This is one of the hardest columns I have ever had to write.

I understand that most everyone was blissfully unaware all week that a major hurricane – well, actually a major, major hurricane – was churning through the southern Caribbean Sea.

How major? Well, at one point last Friday, Hurricane Matthew was a Cat 5 storm. And just to give you an idea, there is no Category 6. If there’s a Cat 6 heading your way, your hurricane emergency kit is a snorkel and a bag of weed.

Fortunately, Matthew toned it down to a Cat 4, which about as comforting as remembering you’re wearing a helmet when…