This storm reminds me of Hurricane Gilbert. But this one is probably going to hit Jamaica harder than Gilbert—and Gilbert hit Jamaica extraordinarily hard. I know Jamaicans are used to hurricanes, but I hope they take this one very seriously. Depending upon how it hits the swells could annihilate Kingston (pop. 666,000).
We used to live in the Caymans in the mid 1990’s and everyone still wore t-shirts that said “I survived Gilbert.” Then Ivan came through (we weren’t there then thank goodness), and the t-shirts said “I survived Ivan.” Looks like Dean at a Cat 5 is headed straight for the Caymans...guess they’ll have to print new t-shirts.