PREPARING FOR A HURRICANE | LET'S GO TO WORK WITH JASON |

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]cuz this is my life.

[00:00:10]>> Hey guys, it's Vashel and welcome back to my life. In today's video, we are tagging along with Jason to a work thing of his. Um, let me just brag a little bit right now. Um, Jason works in disaster management. He has a master's degree in disaster risk management and climate governance. Hope I said that right. Um so he works for the National Disaster Agency here in St. Vincent and the Grenardines. And today um he's going to the Belmont 7th Day Adventist Church to do a presentation about some things surrounding disaster preparedness. you know, hurricane season is um in a week, so everybody needs to be prepared. So, he's going to go and do a presentation to them about that. And we are tagging along.

[00:01:06]I was just telling them about you.

[00:01:09]>> What >> and what you do for >> save people from hurricanes.

[00:01:20]>> Yes. So, we're heading out to Belmont.

[00:01:22]We might stop and get something to eat first though because we we hungry. We starving. We're starving. It's a Sunday.

[00:01:29]We did not cook today. We were just resting. We went to um Barely Street Jump Up last night and it took so much out of me. So, we were literally just chilling today and now we're heading out to go and do this thing. So, we might stop to get something to eat before we get to um the venue to do Jason's thing.

[00:01:52]I'm not sure what we'll do after that.

[00:01:54]Um if it's something interesting, of course, I'll let you guys know. So, yay.

[00:02:19]As you can see, it's looking pretty dreadful outside. It's been raining um a lot today off and on, you know, heavy showers, but off and on. And honestly, I'm not going to complain because we are literally still in a drought. And this is the first good set of rain that we've gotten in a um you know in a pretty long time. We've been having water shortages, water rationing is on that kind of stuff. So I'm not going to complain. Pretty happy. Um pretty happy for the rain.

[00:03:08]Okay, we made it.

[00:03:11]Is it raining? I'm risking my camera here just to show you guys the surroundings.

[00:03:18]Really, really pretty lawn. I've been to a lot of weddings. I've been to church here as well, but I've been to a lot of weddings. It's a popular church for weddings um this side of the island.

[00:03:34]Look at that nutmeg tree, I think. Yeah, two of them.

[00:03:47]That's the church, Belmont 7th Adventist Church.

[00:03:55]Just really nice flowers, a lovely space for photos. So, I think maybe that's why it's, you know, popular for weddings because you can get married in the church and then you can take your photos right outside.

[00:04:11]So, yeah. Oh, the rain. I hope people come and they don't stay home because of the rain because like in the past couple of years we've had so many natural disasters, you know, multiple hurricanes and of course we live on an island with an active volcano that could go boom whenever she wants. Um, we need to make sure that we have the information to keep ourselves, our families, our communities safe, you know, to make sure that we are prepared, god forbid, should something pop off. So, it's raining again. I'm going back inside the car.

[00:05:00]I almost like because to be honest I don't go to church that often anymore so I really almost didn't have anything to wear anything appropriate to wear. So lucky that I found this wrap dress.

[00:05:44]I was saying I hope you don't hold up people cuz long when we need the information.

[00:05:50]>> Yeah.

[00:05:56]Where do we sit? As close to the front as possible. Of course, I mean you end up can't go to work because roads block this happening river come down this and so right. This is what is showing me on the map. Based on our terrain, based on the topography, we have a lot of land or the possibility of landage. You know, you see all this place around green.

[00:06:26]>> So, let's think about that. Think about where you live.

[00:06:30]Do you live on a bad side?

[00:06:34]>> That's right. To get from your home to get to somewhere, do you have to pass, you know, banks?

[00:06:42]>> Yeah, >> you have to, right? Some you may have to cross a river, whatever the case may be.

[00:06:46]So at the end of the day, you know, there is always a possibility that you may walk out of your house and you might can't go anywhere because of where we live. Most of us live on the hill on the bank side or you go out to the other communities near to rivers and so forth.

[00:07:02]So we are prone to this. So we know that we have these hazards that affect us. We know this. But the thing about it is that we have to understand the effects or the impacts that the hazard can have on you and how to mitigate, prevent and live with it. Right. Cuz are you going to leave your home and go somewhere else? You want to go there somewhere else?

[00:07:24]>> Exactly. So you have to know how to live with your hazard. Right.

[00:07:30]>> And he broke it down to a short sentence that everyone should be able to get, >> right? could simplify even more.

[00:07:39]Anything that can cause harm, right?

[00:07:43]Anything that can cause harm. So within a hurricane or tropical storm system, there are many things that can cause harm. Rain can cause harm, right?

[00:07:53]When I message about the little landslide, um we were just thinking rain just started fall and land already slipping.

[00:08:03]But understand that drought conditions make the land loose as well. Right? So if you go from very dry land and it get loose and start to get airy and then you get a down on it. It doesn't take much that is going to slip.

[00:08:17]So all of these things are become hazards during a tropical storm or hurricane. So it's not just the rain, it's not just the wind, it's the land slippage, it's the storm surge. All of these things in one. And then there's other effects that happen after that.

[00:08:34]Power outages.

[00:08:35]>> Water.

[00:08:36]>> And the water. Yes. Really >> said in the video that more people die from water than any other thing >> from flooding, right? And from the storm. So those are those are big big dangers in terms of tropical storms.

[00:08:54]So we have our warning systems, right?

[00:08:57]rainfall hazard and we have the flood advisories, flood advisory, flood watch, flood warning, flash flood warning, right? So these are all things that you need to be very cognizant of as well because if you live in areas where you have all of this flooding, you need to be aware and prepared. And there are persons that live in flood areas that do things to mitigate. Remember that word to mitigate. So you dig a trench, you direct the water one way, but of course we know sometimes you direct the water one way, you direct it into your neighborhood.

[00:09:33]That happens a lot. Let me tell you that happens a lot.

[00:09:38]And it could have been more. We're thankful that it was not. But even so, five deaths, you know, and it really it really shakes people when we have these deaths. But because these storms are getting stronger and stronger, it's more and more likely that we may have deaths.

[00:09:55]Okay guys, so the presentation is done.

[00:10:00]Good job. Um Jason and his co-work very informative and I felt like the people were really into it and um hopefully they take what they learned and do what um you know Nemo says to do. Get your tell them tell them tell them what to do. I'm trusted.

[00:10:21]>> Well, present to the YouTube people.

[00:10:24]>> We're just asking the people to get prepared especially because hurricane season is on. You know, regular steps.

[00:10:30]Make sure you have a a grab and go bag, you know, you know, food if you have to evacuate for 3 days, right? So that you don't go to the shelter with your empty.

[00:10:38]Um we were asking for them to get together if they want to to create a community group because that's needed. a lot of communities out here and we really need persons to participate in making sure everybody's prepared. If you have elderly people in your community, going to need somebody who knows where they are and what they're going through to be able to help them. So, we're just encouraging them to do that.

[00:11:00]>> Yeah. And and, you know, very important to be mindful of the hazards that may be around, you know, you or your home. So, if you know you live in a place that's prone to landslides, you know, you got to keep your eyes out. Um, follow Nemo and the Met Office and the Government of St. Vincent the Grenadines on all platforms. So, if you know, if there's any emergency, anything that you should be aware of that you get, you know, those bulletins and those notices when they put them out. Big up, pat yourself on the back. um Belmont SDA Church. We got food and you know at the beginning of this video I said we were starving.

[00:11:40]We didn't get to stop and pick anything up and Jason did that presentation on a hungry belly. Um so we're going to eat this now. This was a cute shot of the video. I don't even know why I decided to film this. I guess I just wanted to you guys to see Jason in his element. Um yeah. So thanks for watching. Um, hurricane season starts, like I said, in about a week.

[00:12:05]>> June 1st.

[00:12:06]>> Yeah, June 1st. Um, start getting yourself prepared right now cuz we saw what Barl did. We don't want to get caught off guard cuz a lot of us were caught off guard um with Barl. We don't want that to happen again. So, be prepared, be safe, and I'll see you in the next one. Bye.