00:00One thing we've been talking about with Hurricane Melissa in relation to Jamaica is the difference in what kind of conditions you had depending on where you are on the island.
00:09Somewhere like Kingston on the eastern half of the island, you had tropical storm force winds and tropical storm-like conditions.
00:16However, the western half of the island where Melissa made landfall, very much hurricane-like conditions and that of a Category 5, which is what Melissa was when it made landfall.
00:26So just to give you better context about the imagery you're seeing on the right-hand side of your screen from Montego Bay, that is major hurricane around a Category 5 condition.
00:38So what does that mean as far as the damage?
00:40A high percentage of framed homes will have been destroyed.
00:43We're talking about total roof failure and walls collapsing.
00:47We're talking about just no power at all.
00:51Communities completely cut off because of the damage from trees, from power lines, power poles.
00:57And those power outages, they're not going to be resolved anytime soon.
01:01They can last weeks, even months, with a situation like this.
01:05And also because of the damage, because of the lack of power, the lack of clean water, things like that, areas become uninhabitable for weeks and months.
01:14Many of the areas that aid workers haven't been able to get to yet.
01:18With a Category 3 hurricane, it's still a major hurricane.
01:21A lot of damage to well-built frame homes.
01:24Numerous roads are going to be blocked.
01:26There's not going to be electricity for days or even weeks.
01:30But I want to give you that comparison with a tropical storm.
01:33There's still damage.
01:34However, it's some homes, partial wall and roof failure.
01:38Windows can be blown out.
01:40Any unsecured objects, if they're light or moderate weight, they can become projectiles.
01:44And then there are those power outages, but it doesn't take as long to get them restored.
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