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the pursuit of wealth, if people did things the right way, we wouldn’t be in the muck we’re in now. Instead, greed is killing everything.
Oh dear. How heartbreaking. It feels wrong to comment on how very poetic your writing is in this piece, Neena, but I'm going to do it anyway. "And now the lovely sea, our lullaby sea, has given birth to yet another raging child - Beryl." Beautiful writing for a tragic situation.
We’re hurricane-free in Guyana, Sadia. Phewwwww. But in our Caribbean community…the West Indian islands…hurricanes can wreak massive damage. As much as we can, we gather resources to help out. It’s heartbreaking to see an island get lashed after recovering. The resilience of the people, their sense of humour and faith, is something else to see.
Oh noooo. I have never suffered directly, but living in Japan (a natural disaster magnet) I have learned to feel. To even sniff and tear when watching tv interviews of people who in minutes lost everything. Gulp. Hard to even imagine.
I hope recovery can come soon to your island paradise.
Ahhh, Jack, the last earthquake in Japan was something else, terrifying…I’ve been in little earthquakes, man, frightening.
I hope those Caribbean islands recover soon too…the Caribbean is so young!
Great piece of writing, of course, but aaargh. So sorry.
Thank you, Karl, yes, one hurricane after another, after barely recovering, shees.
And thank you for the good words about the writing. ☺️
So much here.
Lovely writing and sad imagery.
Poverty puts rebuilding so close to impossible. Governments don’t always step in because - well the funds aren’t there. Where the money goes is another discussion for another day.
Capitalism lies at the root of climate change. Unless we force stronger the governments of powerful countries to do things differently, hurricanes will continuité to flatten and oceans will continue to rise.
I wonder what happened to what I said here last night?
Tana, i was saying that the Caribbean has pulling together for some time now, and it’s wonderful. In disasters, people have been sending food, etc, material to rebuild, people to help clean and build. It’s not enough though, the islands need massive assistance right now.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the pursuit of wealth, if people did things the right way, we wouldn’t be in the muck we’re in now. Instead, greed is killing everything.
Oh dear. How heartbreaking. It feels wrong to comment on how very poetic your writing is in this piece, Neena, but I'm going to do it anyway. "And now the lovely sea, our lullaby sea, has given birth to yet another raging child - Beryl." Beautiful writing for a tragic situation.
Thank you, Meredith. I so wanted to find a way to get people to read about this tragic situation.
It’s a powerful piece. I also shared it to Twitter and LinkedIn.
I deeply, deeply appreciate that, Meredith. ☺️ Thank you a million.
Oooh my I pray for ease and restoration of your homeland. Thank you for sharing these resources too.
We’re hurricane-free in Guyana, Sadia. Phewwwww. But in our Caribbean community…the West Indian islands…hurricanes can wreak massive damage. As much as we can, we gather resources to help out. It’s heartbreaking to see an island get lashed after recovering. The resilience of the people, their sense of humour and faith, is something else to see.