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Blues_Pirate
   Kingston, Canada
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Posted on: 10:28 am,July 07, 2008
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Not a good situation.

jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20080705T15000…

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FRUITYME
   Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Posted on: 10:37 am,July 07, 2008
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wow....thats a lot of money to fix it.....

such a shame......

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anod1
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Posted on: 10:39 am,July 07, 2008
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Not a good situation at all. And just prining the article is going to hurt.

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sns0800
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Posted on: 10:41 am,July 07, 2008
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BP,

No, its not a good situation...if it does happen (which I'm praying that its not), it'll be chaotic for all guest (not just SWH)...I'm really thinking in the long run right now, but don't want comment too much...thanks for the post..

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MKA68
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Posted on: 11:16 am,July 07, 2008
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Yikes!

That's terrible for them. I hope there's some resolution that doesn't destroy too many vacations.

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CBR600
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CBR600
Posted on: 11:38 am,July 07, 2008
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Woah thats scary, the fire risk with cables like that would be my greatest fear, not the blackout!

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Posted on: 12:19 pm,July 07, 2008
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Perhaps inspections, during construction, would prevent future catastrophes and costly repair costs. Would a responsible inspector allow such practices??

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animalhousejamaica
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Posted on: 12:31 pm,July 07, 2008
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It is a long story...very long...it goes way beyond an inspector's responsibility.

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Blues_Pirate
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Posted on: 12:46 pm,July 07, 2008
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...and cudos to Butch Stewart for publishing the story about his troubled resort in his newspaper. That takes guts.

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jennigal18
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Posted on: 2:19 pm,July 07, 2008
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This is terrible I just hope they can get everything fixed up it would be ashame to see such an amazing resort ruined over something that could have been prevented.

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beachbum_13
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Posted on: 7:41 pm,July 07, 2008
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hello to all,

wow know im just alittle worried we arrive in Jamaica on the 11th of July staying at the Whitehouse, is there anything I should be worried about.???

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