Okay, so it's been a long couple of weeks and I'm thinking Mother Nature must be pretty much pi$$ed with us right about now. She's delivered fire, floods and other weather related problems across much of North America. We've experienced a hurricane that devastated large parts of Texas; an earthquake in Mexico; incredible heatwaves in the Pacific Northwest not to be outdone by the terrible fires that are currently out of control across parts of the US and even into some parts of Canada as I understand it; and lest we thought we were out of the woods, she saw fit to send another series of hurricanes across the Atlantic and into the Caribbean and she now has her sights on Florida and points North.

I don't know about anyone else but my nerves are shot and I'm on Internet overload about now and yet, like so many of you, I can't seem to walk away from my iPad.

I would respectfully request we all think about what we're saying and how we're saying it before we make our posts. We don't need criticisms or politics right now. We don't need to point fingers or become argumentative. And we really don't need to dwell on old short-comings since we all know many of them with regard to the island and it serves no purpose to point them out now. We really need to sing Kumbaya and try to be nice to each other. We don't need snarky or rude posts. There's so much hurt going on with regard to all that's happening that I hope we can be kind to each other, at least until this nightmare gets sorted out. I'm going to try very hard and I hope everyone else does, too. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />


Respectfully,

pat



"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat
them."