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Re: Video #2 St. Maarten is Open
[Re: ruralcarrier]
#146707
10/19/2017 08:16 AM
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Posts: 7,132 St Louis, MO
SXMNorm
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Thanks for posting. Where is Part 1?
Next SXM visit -November 2023. Also January 2024.
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Re: Video #2 St. Maarten is Open
[Re: ruralcarrier]
#146709
10/19/2017 11:33 AM
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thebowl
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I can't help but notice the stark incongruity between this video and the information in the "Reality Check" thread. This one is sorta "Come on Down, Folks!", while the Reality Check info is very dark and ominous, basically it's really bad, and tourists have no business going.
I took the position right after the storm happened that, in the long run, the biggest threat faced by the island wasn't that too many people would want to go too soon, but the opposite. I recognized that there would be an initial period when it would be basically impossible to go as a tourist, followed by a period when it would be possible but a bad idea. I wondered how a person like me would be able to determine when that second period ended, and I assumed that this board would be of assistance in figuring that out.
I wonder if the two narratives I mentioned above will converge at some point and, of so, when? It is probably a waste of time trying to figure out a "right" or "wrong". A person's perspective makes all the difference in what they see.
Last edited by thebowl; 10/19/2017 12:59 PM.
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Re: Video #2 St. Maarten is Open
[Re: ruralcarrier]
#146712
10/20/2017 08:15 AM
10/20/2017 08:15 AM
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Posts: 7,132 St Louis, MO
SXMNorm
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Thanks for the link to part 1. Enjoyed them both,....just so sad what the people are having to go through and endure.
Next SXM visit -November 2023. Also January 2024.
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Re: Video #2 St. Maarten is Open
[Re: SXMNorm]
#146713
10/20/2017 08:22 AM
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Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,763 Ohio
ruralcarrier
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It is not going to be a quick recovery.
J.D.
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Re: Video #2 St. Maarten is Open
[Re: ruralcarrier]
#146714
10/20/2017 09:04 AM
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Posts: 83,601 Central Florida!
Carol_Hill
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Wow, that guy who is the head of Sotheby's is HOT!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
Carol Hill
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Re: Video #2 St. Maarten is Open
[Re: macsam]
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10/20/2017 03:06 PM
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Posts: 234 TOTOWA NJ
lina
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i thought i saw it in June.... I was questioning myself lol
lina and piggy
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Re: Video #2 St. Maarten is Open
[Re: AUCspouse]
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10/20/2017 05:24 PM
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wendyk
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I tend to agree with you. The first frame shows my building at Parc Lagon in the background, and I see no roof damage in the shot. While I've not been back yet, I know that one section of our roof is completely gone, and another is damaged. I do know that Mario's, Rendez-vous, and Ernest & Fidel's have reopened, and Altro is due to open within a few weeks, according to Charlotte - and for lunch, as well as dinner!
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