Sitting in the safe bubble of a writing retreat in the mountains of New Mexico, my hurricane tracker app whoohooohooed, because, for some perverse reason, it uses the unmistakable moan of hurricane winds to send notifications.
That and other hurricane apps I have went off at roughly the same time, and so began a change in conversations in the Virgin Islands, "Do you think it will really be that bad?", "I think the Sahara Dust is going to help.", "Do you think we'll get lucky again this year?", "We haven't finished rebuilding, we can go through another one yet!". A simple App notice kicking off a change in conversation. And as climate change affects our life's, I have heard comments direct towards the rituals which are as significant as many other holidays to those of us call the Caribbean home - "Do we need to bring Hurricane Supplication Day forward? "Do we need to push Hurricane Thanksgivings Day later?" Even as I site here writing this, I send a silent prayer... Please protect us through another year. This is part of this place.
That and other hurricane apps I have went off at roughly the same time, and so began a change in conversations in the Virgin Islands, "Do you think it will really be that bad?", "I think the Sahara Dust is going to help.", "Do you think we'll get lucky again this year?", "We haven't finished rebuilding, we can go through another one yet!". A simple App notice kicking off a change in conversation. And as climate change affects our life's, I have heard comments direct towards the rituals which are as significant as many other holidays to those of us call the Caribbean home - "Do we need to bring Hurricane Supplication Day forward? "Do we need to push Hurricane Thanksgivings Day later?" Even as I site here writing this, I send a silent prayer... Please protect us through another year. This is part of this place.