I have been away most of the weekend and have not been on the board much since Friday. Carol and Eric are dealing with a hurricane and we are ALL dealing with what happened to our favorite island.

I have not had time (nor will I have time) to read every thread and every post but a lot of what I have read is not what TTOL is about.

This has impacted all of us, some much more than others, but it has impacted the residents and business owners of St. Maarten/St. Martin much more than any of us.

Please, THINK before you post, READ before you post and lets not be going at one another like has happened in a few instances. Please try to avoid duplicate posts.

Personal attacks will not be tolerated. Political discussions/interjections will be deleted. Duplicate and repetitive threads will be locked so as to not clog the board up and slow it down.

TTOL is not the place for GoFundMe requests. I recently saw where one business owner themselves was asking for $100,000.00 to rebuild their business. You want to help a person, business or group of people, that is your choice but TTOL is not going to be used to promote one over another.


If you want to donate to a person, group or business, I would suggest trying to find a way to do it direct with them. GoFundMe is a business and they charge approx. 8% of the amount donated.

Thank you.