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- Updates from the Islands -- - Mexico - -
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| - Hurricane Iris and Jerry | |
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| - Iris | |
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| - No Iris here |
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Just a few hundred miles away it looks like another story.
Check Belize and Honduras for a closer point of strike for Iris.
Touristic activities go on as normal in the "Riviera Maya". Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
| - Iris Status |
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All is well in Cozumel. Light preparations began yesterday as Iris' path was more uncertain. This morning urgency seems to have decreased as the forecasts seem more certain of landfall farther south from us. We are watchful as scattered clouds hang overhead and drop intermittent rain. All the best to our friends down south in your efforts to stay out of harms way. Be safe. Dive Safely ooo~[:]-) PADI OWSI # 81862 Sherri Davis Owner, IslaMar Vacation Suites www.cozumel.net/bb/islamar/ MX Phone/Fax: 011-529-869-0504 |
| - Cancun and Hurricane Iris | |
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| - Chantal close call |
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I gladly report just a close call from Chantal, In the area of Playa del Carmen ( 60 kms south of Cancun) winds roared with no more than 50 miles / h during monday evening and some minor squals came ashore with no consequences to residents as to the wildlife and flora of the region. It was a good practice for other storms or hurricanes to come, everyone got ready and kept things as if a grade 4 or five was coming!! The rehearsal was good and on the happy sad kept everyone ready for the rest of this hurricane season. Tuesday mornig came with an intermitent rain with no wind power behind it, so its been all day, as Chantal fades away. Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
| - Re: Tuesday Morning Report from Xcalak |
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I just got off the phone with the folks at Villa La Guacamaya 6-miles north of Xcalak and they made it through the storm OK. They said it was a long night and there was one point when they wished they had left but all in all, they didn't have any real damage. They said during the worst of it the wind was driving the ocean south like a river so they really didn't get a big water surge or suffer significant beach erosion. They didn't lose any windows or solar panels and their wind turbine towers are still standing. She said their cistern is now full but they are only having intermittent rain showers this morning. I was pretty surprised when my phone call went through the first try and the connection was quite clear. |
| - RE: [HURR] - Chantal |
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Everyone here on the island has been preparing since Friday for the arrival of Chantal. With internet access to all the weather sites and with the storm's path forecasted to be right over us for the past 3 days, the threat has been taken very seriously. There is no sense of panic or urgency at this point, only a deliberate determined effort by all to take the necessary precautions as things progress. Funjet did pull out a plane load of their passengers yesterday (a day early) and the morning Continental flight from Houston was cancelled today. The port captain has closed the waters to all boatcraft and requested that small boats be removed from the water entirely as a precaution. The people ferry crossing to the mainland has been cancelled for the rest of the day pending further movement of the storm. So far, this has been about all of the transport related changes. Early this morning the reports indicate that the storm will make landfall down around Chetumal but we are expecting rain bands and high winds here on the island nonetheless. We are all tired from preparations but ready to face what comes!! Basically....all is well in Cozumel!! Dive Safely ooo~[:]-) PADI OWSI # 81862 Sherri Davis Owner, IslaMar Vacation Suites www.cozumel.net/bb/islamar/ MX Phone/Fax: 011-529-869-0504 |
| - Cancun Update - Chantal |
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Mon morning 8:15am local time in Cancun. Sky is very dark but no lightning. Surface winds around 10kph (6mph) as usual by eyeballing it. Cloud cover above is moving much quicker and we are in light rain. Power and phones are up (obviously as you are getting this email). I notice less traffic on the major streets in the city today as many people I suspect are not going to work. Residents are putting their cars on whatever higher ground they can find. It is very flat in all of the Yucatan, flooding and trees falling on your car (or people!) is the main concern. Looks like just a normal rainy day so far... but we will see in the next few hours. [Scott in Cancun] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ |
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