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Good morning. It seems that the Maya Riviera is finally experiencing rainy season. We have had rain somewhere along our coastline most days for the last 10 days or so, with several rainy nights. Now it is pouring, heavy tropical downpour from a system that moved in from the southwest. No discussion of this by the weather forecasters, but it's pretty heavy rain. Hope you aren't on vacation here today. It's great for my new plants that finally got planted yesterday, though.  Linda L. Gosslin
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| - Diving Conditions in Cozumel after Ivan |
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Hi there Joanna, Thanks for the E-mail. After Ivan passed close by on Monday evening, Tuesday the winds were still pretty strong. But we were all basically able to take the boards down and start the clean-up. Wednesday was the first day for our dive boats to go out. And everyone reported in that there was no damage done to the reefs at all. Currents are normal, no sand on the reef, and visibility was at least 100 ft. So, we are back in business ! Happy Diving 000~(:)-) Roberta Cwiertnia PADI MSDT #36805 PS - If you do not hear from us within 24-48 hrs, please resend your message. Due to sporatic technical difficulties, our server occasionally loses messages. Thanks !!! Village Tan Kah www.VillageTanKah.com info@villagetankah.com DIVE ECO-cozumel PADI PIRA #16544 Scuba Shack www.RobertasDiveECOcozumel.com www.ScubaShackCozumel.com robertac@prodigy.net.mx roberta@RobertasDiveEcoCozumel.com |
| - Survivan Ivan Follow Up>>> |
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Hello all,
I received several personal Emails wishing us all well here in CanCun and I appreciate the kind words.
Today is September 15th the prelude to the festivities of Independence day Tomorrow. A federal holiday with schools closed tomorrow and Friday
The best way to describe CanCun right now is"Business as Usual"!
The beaches may have more seaweed, (which is in the process of being cleaned up) than normal but other than that there was no major structural damage along the coast.
We are generally in the slow season for Sept., Oct., and Nov., which I enjoy because it is not as crazy as when we have 100% occupancy.
So come on down. There should be plenty of sunshine and cool drinks...
Cheers,
D.D.
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| - Update on the Tulum beach area. (fwd) |
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:05:38 -0400 From: Kay Walten <kay.walten_AT_locogringo.com> Subject: Update on the Tulum beach area. I just came from Tulum this morning as we went to investigate the damages if any... The section of road between Zamas and Maya Tulum is open again. They back filled it. Zamas had lots of plant damage, beach erosion in some parts and beach growth in others. Maya Tulum looked like they were in clean up mode. Posada Margerita will be open tomorrow. The hotel is fine. They lost some palapas on the beach and a bit of the dune, but over all they gained beach front. Ana y Joses they had sand and water up to the front of their beach front units but no damage. The spa will be closed for a week while they dig out the sand. The road from Maya Tulum south towards Sian Kaan is in good shape. Vita y Bella, lost a bit of their restaurant which was built on the primary dune. Tankah and Soliman Bay between Akumal and Tulum. Both bays are fine, and the properties are ok. Some gained beach, others lost a bit. Akumal everyone and everything is fine. More on the rest of the coast as we find out. We will have photos on our message board tonight at www.locogringo.com Kay |
| - Ivan in Tulum |
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Hello, As today Sept 14, Ivan missed Tulum. High tides with waves of about 10 ft. were all the impact of the feared Ivan. Winds were not gusty at al. Cloudy skies remain today and not even a lot of rain fell the previous day. We have been lucky skipping the past three years hurricanes starting with letter "I" , Iris two years ago, Isidoro last year and Ivan in the present. Season is not over so we all be watching future developments. The tourist industry has not been affected at all, everyone that was vacationing here while Ivan made a close pass will be returning home , happy, suntanned and dry.
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| - buenas dias from Akumal Mexico |
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Hi I am in Akumal Mexico about 30 minutes south of Playa del Carmen, 1 hr south of Cancun. |
| - Puerto Morelos update |
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Looks like we survied just fine here. Tide is still above normal this morningn, but we definitly dodged any major damage other than the piers being mostly destroyed. Slight wind this morning, little rain fall from the storm. Too early to asses beach erosion due to the high tides. The slight turn of the eye to the NW fron WNW made a major differnce in Ivan's effect on us. Will try to get out and around the surrounding beaches to assess any other damage.
Frank in Puerto Morelos
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| - Update from Paamul |
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Hi~I'm writing from Paamul, 15 minutes south of Playa del Carmen, right across the channel from Cozumel. We've been expecting Ivan all day, but so far he's a no-show. We have light breezes with an occasional light gust, mixed overcast and sun, and an occasional shower. I've measured 1" of rain over the last 24 hours - most of that in a downpour last evening. It sounds like areas north of us, such as Puerto Morelos, Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Holbox, are being affected by the storm, but we have been very fortunate. There's a little beach erosion, normal for any storm off the ocean. The ocean is flat, small waves, no whitecaps. We'll be on alert for another 16-24 hours as the eye passes through the Yucatan channel; it's possible the bands trailing to the south of the eye could affect us if the NNW motion continues. Good luck to Cubanas and the gulf coast. Linda L. Gosslin
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:13:46 -0700 (PDT) From: frank dale Subject: correspondent Hi. I live in Puerto Morelos, QR, Mexico, located on the water halfway between Cancun & Playa Del Carmen. Currently (1300) the town is under an mandatory evacuation order and the beach is basically non existent. Wave outside the barrier reef appear to have wave faces of 15-20 feet. Little rain or wind so far. Frank Reams daleandfrank@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today! |
| - Survivan Ivan.... |
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Hello all,
It is 1320 Local here in CanCun.
There have been light winds and rains throughout the day. It is currently sunny and nice. I just returned from the Puerto Juarez beach area. The fishing and shrimping fleet has gone and all of the small ponga type boats have been moved to higher ground. I saw one boat drifting off in the distance. There was actually surf in the bay of Isle Mujeres where the depth is no deeper than 15 meters/45 feet.
Cable and Internet went off for about a half hour a little while ago. The super market was busy as was the bank. The gas stations were normal. There is already several feet of beach erosion. Private boats are all being trailered from the hotel zone. I have seen news cast and it looks like the tourist are walking around and reacting like this is an over cast day. I wonder If the Miami herald CanCun edition made it to them yet?
We get FOX on cable but since it is not an immediate threat they are not devoting very much time to our area. Geraldo in Key West must be hurt.LOL
Airport closed at 1000 I believe but cannot confirm.
All schools are out and the buildings will be used as shelters.
The military has made its presence known throughout the city.
Thats about all for know.
Keep the faith,
D.D.
diverdan007@yahoo.com
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| - Ivan the Terrible |
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From Cozumel..... We are now under a Hurricane warning.......finally and the harbour is closed. The last ferry to the mainland was yesterday at noon..... Right now we have pretty regular T-storm type winds with some light gusts......This will obviously change. The sunshine is very deceiving and there are many people and places open for business like nothing is happening. We can see the storm on the horizon and it appears that the eye and most of the strong winds will be hitting us sometime today and into the evening. There are week bands of showers passing over but not alot of rain to speak of yet.... I will keep you posted as the day continues..... _________________________________________________________________ MSN® Calendar keeps you organized and takes the effort out of scheduling get-togethers. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. |
| - Playa at 7am |
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Good morning from
Playa Del Carmen,
After a restless
nice we awoke to an eerie calm. Thiere is absolutely no wind at all but
there are some huge waves rolling in. I understand that the Mex Goverment
has finally issued a Hurricane warning but here in Playa Del Carmen it seem like
life as usually. I see people walking to work and going on as
normal. If you've ever read the book called Issacs Storm I seem
simularities. I really hope that the officials start to notify the people
here as there are many that live in less then idea housing and many areas will
be devistated if and when Ivan continues towards us.
From all the
models I've seen, we should be experiencing tropical storm winds by. We
are preparing to drive south down the coast and to get away from the eye and the
beach. I finally got through by cell phone to Grand Cayman shortly after
3am last night and my sister told me GO!! DO NOT STAY!! She said it was
horrifying and they are happy to be alive. So we will head out shortly as
we have two young children and would never put them in harms
way.
I will report
until we leave. Prayer to everyone in this area and the Western tip of
cuba
Tracy
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| - Survivan Ivan |
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It is 0400 Local and it seems like the government has finally woken up and realized that the Yucatan Peninsula is indeed a possibility for landfall of Ivan. At 0330 the Police were driving around my neighborhood encouraging residents to evacuate with there papers to shelters located on higher ground. I also noticed several people leaving there homes with valuables. No one seems to be resting. Have heard that the CanCun international airport will shut down services at 1000, however cannot confirm that? Schools are to be closed tommorow.
The Sky's are clear. Not to much wind. The tip of Cuba is only 130 miles away so irregardless of where Ivan pass's it will effect us with its Cat. 5 winds.
Cheers,
D.D.
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| - Hola Ivan |
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It is 3am and I'm
finding it difficult to sleep.
How close does
Ivan need to come to us below any of the weather prediction centers realize that
we seem to be the prime target and not Cuba? I can hear the thundering
surf but will not be able to see anything until morning but currently there is
only a little wind. Must be the so called "calm before the storm". I
see the lights of Cozumel in the distance. I believe the tropical storm
winds are to be here around daylight and I will report again when I can see the
ocean. I'm predicting it will be a mad house as people will being trying
to get ready at the last minute.
On a side note,
around 12pm or so today the ferry's that transport people back and forth to
Cozumel stopped service and when to the marina in Puerto Aventuras without
warning. Can you imagine being on Cozumel and only finding out last night
that Ivan could actually come this way? I wonder if they will be flying
any evacuation flights out of there?
I am still unable
to get through to family in Grand Cayman but I'm hoping I will before we loose
our phone service due to Ivan!
See you in the
morning
Tracy
Playa Del Carmen,
Mexico
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It is 0100 Local time CanCun and everything is tranquil.
There have been periodic light showers (chubascos), but nothing like the wind and rain reported at 2100.
People are buying up all the candles and batteries in the local tiendas.
The temperature seems to have dropped by a cool 10 degrees or maybe it is the lack of humidity. current temp. 22 C./75 F.
It is a good time to make a Walmart run and stock up.
Cheers,
D.D.
diverdan007@yahoo.com
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| - Ivan |
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We have had three brief but heavy downpours this evening, still not much wind, no thunder or lightning. It still looks like Ivan is headed right for us, but all the models keep saying it will take a northern turn. I wonder when? We should know by about 2 PM tomorrow if we will just be brushed by the outer bands or if we get more of the hurricane activity. Stay tuned! Linda L. Gosslin
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| - Ivan update from Cancun |
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Hurricane Ivan as of 11:30pm (local time) on Sunday 12 Sept is not causing much problem in Cancun. One small rain band came through at about 9pm but it is calm and no rain at all right now. Nobody in Cancun is prepared should this Cat 5 hurricane hit... nor do we expect it to. Generally the "left side" of a hurricane is far better than the NorthEast brunt. Still... I have stocked up on extra water and canned food just in case. The next few hours will tell. Scott www.cancunassist.com |
| - Hurricane Report, CanCun Mex. 2118 Local /0218 UTC |
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Hello all,
Diver Dan from CanCun reporting.
The outer bands have started arriving in strength at about 1800 here in the CanCun proper area. I am about a 1/4 mile from the Ocean in the suburb of Puerto Juarez, located on the North West end of the Bay of Isle Mujeres.
The rain has been consistent with light to medium winds. Rain Water has already accumulated to the point of flooding out several streets in the downtown area and the lower basin.Remember CanCun only sits a few feet above sea level. There was one power outage at my house already which lasted about 5 minutes. Power goes out about once a month normal.
The Mexican government has just started putting out Hurricane watch warnings. They are not prepared for another "Gilberto" which struck in 19988 almost to this day. CanCun has grown to over 350,000 souls with most living in palapas or Giligan Island type housing. If Ivan comes through like Charley did in Punta Gorda the cost of life and damage will be astronomical.I just drove around town and lines in the gas stations are above average. The major shopping centers are full which is the norm for a Sunday night. I have not seen any preparation at all like in Key West.
Most all the reports that are given out on the television are taken directly off of the NOAA site and the weather channel. They are doing the reports in Mayan as well as in Spanish and in English. I have not heard not heard any reports about evacuation of the Hotel zone which is officially an Island but really not much more than a spit of sand surrounding the lagoon. This is the slow season right now so hotels are less than 50% occupancy.
I will report If and when there are any changes.
Cheers,
D.D.
diverdan007@yahoo.com
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| - Ivan? |
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It's 8 PM on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, across from Cozumel. It has started raining, not much wind with the rain. Now it looks like we will be affected by the outer bands of Ivan as it moves through the Yucatan Channel. We probably won't evacuate unless the eye should change to a complete westward movement, but we are buttoning everything up. We're keeping an eye on the radar on Stormcarib, as our TV signal fails whenever it rains. Linda L. Gosslin
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| - Yucatan Awaiting Ivan |
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We are living in
Playa Del Carmen, 60 km south of Cancun and directly across from
Cozumel. We have only relocated here this past year from the Cayman
Islands. We've been watching Ivan as it moved to Cayman as we have family
and friends on Cayman and still have not had word from them since last night at
11pm!! We pray that everyone is safe, houses can be repaired, people are a
lot more fragile.
Now it looks as
though Ivan plans to make a visit to us here as well. Mexico is really a
funny place and I can not believe that they have only just issued the a
Hurricane watch an hour ago!! No one is prepared or even getting
prepared. We look out from our terrace and see people playing on the beach
as the waves are the largest I've ever seen them here. On top of this, we
just found out that the plywood that was set asside to board up window for our
condos has been used for other things and there are not any stores open today to
buy plywood!! I feel as though I'm in a twilight zone episode and I'm the
only one that realizes that a massive hurricane is quickly approaching! I
know that it supposed to make the Northwestward turn but they've been saying
that for the past 3 days. It was supposed to turn up way before Grand Cayman and
look what happened there!
Right now we sunny
skys and the wind picks up from time to time. The ocean has risen a little
and is coming up much higher on the beach and the waves are starting to
build. Hopefully we will be luckier then Cayman and it will turn north
before it comes this far.
Our prayers are
with everyone in Grand Cayman.
Tracy
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Good Morning! From the Mexican east coast across from Cozumel ~ we awoke this morning to a cloudy sky and distant thunder. A brief rainstorm has moved over, but the main part of the storm is still offshore, growing closer every minute. The thunder is louder and the dog is more nervous, but it appears on radar and in the reports that it will only be a thunderstorm and showers. It's been a very hot and humid spring and summer so far, a rainstorm will be refreshing. Have a great day! Linda L. Gosslin__________________________________________________ |
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The water has receeded and the flooding, for the most part, has been reduced to a few large puddles. I have to emphazise that the majority of the damage was away form the hotel zones and really did not inconvenience tourists. In fact, we had 2 ships arrive on Monday with thousands of people ready to enjoy the island. We are expecting scattered clouds and hot temperatures for the remainder of the week and the slight possibility of T-storms due to the humidity. They pegged the damage of the storm at close to $1 million with 2 confirmed deaths. 1 male and sadly, 1 child. No news on the plane that was lost so we can assume that the landing, either deliberate or as a crash, was done without injuries. Things are pretty well back to normal, so enjoy your vacation while you are here!!!!! _________________________________________________________________ http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines |
| - Storm update |
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We had our share of rough weather here last night. Moderate winds, extreme rainfall and plenty of lightning accompanied the storm. When it all ended at about 11am we had widespread flooding with most westward neighbourhoods totally secluded with flooded streets totalling 3 feet or so. Along with this was isolated flooding throughout most other parts including the Corpus Christie area where some flood waters were 5 feet deep. The road to the north hotel zone was flooded out and totally impassable with waters up to 5 feet approximately. The Cozumel airport has been closed due to flooding and we lost a small plane last night as it attempted to land. There is no news as of yet of any survivors or the exact location of the plane, although 1 tree near the airport had it's top leaves cut off. Internet access has been restored along with foreign TV stations like ABC, CBS and NBC. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines  Cozumel206132004.jpg
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| - Cozumel Update |
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We have been experiencing the effects of a low pressure system that has been very slow moving for the past few days through the Caribbean. The rain started on June 10 and is expected until June 14. The low has shown some upper level rotation, but it WILL NOT develop into anything in the Gulf of Mexico. We should expect some normal t-storms and steady showers with winds about 5-10mph with occasional light gusts. Graeme _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium includes powerful parental controls and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines |
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