Hurricane Melissa blasts Jamaica

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00:00Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica Tuesday, the worst storm seen on the island since record

00:06keeping began in 1850. The Category 5 storm came packing. We're talking sustained winds,

00:13not just gusts, of 185 miles per hour, three feet of rain, and a predicted storm surge of up to 13

00:22feet. That is insane. Flooding and power outages have been widespread. Roofs have been ripped off.

00:29Lives have been lost. We don't even have a total count yet. What's also insane, a moronic wannabe

00:36influencer who bragged about flying to Jamaica just hours before Melissa made landfall. Hannah Grubbs

00:43posted a bunch of just absurd videos to Instagram boasting about riding out the storm from her resort

00:50in Negril. Now, an on-the-ground look at the storm is not in and of itself absurd. It's what she was

00:56saying. Grubbs whined about it, ruining her vacation. Now, as you might expect, she was swiftly

01:03blasted by commenters pointing out that her holiday without the sun is nothing compared to the death

01:09and destruction Melissa is sure to cause for locals who didn't and don't have the money to leave. And

01:14others pointed out that she was taking resources from people who could really use it, especially

01:18given that she flew into Jamaica knowing full well that this massive hurricane had the island country in

01:24its sites. Now, the United Nations, which says for Jamaica, it will surely be the, quote, storm of the

01:29century, has already launched a sea lift operation to deliver aid to the island.