Has the UN stepped up and offered any assistance?. This is now a humanitarian situation and all hands are needed to help the people of the Caribbean islands who have given people around the world so much pleasure over so long a period of time. I haven't read of any offers so far but maybe I've just missed it. In honesty, my heart aches with every new article I read and I'm now on system over-load...... <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />