Small taste of #Hurricane#MELISSA on SW coast of #Jamaica, just as we started getting raked by violent right eyewall. Belive it or not, this was before the peak conditions, when everything turned white, the screaming sound became unbearable, & we needed to bolt the door shut.
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Safe. And thankful. I was expecting a dud, so I didn't take #Hurricane#ERICK seriously. Big mistake. My location (San Jose Estancia Grande) got full-on "right-front-quadded"—meaning it got blasted by the hurricane's worst. It struck with bizarre suddenness just before dawn, with almost no buildup: the wind increased from gentle breeze to shocking violence in just a few minutes. It happened so fast I didn't have time to seek proper shelter once I realized how serious it was—so I rode it out pressed against the town's main municipal building, curled up in a ball, clutching a plastic picnic table as a shield (which the wind twice tore from my grasp). The air was filled with flying wreckage, and the sound of it smashing into cars and buildings was bone-rattling. Every hurricane has a personality: ERICK was loud, angry, mean, and fast. It only lasted about an hour, but in that short time, it transformed the town: almost every house unroofed, trees defoliated, twisted metal stuck in the branches, residents shellshocked. Afterward, I spent the day in the town (roads were all blocked), making friends and trying to be helpful in small ways. Night was pitch black, dead still, and alive with tropical wildlife sounds. I slept in the car—the deep, magical sleep a chaserdude has after a punishing chase—then started the long drive back to Puerto Escondido before dawn. I'll post footage, pics, data, and analysis soon, but wanted y'all to know I'm OK. #Oaxaca #Mexico
Seems like I reacted emotionally, and I am not proud of how I handled it. I let pain speak instead of peace. I don’t want to carry this around anymore so yeah moving on with life. Thank you for those who stayed with me and helped me reflect.
Tough choices, needing good decisions. The choices I have right now are:
1. Vice Chairman for Internal Affairs for IECEP-MSC
2. Another contract in PUMAL
3. More time in ScienceKonek