Jamaica

Critically Thinking About — and Appreciating — How Well We Have It

We are so inundated with "news" that even extraordinary events evaporate into the ether after just a few days, as some other shiny object takes their place. We need to periodically step back and put things in perspective.

I've been to Jamaica (stayed a few weeks in Montego Bay) and it was an interesting, beautiful place, with decent, hard-working people — but no more. What is happening to the good people of Jamaica is very hard to realistically describe, but I'll give it a shot…

FYI per Wikipedia: Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean. It has a population of 3± million, the fourth largest in the Caribbean region. About 70% of Jamaicans are Christians, predominantly Protestant.

Some million Jamaicans now have no home, as most roofs are ripped off, and mud has flooded the interior. They have no electricity. They have no drinking water. They can't flush toilets as they have no working sewage facility. They have no food. There is no grocery, hardware, pharmacy, or almost any other type of store open. Most of them are simply destroyed.