As I read all this it seems that the Tourism Police were the ones that closed him down, not NEMO. As Amanda pointed out it seems there was no evacuation order. If that is the case it would seem the police were the ones at fault not NEMO. Am I missing something?

I was monitoring VHF 16 during our run south and the coast guard were contacting the outer island resorts recommending evacuation. There were frequent warnings to mariners to head for safe harbour and listing those that were recommended, notices of the closure of Big Creek and BC port but nothing on the inner cayes. I was actually surprised about the amount of clear communication that was being broadcast.

Lloyd,
Sounds like the minister of tourism should be involved in this BS. The Tourist Police have been nothing but a problem ever since they arrived on the island. Shutting you down during a drizzle is outrageous! They have no authority to do this unless an actual emergency was called, and then; some clear communication should follow. Keep my tap flowing. I'll be sitting in front of it soon.
Russian Mike

"Caulker does not have the clout/resouces to ever evacuate.."
We evacuated for Mitch with success.We are a boat based society, not a car based one.Our sea resources -crew and boats-compared to our population is a lot larger than AC or any other place I have seen.

So sorry about the sportsbar ,It does good buisness most days ,the intrusion not ok because that causes tourist to panic and fear begins to grow ,no need for that on small island.They must be calm and cool when communicating let owner do the follow thru.Give a time warning .

Caye Caulker does a great job of evacuation, with a smaller population and in previous evacuations with water taxi boats leaving one after another every 15 minutes until all that want to go have gone and pretty much the same returning I would think my chances much better on C.C. than A.C...again it seems certain folks make statements as if they have some knowledge of the situation, I did evacuate some years ago,pretty much last minute took my dog with me on the water taxi and then a bus up to Cayo with her as well, never felt any stress that I would have a problem leaving...getting back was a bit more crowded a bit fewer boats returning.

As we get "tons of arrogant overbearing tourists and we're all gangsters" we're all rich and can all afford to fly when there's an Evac so it's really easy for us...............or is it still too raw for a joke!?!?!?!?

Caye Caulker and San Pedro are both getting better and better at evacuations . We all have room for improvement , if anyone can see an improvement that can be made ,get involved ; and help fine tune the system . It takes leaders that don't give up , and those leaders need support . If no one gets involved , we can only expect the same out come . Has anyone started to form an advocacy group on Caye Caulker ?? Sorry Sports Bar ,that hurts .