Hurricane Gilbert

The historic performances were captured on film for the acclaimed 1987 theatrical documentary Hail Hail Rock and Roll.

In 1988, the Smile Jamaica Hurricane Appeal Charity Concert was held at London's Dominion Theatre in order to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Gilbert, which had devastated Jamaica earlier that autumn.

The charity event showcased a big-time lineup of international reggae stars and also musicians from the UK coming together to aid relief efforts.

As a matter of fact, U2 was the grand finale of the evening.

No, no question.

And, uh, before we talk about what's going on today, since you brought it up, 1988, I w- think that was Hurricane Gilbert, in which-

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I'd just moved back there.

And, uh, you know, that thing changed directions, Hurricane Gilbert.

It actually hit down in Mexico.

Now keep in mind, Texas A&M was not a member of the Southeastern Conference, okay? This was just a non-conference game between the Aggies and the Tide.

And so Bama said that, you know, "Hurricane Gilbert is in the Gulf.

We are not coming to College Station.

We are not playing." Texas A&M head coach Jackie Sherrill, he tried to change Alabama officials' minds the Friday before the game.

And so that's the short answer.

Trucker Jack says, do y'all remember what happened with Hurricane Gilbert and the Texas A&M game when Bill Curry was the Bama coach? That was in the late 80s.

I think Bill Curry was only in Alabama for like two years, two or three years.

I feel like I remember he did fairly well.

I wonder what happened to him.

But, no, I don't know.

I don't know what happened to that game with Hurricane Gilbert.

And time for PS City.

And how do you treat with the live reality of farmers' livelihoods being at stake? When I was managing ICA, one of my challenges was always how do we respond to hurricane effects in the Caribbean, for example.

I remember Hurricane Gilbert in Jamaica, where the hurricane devastated the agricultural sector, devastated the country.

but devastating agricultural sector.

And as ECA, we were called upon to respond.

And what should be our response? How do you help the sector to recover after devastating hurricane? We went through that with Gilbert.

We went through that with Ivan.

We went through that with Maria in Dominica also.

I was the only one that was doing dentistry.

And it was the year of Hurricane Gilbert, I think it was.

So we got our university go ahead and I got up to England.

And then because of Hurricane Gilbert, most of the people that were doing medicine were didn't get to leave when I got to leave.

And about a month in, when I was at Sheffield, my dad calls and says, well, the medical school has called.

Do you want to go? And I was like, no, I'm pretty happy where I am.

So dentistry for me was a choice.

So question then, that's really interesting.