The Dominican Republic last Thursday, 16 September joined the long list of Caribbean countries that have been hit this summer in minor or greater degree by hurricanes affecting the area. This year, a record number of Caribbean islands have been affected. In addition to Florida, and other areas in the United States, islands in the Caribbean suffering storm damages have been Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Turks & Caicos, among others. The only good news for tourists visiting the Caribbean is that hurricanes prefer visiting in September, which gives sufficient time for destination to recover from any damage in time for the peak travel times of winter, spring and summer.