has anyone gotten a report about how cozumel and belize held up in this hurricane.
and how long will it take tem to clean up? :dltears:
is cozumel still there
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, Oct 23 2005 02:04 PM
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 02:04 PM
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 02:24 PM
I'm wondering also, there hasn't been a lot on news on what the status is.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 08:17 AM
On this morning's news report, they said that most of the hotels had major damage. They were still awaiting figures, but at that time there were only 3 confirmed deaths. I pray there are no more.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 09:56 AM
Significant damage to many operations. Boat damage not reported at this time. At least some storm surge damage to inshore reef suspected due to ground fish being found on shore, but no confirmatory reports of course. Loss of life is still being assessed, hopefully will remain low.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 10:12 AM
A good website that I recently found is Cozumel My Cozumel It's currently maintained by people who live there on the island. If you go to the Talk Forums you can view posts about the condition of the Island from people who live there.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 10:34 AM
That's a great link, Princess of Helium! Thanks! According to that, they've started running out of food and they are starting to eat coconuts. Hope the Mexican army can get them some food soon, but with all the looting in Cancun it may be awhile. I hope everybody is praying for those poor people.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 10:42 AM
Here's another good link I just found from reading a few of the posts from those forums..
Yucatan Paper
If you scroll down on the far right go to the first Fotoespecial and it shows a few pictures from Cozumel.. most are from Cancun.
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Yucatan Paper
If you scroll down on the far right go to the first Fotoespecial and it shows a few pictures from Cozumel.. most are from Cancun.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 10:54 AM
Looks like tremendous devastation. Just terrible.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 11:53 AM
Apparently most of the dive boats are gone too. :dltears:
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 02:04 PM
Cozumel sounds dreadful. Luckily Belize didn't get anything like that - much beach erosion and some damage to docks, but virtually no damage to buildings. Underwater viz is dreadful, but overall we got off very lightly. From what I've been reading, Cozumel (in particular) has suffered catastrophic damage that cannot possibly be mended before the season kicks off.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 02:13 PM
Peter, Glad and Belize made it through Ok.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 03:52 PM
Peter, saw the pics of the blow on the ambergris website. Glad it wasn't that bad. As far as Coz, they are putting a brave face on it, but it does look bad for it and Cancun. I haven't heard about Playa del Carmen. A close family friend's condo in Cancun was completely gutted. The building is still there, but all windows and many doors just gone.
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Posted 24 October 2005 - 04:06 PM
Chilling and sad link to the port of Cozumel.Cozumel Port
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