Searchlight Logo
special_image

    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
    • News
      • Front Page
      • News
      • Breaking News
      • Press Release
      • Features
      • Special Features
      • From the Courts
      • Sports
      • Regional / World
    • Opinions
      • Editorial
      • Our Readers’ Opinions
      • Bassy – Love Vine
      • Dr. Fraser- Point of View
      • R. Rose – Eye of the Needle
      • On Target
      • Dr Jozelle Miller
      • The World Around Us
      • Random Thoughts
    • Advice
      • Kitchen Corner
      • What’s on Fleek this week
      • Health Wise
      • Physician’s Weekly
      • Business Buzz
      • Hey Rosie!
      • Prime the pump
    • ePaper
    • Obituaries
      • In Memoriam / Acknowledgement
      • Tribute
    • Contact Us
      • Advertise With Us
      • Letters To The Editor
      • General Contact Information
      • Contact our Webmaster
    • About Us
      • Interactive Media Ltd
      • St. Vincent & the Grenadines
    • Subscribe
Vincentian cricketer still shaken after hurricane experience
Sports
October 3, 2017

Vincentian cricketer still shaken after hurricane experience

Two weeks after experiencing Hurricane Maria in Dominica, Vincentian cricketer Ray Jordan says he is still shaken by the events of the night of September 18.

The 22-year-old Jordan, a right arm fast bowler, was part of the Windward Islands Volcanoes team that was preparing for the upcoming Cricket West Indies Professional Cricket League (PCL).

“It was terrifying… I have never experienced anything like that,” Jordan related.

Jordan recalled that on the night, he, along with St Lucian Audy Alexander and Grenadian Sherman Lewis, was in the bottom floor of their rented apartment in Point Michel.

“When it (the forces of the hurricane) started, the cell phone signal went down, so we could not get in contact with anyone; we were there, we were panicking…. We took our mattresses and went into one room, but the water began coming into the room, flooding my clothes, everything…. The windows got broken, bringing in more water,” Jordan stated.

He said that their predicament worsened as the roof of the building was blown off by the fierce winds, causing the proprietor, who occupied the top floor, to flee to a nearby house.

Jordan revealed that after the hurricane had passed, his first and foremost desire was to return to his homeland.

But this, he said, was another challenging proposition, because of lack of communication.

When that was resolved, Jordan said that fellow Volcanoes player Johnson Charles journeyed from his St Lucia home on his speedboat to get the players out of Dominica.

“When we left Dominica a few days after, the seas were still rough…. When we got to Martinique, the boat encountered some problems and we had to stay there overnight and had to take the ferry to St Lucia, where we got a flight on Liat back home here to St Vincent,” Jordan stated.

Apart from Jordan, Delorn Johnson and Obed Mc Coy, both left arm fast bowlers, were the two other Vincentian cricketers in the Volcanoes outfit who were in Dominica at the time of Hurricane Maria.

Noting that generally, Dominicans were unprepared for a category five hurricane, Jordan said that he is thankful to God to be alive.

Jordan is not new to such stressful situations, as he was part of the West Indies Under-19 team on a tour of Bangladesh in December 2013, when a bomb exploded in close proximity of their hotel in Chittagong.

This forced the West Indies Cricket Board to abort the tour, with the team returning to the Caribbean.

But Jordan said while the Bangladesh incident was one of concern, the Dominica experience is one he would never want to go through again.

He added that he is mentally conditioning himself to travel to Grenada this weekend, where the Volcanoes will resume their camp.

The Windward Islands Volcanoes play their first match of the 2017-2018 four-day regional PCL at the Grenada National Cricket Stadium, against the Leeward Hurricanes, October 26 to 29.(RT)

  • FacebookComments
  • ALSO IN THE NEWS
    Villa woman in  hospital after being stabbed over 20 times
    Front Page
    Villa woman in hospital after being stabbed over 20 times
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    Police are said to be carrying out investigations into the stabbing of Rafia Sardine, a 20-year-old female of Villa. Reports are that Sardine, a FLOW ...
    RSVGPF most hacked of gov’t agencies
    Front Page
    RSVGPF most hacked of gov’t agencies
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    In St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), an analysis has found that the most hacked government entity was the Royal St Vincent and the Grenadines Polic...
    Event staged locally to mark Africa/ Caricom Day
    Front Page
    Event staged locally to mark Africa/ Caricom Day
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    Leaders of Governments and institutions from countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and the continent of Africa, gathered at the weekend for ...
    PM, proud of his constituents
    Front Page
    PM, proud of his constituents
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, is proud of the persons in his constituency who continue to aim for higher education. Dr Gonsalves is the parliame...
    Van conductor to be sentenced for beating pregnant ex-girlfriend
    Front Page
    Van conductor to be sentenced for beating pregnant ex-girlfriend
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    A van conductor, who beat his five- months pregnant ex-girlfriend after she refused to get back with him, has been remanded pending sentencing. Onez J...
    King selected again for the ULP in West St George
    News
    King selected again for the ULP in West St George
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    To the haunting timeless reggae melody of Jimmy Cliff’s classic ‘Journey’, Curtis King, who was selected as the candidate for the Unity Labour Party (...
    News
    King selected again for the ULP in West St George
    News
    King selected again for the ULP in West St George
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    To the haunting timeless reggae melody of Jimmy Cliff’s classic ‘Journey’, Curtis King, who was selected as the candidate for the Unity Labour Party (...
    Steel wielding Lowman’s Hill man to be sentenced tomorrow
    From the Courts, News
    Steel wielding Lowman’s Hill man to be sentenced tomorrow
    Webmaster 
    September 9, 2025
    A Lowman’s Hill man who struck another villager in his head with a piece of steel will know his fate tomorrow, September 10, 2025. Kevin Roberts, 25, ...
    Minister of Information Technology  emphasises the importance of Cybersecurity
    News
    Minister of Information Technology emphasises the importance of Cybersecurity
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    Robust cybersecurity must be at the heart of the digital transformation that is currently taking place in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) says Min...
    Entities team up to boost disaster communication capacity
    News
    Entities team up to boost disaster communication capacity
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    The Climate Change Resilience Network (CCRN) in collaboration with the Youlou Radio Movement (YRM) recently embarked on a disaster preparedness initia...
    Ministry of Health to get more dialysis machines
    News
    Ministry of Health to get more dialysis machines
    Webmaster 
    September 5, 2025
    The Ministry of Health, Wellness and the Environment, is to obtain three more Heamodialysis machines as part of the revolution in the healthcare secto...

    E-EDITION
    ePaper
    google_play
    app_store
    Subscribe Now
    • Interactive Media Ltd. • P.O. Box 152 • Kingstown • St. Vincent and the Grenadines • Phone: 784-456-1558 © Copyright Interactive Media Ltd.. All rights reserved.
    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok