The hurricane and rainy season in Barbados lasts from June to October when tropical rainstorms occasionally occur along with the possibility of hurricanes. This year and during my many other trips before I moved to Barbados I have experienced quite a few tropical rainstorms and they are a breeze for me. Considering I come from Aberdeen that is in the North East of Scotland and right next to the North Sea, it is like a walk in the park for me. When you have experienced blizzards and you cant feel your fingers or toes from the cold or cant see more than 1 meter in front of you when driving, a wee bit of rain is nothing at all.

Hurricanes are a whole new ball game for me; I can clearly see the devastation that is caused by them. In fact as I write this the Caribbean hurricane season is in full swing, Hanna has already passed by causing death and destruction in her path and Ike, which is currently passing through, is doing the same and Josephine is on her way. Hurricanes arise off the African coast and head towards the Caribbean and once they hit one landmass they tend to bounce off the next and so on. Barbados is fortunate in the fact that it is slightly separate from the rest of the Caribbean chain of islands and as a result of this it hasn’t had a direct hit since 1955.

Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados in 1988, and has been a musical talent since she was a small child. In 2003, when only 15 years of age, she received her first big break when a friend introduced her to Evan Rogers, a prodigious music producer who happened to be on holiday in Barbados at the time.

To promote her first album, Rihanna toured as the support act for American pop singer Gwen Stefani, which is when Rihanna tickets suddenly became a strong commodity. Many Stefani fans were wowed by the young singer, and a strong army of fans began to grow.