I suppose all that broken glass after Irma imbedded in the beach sand could cause the State Department to react and elevate the travel threat level! I realize they have a job to do, but in reality they need to focus on the truly unstable countries where such warnings should be heeded. I hate to appear cynical, but I can't help but think that such 'travel alerts' are posted in an attempt to keep U.S. citizens at home to spend their tourism dollars in places like Florida, Hawaii, etc. Every time my wife and I have traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and Quintana Roo there has been a state department warning or advisory posted regarding unsafe travel to this region. And, every time we have made this trip we have never seen one shred of evidence that things were unstable in these areas. In fact, we have felt much safer in Mexico than we have in many large U.S. cities (i.e., Miami, Atlanta, etc.).