Hurricane Ivan Roars Toward Jamaica

[PatrickS]

16 minutes ago

By HAROLD QUASH, Associated Press Writer

ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan intensified Thursday, heading straight for Jamaica and possibly Florida with 160 mph winds after it killed at least 16 people while pummeling Grenada, Barbados and other islands. Foreigners began fleeing Jamaica, and U.S. officials ordered people to evacuate the Florida Keys.

Widespread looting erupted in St. George's, Grenada's capital, and dazed survivors picked through debris and tried to salvage remnants left by the storm. An Associated Press reporter watched people taking televisions and shopping carts of food from warehouses.

Troops from other Caribbean nations were on the way to help restore order in Grenada, where the country's police commissioner said every police station was damaged.

The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in 10 years damaged 90 percent of the homes in Grenada, killing 13 people there, and destroyed a 17th century stone prison that left criminals on the loose, officials said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20040909/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/hurricane_ivan

[SoCalDem]

1. It always amazes me.. People steal water-logged TVs

and take them back to the plastic sheeting strung up on sticks...where their house "used to be"..no electricity...no house...but they have a TV..:shrug: