The island's Power 106 is still broadcasting and streaming on the web. It's fascinating listening. They're fielding calls from all over Jamaica and reporting on looting in the usual trouble spots around Kingston. Here how to tune in as Hurricane Ivan bears down on them if you have a player for .pls streams (Winamp is recommended):
Go to this site at the Jamaica Gleaner.
Click on the "Winamp - 24k" link. You might have to click this repeatedly until your player kicks in.
Even if your player comes on, you might need to repeatedly click the "play" button until you hear the stream.
The people are facing this pretty stoically, but it's going to get worse as the night rolls on. The eye is supposed to skim the south shore of Jamaica, but unfortunately is tracked to turn north over our adoptive town of Negril on the west end.
Sorry for not posting more about fonts and superscript "th"s, but when a Category 4 is wreaking chaos in a place you think of as a home away from home, your thoughts kinda drift.
UPDATE: It's now 35 miles south of Kingston and back up to a borderline category 5. Worse, it's only moving about 9 mph, which means the hurricane will hang over the island until 6pm JA time (yes, PM) Saturday. You can see real time motion maps here and here.
