CHICAGO (WLS) -- Jamaicans told ABC7 they have seen hurricanes before, but they have never been the direct target of the eye of a storm in their lifetime. But, they say, they have recovered before, and they will recover again.

"Oh, the wind is picking up so bad!" said Danielle Strachan, who lives in Jamaica.

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Strachan is sitting in the front row to the devastation in the country she calls home.

"Utter disbelief, a Category 5? Category 3, maybe Category 2, but a Category 5 in this country, everybody's in shock," Strachan said.

Fortunately, her home in Montego Bay, Jamaica, is not sitting directly in the flood zones of Hurricane Melissa , but her aunt's home is.

"I'm a bit worried about her. I haven't heard from her, and I don't

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