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Some residents say they plan on staying put when Melissa hits Melissa threatens to be the worst hurricane in Jamaica's history, yet some on the island say they will believe it when they see it. Jamaican officials have urged people on the island of 2.8 million to cooperate with evacuation orders, yet some are staying put, even as torrential rains and battering winds begin. Jamal Peters, a 34-year-old front manager at a hotel in Port Royal, said: Jamaicans on the whole aren't the type of people who would just get up and leave their home. They'd prefer to stay. And if a window blows out or something like that they can be there. Peters took up his post last month, and so far preparations at the 63-room waterfront hotel have involved moving guests to higher floors, battening down wherever possible, trimming trees and clearing out boats. We are still bracing for impact. But for the most part, because this is not our first hurricane, Jamaicans would have been prepared for what's to come. Others said it was business as usual. Roy Brown, a plumber and tiler, said: Evacuate? No, no. We're not going to do that. Even if it's Category 6, I am not moving. I don't believe I can run from death. So whenever the Father is ready for me. I know he can take me, so I'm not running.
