I don't know about that. They ruled for millions of years and were exterminated by external forces. We've made it, what, less than 100,000 years and have nearly exterminated ourselves on at least a couple of occasions - possibly more we haven't been told about. There was a story on the news this morning about a Russian military guy they are crediting with not starting WW III because he didn't respond to some false alarms. I seriously doubt we will do as well as Barney, in the long run.
No problem.
a local radio station here is giving away a trip to that area. You go in Oct..
The thing is that tourism represents a significant chunk of the Caribbean economy, and many areas of the Caribbean will be largely unable to receive visitors for a year, if not longer. There ARE cruises, I suppose, but they still need somewhere to dock and let the passengers disembark and shop for a bit.
My great niece and some of her friends went to Bali instead. Now they are in Australia. You have to watch out for volcanoes too.
This year they are really bad 
