Force Majeure

Who would have guessed that Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb would be the first two to post on this article.

That is simply untrue, stop spreading fake news.

Actually you are very wrong Birdie. Quarterly imports average about $682MM per quarter, given the lower need for hotel and cruise ship supplies and an economy with lowered spending by the general public will decrease that quarterly average. This is on top of the fact that imports for Abaco apart from building materials are down and many American second home owners rebuilding will send materials that do not impact the foreign reserves. With the depressed economy we will like have over a year of foreign reserves without any new input. Mind you we can't run the foreign reserve to 0 but also that no expert expects this situation to last a full year and most expect it to be behind us in 6 months. Tourism will remain low but it will start to push up the reserve amounts as it trickles into the country.

It would be much better if they were honest about how long they will be shutdown. This will be longer than 30 days. Many cruise lines have already said they will shutdown for at least 60 days. Cupid's Cay in Eleuthera has a 60 closure. This is not only going to be for 30 days. It will be much longer.

That is such a sad sign. I hope enough others will have more resolve in the face of this.

Because we live in a society where our medical history is private and protected. Even in a crisis there are values that we need to uphold.

I'm so thankful that you are not in charge

During a time of crisis, it's always good to have naysayers offering no help at all. Save your criticisms for when we get through the other side.

This project will never come to fruition. The cruise ship industry is dead in the water right now and will take years to come back to last years record highs.