Such a great letter and so real. I don't know why people insist on going, when things are not ok. Why place an extra burden on the food, water and gas by having tourists there at such a delicate time. Let the islands heal, let the people regain their sanity, let them get back to normal and then go.
I am all for extending a hand, but believe me, we went to Cancun a month after Wilma and we felt bad that we were there, it was a war zone. We did not feel comfortable intruding on their sorrow.