Keeping the link : ICTs and Jamaican migration

Heather A. Horst

Keeping the link : ICTs and Jamaican migration

Heather A. Horst

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Abstract

In the summer of 2007 news and weather agencies began tracking the progress of Tropical Storm Dean in the mid-Atlantic. A week later, the storm moved into the Caribbean, steadily growing in intensity. By August 17, Dean was reclassified as a Category 4 hurricane, and the island nation of Jamaica was placed on a hurricane watch. The same day, Jamaican prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller called together the National Disaster Preparedness Council to discuss evacuations and the transformation of the national arena in Kingston into a shelter.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Diasporas in the New Media Age: Identity, Politics, and Community
Editors	Andoni Alonso, Pedro Oiarzabal
Place of Publication	U.S.
Publisher	University of Nevada Press
Pages	136-150
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9780874178166
Publication status	Published - 2010

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