An Air Force airplane flew to Grand Cayman yesterday to assist 61 Dominicans affected by Hurricane Ivan. President Leonel Fernandez authorized the rescue operation under the direction of Colonel Carlos Aguirre Reyes. The group of Dominicans living in Grand Cayman requested to return home in light of the problems with power and water supply and because many their workplaces are closed given the major damages caused by the storm. One woman who recently returned from Cayman was asked why there was such a rush to return, when power supply would be restored in Cayman within the month, and power supply problems are frequent in the DR. The explanation given was that since power supply problems are common in the DR, the country is better prepared to deal with them than the Cayman Islands.