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Emma Lewis
@petchary.bsky.social
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I write. I read. Environmental defender. Bird fanatic. Born in London. Oxford alumna. Live in Kingston. petchary.wordpress.com. Also a member of the Global Voices community and on Substack. #StopDeepSeaMining #Arsenal
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This little girl is giving you a tour of what was her home.
#HurricaneMelissa
#Jamaica
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Hoping for sweet dreams… But I have a touch of the flu…
An evening sky with wispy grey clouds and trees and a bush with large leaves silhouetted against it. Behind the leaves glow the lights of a house.
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Today was #WorldKindnessDay
Be kind to Nature.
An aerial view of waves and foam breaking on the shore, and cliffs covered with forest. The message is “Be kind to nature.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Authorities handed over a first batch of seven Senator RAM MRAP armoured vehicles to the Armed Forces of Haiti (FAd’H) recently at the Prime Minister’s Office in Port-au-Prince. This is the first significant acquisition of tactical equipment for the army since its remobilization in 2017.
#Haiti
Several green tactical military vehicles lined up in a row.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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After #HurricaneMelissa, we call on Jamaica's Govt. to:
• Demand stronger action on 1.5°C target
• Secure loss & damage financing for communities
• Prioritize community-led rebuilding
• Invest in climate-resilient, nature-based solutions
@lossanddamage.bsky.social
@globaljusticenow.bsky.social
A photograph of a badly damaged town with a church tower still standing, beside the sea. It has a message: "In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa, we call on the Government of Jamaica to..."
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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He looks so much like a Jamaican “brown dog”! We have two crazy rescue dogs who look very much the same. Lulu (left) and her big brother Freddie.
A small brown dog sitting down and with front legs outstretched. A light brown dog sitting down among pots full of green tropical plants.
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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The climate crisis hits the most vulnerable hardest.
A message (a reminder) from Jamaican climate change activists.
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#ClimateJusticeNOW
#HurricaneMelissa
Severely damaged homes with no roof and destroyed surroundings on the edge of the sea. Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica.
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Good morning all. It’s looking a little “bleaky” as we would say today. A cold front is coming in from Florida. Here’s a Loggerhead Kingbird who came to look at me.
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
A bird with a dark head and whiteish underparts sits on a metal frame under a drooping palm tree. Loggerhead Kingbird A part of a house with greenish roof and a pink wall. To the right is the silhouette of a tall palm tree and another tree against a cloudy grey sky.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Oh! We have a different fruit called custard apple!! That's funny. This is it!
A hand holding up a large round fruit with a thick, pinkish-orange skin and a woody stem. It's called a custard apple in Jamaica.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Hurricane Melissa’s destruction was fueled by fossil fuels, greed, and political inaction.
We need #ClimateJustice now.
A message from Jamaican climate change campaigners.
#HurricaneMelissa
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November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Good morning BlueSkyers!
The second Sunday after Melissa.
Our climbing vines are all brown.
But we have one fruit!
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#sweetsop
A blue sky with white clouds and the sun shining through. In theforeground green leaves and part of a roof. In the background a tall guango tree. A sweetsop fruit hanging in a tree. It has light green sections turning light pink.
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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There were extraordinary windy skies today, like quick brush strokes across the the blue.
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#AfterMelissa
Wispy white windy clouds against a blue sky with dark green trees.
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Jamaican forests have been destroyed by #HurricaneMelissa Restoration is a desperate need! What was green is now brown and broken.
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead...

Manning’s School, which took a hit from Hurricane Beryl last year, was battered almost beyond recognition, with its main building, including its library, in ruins. Several classrooms, many recently refurbished, had their roofs blown off.
#HurricaneMelissa
A building with roof destroyed by Hurricane Melissa.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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A team of Guyanese linemen is here to help our power company restore electricity. It's a huge task but we are grateful for the assistance!
#HurricaneMelissa
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Seven men in orange, grey and black hi-viz jackets and jeans lined up in a hallway at an airport. They are Guyanese linemen preparing to help Jamaicans restore their electricity.
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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“Maximum sustained wind speeds recorded 185 MPH, gusts of up to 252 MPH. At those speeds leaves would actually be ‘burnt’ by the wind and would also cause burns from dehydration, friction on human skin. Damage due to salt spray would also be a factor."
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead...
A wet road with dead and broken, leafless trees on each side.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/06/h...
#HurricaneMelissa left millions of tons of debris in #Jamaica – UN
“A trail of destruction across western/central Jamaica, loss of life, homes, businesses, farms, infrastructure, livelihoods severely impacted, and tons of debris littered across the island."
A church building completely destroyed with piles of debris and planks of wood.
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/11/06/9...
90,000 families in western #Jamaica affected by #HurricaneMelissa
At least 27 communities are still marooned, but some have been receiving food drops by air.
Yes, we are still desperate and it will be a long recovery.
#Melissa
#Aftermath
A devastated landscape flooded with broken trees and buildings without roofs. A woman in blue and white dress and a baseball cap stands in the rafters of a roof of a house, which has been destroyed by a storm.
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Since #Melissa, we have had some shining blue days, and glowing, immaculate sunsets. How can such beauty follow so immediately after those cruel winds? As if to say “Sorry about that. We’re good now!”
#Kingston
#Jamaica
#HurricaneMelissa
A sunset sky with palm trees silhouetted against it. A sunset sky with palm trees and the pointed white roof of a house.
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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www.preventionweb.net/quick/97974
4 urgent lessons for Jamaica’s hurricane recovery from Puerto Rico’s struggles: how the Jamaican diaspora can help. Jamaica can prioritize speedy emergency response by rebuilding the old system, or invest in a recovery that builds resilience for the future.
#Melissa
A town with long low buildings, all severely damaged or destroyed and surrounded by rubble.
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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A blurry moon and silvery clouds tonight. And a lizard, chilling. 🌓🦎
#Kingston
#Jamaica
The moon shining on light clouds with a palm tree in the foreground. The moon shining through tree branches with light clouds in the sky and tropical vegetation. A lizard sits on a green cactus leaf.
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Good morning, five days after #HurricaneMelissa landed.
Crystal blue sky, broken tree limbs, woodpecker tapping gently on a mango tree branch.
We are fine. Thousands of Jamaicans are not.
#Aftermath
A broken tree branch against a bright blue sky. A brown and white butterfly sitting on a yellow and pink flower surrounded by leaves. A garden with palm trees and vegetation and a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.
November 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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The beautiful seaside village of #Bluefields in western #Jamaica

#HurricaneMelissa
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Two days after #HurricaneMelissa started moving away from
#Jamaica the weather seems to be mocking us. Brilliant, warm blue sky this morning and oh! Such a pretty pink sunset this evening… Was it all a bad dream?
Green branches of tropical trees against a blue sky. Play no billowing sunset clouds in a light blue sky, behind a White House with pointed roof and arched window and tropical vegetation in the foreground
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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These are fraudulent donation websites for #HurricaneMelissa !There are others! These are trustworthy: foodforthepoorja.org/seanpaulfoun... Faith-based charity partnering with #SeanPaulFoundation
theafj.org American Friends of Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm Official Jamaican Government site
A press release from the Jamaica Cyber Incident Response Team regarding fraudulent websites for donations re: Hurricane Melissa. A ruined house by the sea with debris and broken vegetation.
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM