My heart goes out to the folks in Placencia. I am heartbroken to hear about the damage. It is one of my favorite places in Belize. Very laidback and mellow, a real fishing village with great folks. It's gotta be hard to do a clean up. Remember they are at the END of a L-O-N-G peninsula, so I would imagine that carting stuff away, and getting new supplies in,(heavy machinery, lumber, building supplies, etc) is pretty difficult and expensive.

[This message has been edited by trina (edited 04-24-2002).]