Each summer in the Caribbean, locals watch the weather with a collective pending dread. Every counterclockwise swirl of white that makes its way westward
over the Atlantic might be heading their way. Hurricane Marilyn shut down tourism
in the Virgin Islands for nearly two years. With almost no other source of income,
the islands suffered greatly. Other less obvious storms ravage their livelihood
as well: airline strikes, travel fears, off-island corporate shortsightedness,
unfavorable economi