Hurricane Earl

I've been up and watching The Weather Channel to find out what's going on with Hurricane Earl as the category 2 hurricane is making its way through the Caribbean. 

Having experienced a number of hurricanes while living in the Virgin Islands, this time of the year always makes me a bit apprehensive, and Hurricane Earl, which hit the Leeward Islands yesterday, is now bearing down on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John (aka Love City).

So far, the islands have lost electricity and the winds are howling around 105 mph. 

Praying.

Special Delivery

Yesterday, I received an email from a childhood friend that lives in Georgia who said that he received a letter from his mother dated May 22, 2008.  Yes, it was stamped, by the US Postal Service, May 22, 2008, and he received it on June 24, 2010.  I thought it was the joke of the day and quickly realized that he wasn't joking. 

For many years the people of the US Virgin Islands have complained about the poor service that the territory receives because all the mail has to travel to Puerto Ricoto be sorted and then transported from PR to Florida. (I recall two containers being lost in December 1991, that had Christmas cards and presents bound for the Virgin Islands, were lost for over a year.)

People in the Virgin Islands have complained to the Delegate to Congress, Donna Christian-Christensen, regarding the issue for years, but little has changed.

Maybe there is hope that the letter that my grandmother mailed in April 2003, might just arrive any day now?  I'm not holding my breath.

Puerto Rico: Security Is MAJOR!

Security in Puerto Rico has changed alot and it's become more systematic.

I always wondered why it took flying through PR to the US Virgin
Islands, and then it hit me, it's all about the dinero.

Well, it's all good and here we go!