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| - Conditions looking good in San Pedro |
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Everything good so far, 9000 folks evacuated. Several businesses are having
employees return from the mainland first thing this morning and guests
should be arriving before lunch.
We have been very busy with the voluntary departure of our residents, as well as securing the Island and all the inhabitants who are still on the Island. The Island residents that evacuated were moved by both the domestic airlines and the various water taxi's the numbers are as follows: By Air : 1,765 By Sea: 7,200 Total : 8,965That number is higher then the amount evacuated for Hurricane Keith, which was 6,720, this tells us we have increased in the number of residents and tourists since then. Not many people about...most looking around too. About 1/2 of buildings boarded up. Seas still calm. Not much breeze. Looks like a possible spoke from Emily toward the northeast but very mild. Nice day...hot!! Power is still on. Sun is still shining, beer is still cold. Just got done eating a crunchy falafel sandwich and some yummy roast chicken from Ali Baba's. Some vendors in park are open, Celi's deli, Bc's, Ali Baba's. And Coconet. Marinas store and bar, Antojitos and Tycoon are also open. The Police and the BDF are patrolling the Town along with a small contingent of police/BDF to the north of the Island. There were no break ins reported last night which was excellent, since we have been having robberies every night in the past week, this shows that the Police/BDF have been doing a great Job. The San Pedro Emergency Committee has performed extremely well and the Emergency Plan would not have been implemented so well, without the Whole Team's excellent effort. The storm has not come ashore yet so we are still activated and continue to monitor Hurricane Emily. Our current sunny and hot weather is the dead spot in such conventional (not being pushed back by an El Norde) is always the South West of the eye -- which is where we are at. we're in as good of a spot as we can be for this one, provided it sticks like a magnet to that track. and it should. |
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| - Government of Belize activates phase two of hurricane emergency plan |
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Belize Government activates Phase 2 of hurricane emergency plan By NEMO Press Officer Sat, 16 Jul 2005, 16:55 Belmopan, Jul 16, 2005 (NEMO) - Extremely Dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Emily Strengthens Further as it passes South of Jamaica At midday the Government of Belize declared Phase 2 or Red 1 of the Hurricane Emergency Plan for northern Belize. It covers that area north of a line extending westward from Caye Cauker to Lucky Strike and Crooked Tree in the Belize District and San Felipe and Blue Creek in the Orange Walk District. This includes San Pedro, Ambergris Caye and the entire Corozal District. Residents living in this area are advised to prepare for tropical storm conditions, that is, winds of 39 to 73 miles per hour. The tropical storm watch for the coast of Belize from Belize City north to the Belize/Mexico border remains in effect. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm force conditions are possible within the watch area within the next 36 hours. At midday the centre of Hurricane Emily was located near latitude 16.4 degrees north and longitude 78.0 degrees west. This position is 717 miles east of Punta Gorda, 680 miles east by south of Belize City and 668 miles east by south of San Pedro, Ambergris. Emily is moving toward the west north-west at 18 miles per hour and this general motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. At this rate tropical storm force winds could begin affecting San Pedro at midday on Sunday and spread across northern Belize by 6:00 PM. Conditions would improve across Belize by mid-afternoon Monday. Maximum sustained winds are estimated at 155 mph making Emily a strong Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Hurricane force winds extend outward 70 miles from the centre and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 150 miles from the centre. Hurricane conditions are not expected to affect Belize, but tropical storm force winds could affect northern Belize. As Emily gets closer to Belize, the area under tropical storm watch could be reduced. Nevertheless, residents living in the watch area are advised to make preparations for tropical storm conditions. |
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