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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAn influencer is facing backlash over her series of posts complaining about being on vacation in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa batters the region.<\/p>\n
The Category 5 storm made landfall Tuesday afternoon in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with winds whipping at 185 miles per hour in what forecasters are calling an \u201cextremely dangerous and life-threatening situation.\u201d At least seven people have died in the Caribbean so far, including three in Jamaica, three in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n
Hannah Grubbs began posting TikTok videos about her trip Friday, including a since-deleted video of her and a friend walking through the airport as text across the screen read, \u201cUs on our way to Jamaica during a hurricane.\u201d<\/p>\n
After landing in Jamaica, Grubbs continued to share more videos referencing the storm, including a post from Sunday where she\u2019s being served drinks by a bartender as she wrote, \u201cpretending there\u2019s not a category 5 hurricane about to hit Jamaica.\u201d<\/p>\n
She proceeded to show clips of the weather getting progressively worse, with one clip of her overlooking the balcony of her hotel room with text across the screen reading, \u201cHurricane Melissa out here messing with my vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2018People are about to lose everything they own, their loved ones, and their lives, but yes, let us all take a moment of silence for Hannah\u2019s vacation,\u2019 one person commented on the TikToker\u2019s post (AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nMany people were quick to use the post\u2019s comments section to question why she was continuing to talk about her vacation given the life-threatening risk the storm is posing to locals. <\/p>\n
\u201cPretty freaking TONE DEAF video. People are legitimately about to die,\u201d one comment read, while another agreed, writing, \u201cYea but at the end of the day you get to take a flight and go back to your home meanwhile these people have to stay and endure the storm and the aftermath of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are about to lose everything they own, their loved ones, and their lives, but yes, let us all take a moment of silence for Hannah\u2019s vacation,\u201d a third commenter sarcastically wrote.<\/p>\n
Other commenters questioned why Grubbs did not look at any weather reports prior to her vacation to reschedule the trip. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou literally knew there was a hurricane coming \u2026\u201d one person wrote in the comments. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you just reschedule?\u201d a second commenter wondered. \u201cIt\u2019s not like you didn\u2019t know it was coming!\u201d<\/p>\n
The Independent<\/em> has reached out to Grubbs for comment.<\/p>\nAs of Tuesday morning, more than 240,000 electric customers are without power. Of the 800 shelters, 382 are occupied so far, holding roughly 6,000 people, Jamaica\u2019s Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Officials warned residents to take shelter.<\/p>\n
\u201cJamaica, this is not the time to be brave,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cDon\u2019t bet against Melissa. It is a bet we cannot win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more An influencer is facing backlash over her series of posts complaining about being on vacation in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa batters the region. The Category 5 storm made landfall Tuesday afternoon in southwestern Jamaica near New Hope with winds whipping at 185 miles per hour in what forecasters are calling an \u201cextremely dangerous and life-threatening situation.\u201d At least seven people have died in the Caribbean so far, including three in Jamaica, three in Haiti and one in the Dominican Republic. Hannah Grubbs began posting TikTok videos about her trip Friday, including a since-deleted video of her and a friend walking through the airport as text across the screen read, \u201cUs on our way to Jamaica during a hurricane.\u201d After landing in Jamaica, Grubbs continued to share more videos referencing the storm, including a post from Sunday where she\u2019s being served drinks by a bartender as she wrote, \u201cpretending there\u2019s not a category 5 hurricane about to hit Jamaica.\u201d She proceeded to show clips of the weather getting progres…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}