AntiguaNewsletter J_003 From Nick Maley, Island Arts & AntiguaToday.com
Dear friends
Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruise Lines cleared Antigua for the arrival of their ships last Thursday and pumped a little life back into our business community. Most people don't realize that the worse, and often unnecessary, damage done to an island by a hurricane is economic. But these prestigious cruise lines have sent a clear signal that Antigua is in fairly good shape already.
Our hurricane hotline for Antigua at http://AntiguaToday.com/hurricanes is now filling out nicely. The second major update is complete and we have specifics on damage, hotels, villages, beaches, places of interest and community info. There are a couple of dozen post Jose photos spread over 12 pages of info that help you see that we are functioning well. Power is now restored to MOST of the island... hopefully I will get it soon too.
Further updates will be delayed for a while since hurricane Jose forced me to postpone the printing of my new autobiographical Star Wars related lithograph "Follow Your Star" (http://AntiguaToday.com/IslandArts/paFollowStar.html ) and I will be doing that for part of next week. I will be adding more to the hurricane site when I get back. Next I will concentrate on an extensive album of post hurricane images from around the island which should go up in a couple of weeks.
Nick Maley
