Sure, comparatively speaking it isn't too bad...

Comparatively speaking violence in Belize City is not too bad either (we could be in Rwanda, Afghanistan, etc) still, that does not mean that I'd want to hang out there, nor expect for it to be a magnet for tourists.

Personally, sure, I can deal with cooking in the dark in a 120 degree kitchen as we go through the routine of switching over to our generators. If you're a tourist here on vacation for a week though, and 75% of the nights you are here the current goes out, you might think twice about choosing a alternate "paradise" to visit next time. The complaints we've heard this week alone (from visitors renting houses, etc) is significant....

I sympathize for Elder as he must have a daunting job of keeping the islands infrastructure cobbled together...