JAMAICA (KFOR) - An Asher, Oklahoma couple missed the last flight out of Jamaica before the airport shut down ahead of Hurricane Melissa, which is set to hit this week.

"We're hunkering down for now," said Cheryl McKinley.

"We do realize that the country is going to go through some real damage, and it's going to be really difficult to clear the roadways and get out of here. We just hope for the best," said her husband, Steve McKinley.

The two were set to have a vacation on the island and were supposed to stay through Friday.

They said that when they found out about the hurricane, they started putting in calls to try and get out of there as fast as possible.

Unfortunately, the last plane they could get left an hour before they made that call.

"We know that's on us; we should've gotten

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