Eric
Like I said in Sept. it will be 6 months ( or more) before the people with insurance claims will know the status of their claims. It will be 3+ years before SXM will be semi normal and 5 years to possible recuperate from Irma. That is IF there are no other hurricanes. I never understood why some people think the island will be back to "normal" in a couple of months. Hurricanes are a catastrophe to an island. They can change the island forever. For some reason people think that every place has expensive insurance ( if they can get insured at all). And if they do repairs will be done in a few weeks.

Wendell