And while Belize can afford to take a wait and see approach - our Caribbean sister nations in the Windward Islands were not so lucky.
Beryl mashed them up, ripping off doors, windows and roofs in structures across the islands. We did a roundup and Shantel Neal reports on the regional impact of the storm.
Hurricane Beryl - with winds now slightly subsided to 150 miles per hour - is projected to make landfall in Jamaica tomorrow at midday - and we'll have that report tomorrow.