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- Happy Day of the Dead
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- By Travel Guru <travelguru at mexicotravelmagazine.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:49:37 -0600
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30 Days left to Mexico's Official Hurricane Season today is the beginning of the celebrations of the Day of the Dead (Dia de Muertos) in Mexico and many Latin American Countries.
Mexicans firmly believe that the dead return each year to be with us, with love and caring, Mexicans prepare tables of offerings where flowers, food and the photo of the dead are abundant.
Everything is done very special for this time of year and amazingly the 2nd of November is a national holiday, banks and businesses are closed, black glass plates adorned with traditional dishes like Mole, Tamales, Pumpkins, the special sweet bread called Pan de Muerto that is made with skulls and bones on top and candies in the shape of animales made from Sugar Cane and Caramel that originated from Spain and of course no offering would be complete without a coffin and skulls made of dulce or clay.
In Mexico death has brought with it a lot of beliefs, rituals and traditions, actually and above all areas in the country in the rural and suburban areas continue as do areas metropolitan like Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Morelia to prepare Alters of Offerings and dedicate ceremonies to the dead on this day.
Outside of the Cemeteries you will find endless numbers of vendors selling flowers and other items necessary for preparing the offering as well as on the streets. In Mexico City in the area of Chapultepec Park in the zone known as Polanco in Miguel Hidalgo the city lines the miles of Paseo de la Reforma with the traditional flower Marigolds (cempásúchil) of the Day of the Dead.
With the advent nothing peaceful Western culture began to combine the old beliefs with the idea of an afterlife, a transmutation of the soul of the deceased would expect the day of reckoning, while his mortal remains in the tombs remain.
Hence the practice of burial in a tomb that is, in turn, a tradition that stems from the time of the catacombs.
In Mexico, the practice of burying the dead in graves was initially at home and in the courts of the churches, I remember the first funeral that I went to in Mexico in a suburban area but from a rural family, the casket was in the living room of the house and thats where the friends and family came to visit. They told me that they had to bury their family member at the church in this small town because where they were now living had no yard to bury him.
Another example of these burials you can see today still along side the Cathedral in Merida Yucatan where you can see on the floor endless headstones made of marble and onyx with the names and dates of the people buried there. During the Juarez regime the practice became considered "Insane" and was banned giving rise to public cemeteries.
In Western Culture from the days of the catacombs, graves have been considered places where mortals wait for their day of final reckoning or their "Judgement Day". For this tombs have been redressed in various artistic forms, from sculptures, headstones with literary epithets and paintings that are symbolic respect to the beliefs of death and the final destiny of those passed.
This "grave art" has evolved in pagan ways (columns and obelisks, broken trees and branches, cut short willows, urns, mourners, skulls) is passed to the abundance of angels and souls, crosses and redemption problems. Times of literary and artistic sculptural forms occur in the cemeteries of Mexico since the middle of last century until the early decades of this, today there are only isolated cases of the old rituals, as burials have been standardized. These representations or "grave art" have an decorative value, but they are more than that, they are testimonials to the body, the ideas or beliefs of social groups. The actual ceremony to honor the "Night of the Dead" originated in Michoacan and was introduced to the spaniards and others that colonized this area of Mexico. Ancient Mexicans made significant rituals around death, which so impressed the first conquerors, through evangelization, introduced new ideas, resulting in a very strong religious syncretism. Formerly Tirepitío was an important religious center dedicated to the ancestors. There are offerings of yellow flowers (marigolds) and the day consecrated to the dead Mexicans rose to the ceiling of his house and shouted the names of their ancestors (primeval gods) towards the north, to receive the food they had put into the door.
Today there are 5 great places in Mexico to experience the Day of the Dead although the first we consider this year to be the most dangerous area due to the Drug War being fought there.
- Jaracuaro, Arocutin and Cuanajo Michoacan which are 3 small towns in the state of Michoacan and excellent locations to really live the magic of the Day of the Dead.
- San Andres Mixquic in Mexico City, yep thats right, here in Mexico City in the south of the city.
- Ocotepec Morleos, near the weekend community of Cuernavaca (city of eternal spring) the celebration of the Holy Souls is one of the most representative traditions of the state, where the cult of death noted for its rich cultural and religious.
- Huaquechula Puebla, a neighboring state to Mexico City and Veracruz where one of the most impressive rituals is represented.
- El Xantolo, party of the dead in the indian communities of San Luis Potosi a state along the gulf coast north of Veracruz and Hidalgo where you can be part of this complex cultural, ethnic and religious covering various aspects of the worldview about life and death among Mesoamerican Indians.
Here are some photos representative of offerings during the day of the dead.
Thanks for letting me share this little piece with you, here in our house we prepared our alter with 4 people in mind my mother and father, my fathers mother (grandmom) and my Uncle who taught me to fish, hunt, and somewhat helped mold me to the man I am today. For Mom a cigarette, cup of black coffee and her picture, for Dad a glass of whiskey, for Grandma a beer served in a pilsner glass and for my uncle a shot of bourban. The food to honor them was difficult, 2 different cultures, German / Irish and Yugoslav, for dad, grandma and uncle Harold it was easy BEEF and Potatos with pie for desert, for mom it was much more difficult since she always cooked and never lead on to what was her favorite food so pasta with meatballs for her. In general we put of course candles, dead bread, candies, caramels, and lots of marigolds.
KEVIN JAMES STOLZ Kevin James Stolz ( Scubakevin )
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- Reporting from Cozumel on the aftermath of Rina
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- By Karen Roy <czmxrep at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:35:24 -0500
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After much anticipation, Rina finally arrived Thursday. She brought copious amounts of rain, but no significant wind.
The official rain total for the island 8.20", just over the minimum forecast of 8-16". My officially total in my yard 11.5". I'm still pumping out the patio and will have to leave the last of it to the sun. Thankfully, I can see some dry spots and the holes we drilled in the patio last week are draining, too.
About an 1/4" of water entered the sunken living room in a steady stream under the floor. Yes, who builds a house in a flood zone w/ a sunken? No I, it was that way when I bought. Neighbors tell me it was previously the carport, thus the reason it's sunken. Neighbors also tell me that the houses were high, when they were sand & gravel.
Power at my place w/ off for 5 hrs. during the storm. Other's power was out yesterday.
Thankfully, Rina didn't make the predicted u-turn. The cold front coming down is also help to suppress the low pressure system to the south of us.
All in all, in a day and a half the island is back to normal. The sun is bright and things are drying up.
Thanks to all of you for sending positive thoughts and energy our way.
Karen
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- Playa del Carmen - All OK
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- By Rohan Barnett <rohan at barnettweb.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:24:57 -0500
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Playa del Carmen is (finally) feeling the effects of tropical storm Rina at this moment, with some reasonably heavy rain and gusty winds. Nothing to be concerned about however. Tomorrow the storm should have passed and everything will be back to normal (having fun on the beach!)
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- Rina update from Cozumel
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- By Karen Roy <czmxrep at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:31:05 -0500
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Well, she was forecast to arrive at 10AM. Most people are respecting the suggested curfew, there are very few vehicles or people on the street. There's hardly anywhere to go. All the business are boarded up w/ a few convenience stores still open.
Just heard someone, I presume a drunkard, jumped off the passenger ferry pier. There's always someone doing something stupid.
Rina was downgraded to a tropical storm on the 10AM update from the NHC. So we're happy for that, though some are frustrated that for all their work nothing has happened in the scheduled time.
Moments ago, I asked the question of friends "Have you noticed? Rina still got her Halloween mask on. Breezes picked up and some sparse raindrops fell. On satellite there's a big red blog upon us. I swear in the progression of the loop at one point it looks like a red skull and w/ a wide open jaw that's a black blob. It looks to be like Rina is laughing at us. We should be laughing at her, because she lost her eye and gain a mouth."
We still wait and hope that she doesn't make the forecast hairpin turn and come back at us next week.
Then there's this low pressure system of Nicaragua/Honduras border in the same area where Rina developed. The NHC has it at a 0% chance of developing in the next 48 hrs. Anything can happen in 48 hrs. I hope that the fronts and tough prevent it from developing.
These days are very reminiscent of last yr's October. Even the timeframe is similar. First there was Paula followed by Richard days later. I left my boards up even after Paula passed us by without damaging anything. I figured it would be better that goes through the process all over again.
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- Hurricane Rina Weaker but Still Powerfull
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- By Travel Guru <travelguru at mexicotravelmagazine.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:49:54 -0500
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Good Morning Everyone,
Well Hurricane Rina a bit weaker but still a Category 1 Hurricane packing winds of 85 mph or 120 kph with gusts to 140 kph continuing on its track to Playa del Carmen. All of the models show that the center of Hurricane Rina will pass within a mile of the southwest tip of Cozumel before making landfall around Playacar in the south of Playa del Carmen's Center and continuing on a more northerly track after landfall as a powerful Tropical Storm as opposed to the original predictions that she would travel over land quickly as a category 1 hurricane.
Schools remain closed and an Orange Alert remains in effect for Cancun, Playa del Carmen, the entire Riviera Maya, Tulum and the Islands of Cozumel and Isla Mujeres. Ferry Service from mainland to the Islands was suspended yesterday at 3PM and sales of Alcoholic Beverages is suspended including sale in restaurants with food and in hotels. The Secretary of the Nation has declared a state of emergency and declared the Riviera Maya a disaster area to enable the mobilization of military personal to the area prior to the event to assure the safety of tourists and residents alike.
Help is not far away commented the secretary as much of the resources are in the Disaster area of TABASCO a neighboring state of Quintana Roo, Yucatan and Campeche where more than 300 thousand persons are without homes, electricity and food from flooding from recent storms. Tabasco was declared a disaster area and military troops were moved in to assist in finding missing people and helping get stranded people on their homes to safety, helicopters and Amphibious vehicles and small vessels have already been deployed in that area and are being prepared to move immediately to the tourist area in the event they are needed.
Currently in Playa del Carmen there have been torrential rains for short periods like 15 minutes and high winds as a result of the outer bands of Rina nearing the coastline. Yesterday residents were continuing preparations yesterday in Playa del Carmen and Cancun.
From experience of many hurricanes and tropical storms here and in the US I know that most deaths and injuries from Hurricanes and Tropical Storms occur not during the event but before and after. Before as many people like to wait to be sure that their efforts are not in vain so they wait until the conditions are so bad to begin preparations and the winds from the outer bands get them off guard. During Wilma all of the deaths occurred prior, people blown from their roofs, a family of 5 who died in Playa as a result of the winds from outer bands blowing their gas tanks over and causing an explosion and of course the lady in Cancun who was electrocuted by a cable that the winds knocked down while she was on the roof securing her water tank.
After it is from the flooding that occurs and people walking around in muddy flood waters and don't or can't see what is beneath and fall into open holes or cenotes that the storm opened up. My house in Cancun during Wilma fell into a cenote that opened up from the incredible amount of water flowing in the underground rivers while my neighbors house split in 2 as the cenote opened up and this in downtown far from the ocean.
The point is, be prepared, if you aren't ready, evacuate, don't risk your life and much less the families life for foolish things that can be replaced.
Kevin James Stolz ( Scubakevin )
Mexico Travel Magazine Toll Free US & Canada 1-800-811-9551 |
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- Hurricane Rina reporting from Cozumel
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- By Karen Roy <czmxrep at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:41:47 -0500
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Well we woke to partly cloudy skies. Then the sunshine broke thru. Since 9AM, only a very light mist for 10 minutes. Rina was giving us a break to prepare and prepare we did. Now we just have overcast skies w/ a light breeze.
The preparation frenzy started early. Folks were shopping for bits of hardware for their prep. We have a number of small hardware stores, none of them have everything you might need. I just needed something small, but specific. The first store I went to has a ticket system like a deli. They were serving #36 and the last ticket on the roll was #89. Needless to say, we went to another store. We were in/out in 5 minutes.
Fortunately, Rina has been downgraded to category 1 w/ 85mph winds. Winds for our area are forecast between 80-85mph, though Stormpulse.com is showing winds of 39-57mph for Cozumel.
A friend tells me that we are so well prepared in Cozumel, that Rina will take her fury elsewhere. We can only hope he is right.
We expect rains tomorrow thru Sat, which could be a flooding threat with or without high winds. I see fog in the forecast for Sunday. That's a rare in Cozumel.
The night is fairly clear and nearly still air. Thankfully, the temperature is low enough we can sleep comfortably even w/ windows boarded up.
Signing off for a good night of sleep, after a long days work,
Karen
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- Playa del Carmen
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- By Rohan Barnett <rohan at barnettweb.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:44:31 -0500
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Just to report that Playa del Carmen remains calm with some scattered showers.
Most things are operating as usual. The current NOAA forecast doesn't predict storm conditions until tomorrow (thursday) afternoon.
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- Correction
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- By Travel Guru <travelguru at mexicotravelmagazine.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:50:00 -0500
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I guess I lost my thoughts for a moment, "Classes in the entire area have been suspended as Civil Defense and Military officials prepare the schools for evacuees and sale of Alcoholic Beverages at all establishments in the warning area including restaurants and supermarkets."
Should Read:
Classes in the entire area have been suspended as Civil Defense and Military officials prepare the schools for evacuees and sale of Alcoholic Beverages at all establishments in the warning area including restaurants and supermarkets has been suspended until the alert is lifted.
Kevin James Stolz ( Scubakevin )
Mexico Travel MagazineToll Free US & Canada 1-800-811-9551 |
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- Hurricane Rina - Playa del Carmen / Cozumel
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- By Travel Guru <travelguru at mexicotravelmagazine.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:43:11 -0500
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Good Afternoon,
I wanted to shout an update to everyone out there with the latest information.
As Michael in Cozumel mentioned Hurricane Rina has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane thanks to a pass from NOAA's Hurricane Hunter Aircraft. The National Hurricane Center in agreement with NOAA and Mexico's National Weather Service that Rina will pass within a couple of miles of the southeast coast of Cozumel and make landfall tomorrow afternoon around Playacar in Playa del Carmen. Rina will then continue northwest and turn north over land continuing as a Category 1 Hurricane passing inland to the west of Cancun International Airport and emerging at the north of the Yucatan Peninsula between Chiquila and Holbox Island near Rio Lagartos.
Classes in the entire area have been suspended as Civil Defense and Military officials prepare the schools for evacuees and sale of Alcoholic Beverages at all establishments in the warning area including restaurants and supermarkets.
We are working on uploading some images from the area of Playa del Carmen and in our next report should have some photos and video.
Be Safe Mike and Karen.
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- cozumel
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- By UnderSea Adventures <CZMDM at live.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:45:35 -0500
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Hurricane Rina has been downgraded to a Cat. 1 Hurricane.
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Michael M. Beasley
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
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- Rina
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- By UnderSea Adventures <UnderseaAdventures at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:05:30 -0500
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Rina is making her turn to the North. The storm is no longer symmetrical
and the eye wall is no longer visible by satellite. The storm is
becoming disorganized. NOAA has lowered the anticipated Cozumel landfall
wind speed to 90mph. Island is experiencing intermittent rain/sun
conditions. Hardly any wind. Most people are making final preparations.
Everyone is in good spirits.
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Michael M. Beasley
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Twitter: CZMDM
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- Fwd: Cozumel prepares for hurricane Rina
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- By Karen Roy <czmxrep at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:42:14 -0500
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Folks have been scurrying around today making preparations for the storm. As always, gas stations are the busiest places followed by grocery stores. Since Thursday is when we should be feeling the brunt of the storm, the made dash will likely be tomorrow with longer lines everywhere.
Businesses on the waterfront began boarding up today and homeowners are planning to do so tomorrow.
Ferry services were on schedule today. Anyone who wants to leave has to be on the 9PM passenger ferry. Car ferry service was suspended earlier in the day, as the ferries seek safe harbor.
Cruise ships have been canceled or re-routed and flights have been canceled.
While Rina is currently a category 2 w/ 110mph winds, she is forecast to increase in strength to a category 3 in the next 10-12 hrs w/ 115 mph winds.
We had a few light to medium rainbands late afternoon. Now only cool tropical breezes are upon us.
Karen signing off
NHC has this to say about her: RINA MEANDERING WESTWARD...EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TONIGHT. We hope she's not going to be too hard on us.
All we can do is prepare and hope for the best.
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- RINA UPDATE
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- By WHALE SHARK DADDY <bmwrodd at earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:19:47 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
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I am on Holbox Island 21 N 87 W
I a told the Evacuation order will be issued
WED AM 900 to leave Holbox
Many Islanders are staying........Thinking is its NO WILMA & it'll pass
further East as Frente Frio #8 comes down from USA
We'll see tommorrow
Will keep you posted
Roddrigo The Whale Shark Daddy
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- Hurricane Rina
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- By Travel Guru <travelguru at mexicotravelmagazine.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:53:47 -0500
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Hello All,
Well I am checking in here on the current situation in Mexicos Riviera Maya.
The Mexican Government has issued a Hurricane Warning for the coast of the Yucatan peninsula from Punta Gruesa to Cancun. Right now Rina is on the verge of becoming a category 3 hurricane with current sustained winds of 115 mph / 175 kph moving at 3 mph towards the northwest and intensifying. If you take a look at the current radar image at Cancun you can see that there is already rain falling around Cozumel and Playa del Carmen http://www.aroundcancun.com/news/hurricane-rina-heads-towards-riviera-maya/ .
Precautions are already underway here in the area from overhead street signs and lights being secured and all movable objects being tied down or moved indoors. At the same time here in Playa del Carmen the town is cutting loose branches and trees as well as cleaning drain sewers in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Rina which is expected to arrive sometime Thursday or Friday in the early hours.
Mexicos Civil Defense (Protection Civil) is warning to finish all preparations quickly as sometime in the next 24 hours conditions in the area are expected to get worst making it impossible to finish preparations.
Thats all for now but I will try to keep you all posted.
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- Rina
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- By UnderSea Adventures <CZMDM at live.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:36:12 -0500
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Hey Gert,
Rina is now moving West. There is also a strong cold front coming out of
the North. Just got back from the waterfront. The wind was BLASTING out
of the North, bringing a lot of water over the sea-wall. I doubt that
the front or the shear will stop Rina, but maybe it could make is pass
more to the South of us. All but two of the computer models are now in
disagreement with the NOAA forecast and show the storm hitting the
mainland way South of the island. We can only hope. Of course you hate
to wish a bad thing on someone else.
The car ferry is closed and I suspect the main ferry's will be closed by
the morning if they are not already. Cruise ships have been canceled
through the weekend.
A lot of people are hoping that the storm will continue West and not
make the turn to the North. We should know in the next 12-14 hours. The
island has been getting some rain, but believe it to be associated with
the Norte. About 1/4 of the island is or is getting prepared. We are
planning on boarding up first thing in the morning. Compared to some of
the hurricanes that the island has been through, nobody is
over-concerned about Rina, outside of the major amount of work that goes
into preparing for a hurricane and then of course making everything
normal again once it has passed. Of course the island has a lot of poor
people who basically live in cardboard and stick shacks. For these poor
people a hurricane is a real nightmare.
Will try and report more when the storm is closer.
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Michael M. Beasley
PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer
PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor
Twitter: CZMDM
Facebook: Cozumel Diving
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- Report from Playa del Carmen, Q. Roo, México
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- By Rohan Barnett <rohan at barnettweb.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:47:19 -0500
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The climate is cool and breezy in Playa del Carmen right now with some light rain.
The atmosphere is generally calm, as most residents are used to hurricane threats. There is a little "panic" buying in the supermarkets (as usual).
We're hoping tomorrow will bring a change in forecast for hurricane Rina but even in the case of a direct strike, we're not expecting the impact to be too serious. Rina is unlikely to be as severe as hurricane Wilma in 2005 (category 6) and we recovered from that pretty quickly (electricity returned just 2 days after Wilma).
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- stationary front
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- By "Alan Witherington" <witherin at mscd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:10:24 -0500
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Good morning from Paamul, Mexico! Currently we have a stationary front sitting NW of the Yucatan Peninsula and an area of low pressure on the S/SE side of the Peninsula. Our local news is calling for heavy rains for the next 72hrs up to 60mm in as little as 24hrs in some areas. Winds gusts of 45km / h and high waves of 3-4 meters are forecast for coastal areas. Presently, we are experiencing winds of 20-25km and waves of less than 1 meter. Will post again if our conditions here worsen over the next few days. Alan Witherington email: witherin at mscd.edu Phone: (303) 317-6310 |
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- thunder rolls
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- By Dee Landreth <islandchic1969 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:00:35 -0400
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A bit cloudy, thunder in the distance. We are not expecting anything more than this today. Sure cools things off! Just another day in Paradise!
Saludos,
Dee
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- TW6
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- By "Alan Witherington" <witherin at mscd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 11:48:58 -0500
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Sorry about that last post. Sometimes my mouse has a life of its own. Anyhow, not much rain here on the coast from TW6. According to local news sources, most of the rain is further inland in areas such as Valladolid and Merida. Here on the coast we are seeing occasional rain bands, but wind and the sea remain calm. Local news sources report the possibility of heavy rain for the region over the weekend, but if the last few days are any indication of the next few days, we anticipate overcast skies, occasional rain and calm seas. On a different note, the beach is covered with turtle nests now, and we have counted about 35 here in our little cove. This picture is from a few nights ago.  Alan Witherington email: witherin at mscd.edu Phone: (303) 317-6310 |
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- TW6
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- By "Alan Witherington" <witherin at mscd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 11:33:35 -0500
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TW6 has brought rain mostly to the inland regions such as Alan Witherington email: witherin at mscd.edu Phone: (303) 317-6310 |
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- Update to Sun
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- By Dee Landreth <islandchic1969 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:44:13 -0400
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Sorry folks- the rain event moved on to the mainland and has now become a Sun event!!! Yeah for Paradise!
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- Rain event
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- By Dee Landreth <islandchic1969 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:51:57 -0400
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Overcast sky today. Looks like another rainy morning. Perfect for divers and other water activities, including deep sea fishing. Just another day in Paradise!
Saludos,
Dee
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- TW 5
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- By "Alan Witherington" <witherin at mscd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:19:04 -0500
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Hola, Greetings from Paamul, Mexico. I am a new correspondent to stormcarib.com, yet I have been a frequent visitor of this website since the record breaking season of 2006, and glad to be a part of this network. Paamul is located on the mainland, directly across the Yucatan channel from Cozumel. Our coordinates are 20°31'16.87"N, 87°11'37.30"W. We have a partly sunny day today, as we anticipate the arrival of TW5 tomorrow. According to local news, TW5 should be less intense than TW4 (now TS Arlene), which is good news, considering the minor flooding experienced in some areas of Cancun from TW4. The local government enacted “operation storm” for TW4 last week, and will continue their efforts with the approach of TW5, which includes shelters and increased civil services, such as fire and police. |
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- Beautiful day
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- By Dee Landreth <islandchic1969 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:51:55 -0400
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Its a beautiful, sunny day in Cozumel. There is a refreshing breeze that remains from the last few days of rain. The sea is calm so divers and fishing boats are back out in full force. Sunbathers have returned to the beach areas. And for those of you planning to visit Cozumel next week, today was announced a sale for Krispy Kream doughnuts in the park in front of city hall on July 10. Just another day in Paradise! |
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- The rain has passed
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- By Dee Landreth <islandchic1969 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:59:49 -0400
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Tropical storm Arlene formed in the Gulf from the heavy wind and rains that passed over Cozumel during the last 4 days. Some cloudiness and light wind remains today however it looks like the rain event is over. Temperatures have been cooler from the rain, but locals know when the rain stops and the sun returns, the humidity isn't far behind. So be prepared for a return to the heat and humidity that is normal for late June and July. The whalesharks have arrived in their breeding grounds, and today will be a fabulous day to head out to see them. Just another day in Paradise-
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- Rain Event
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- By Dee Landreth <islandchic1969 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:18:56 -0400
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Another day of liquid sunshine in Cozumel. A system is moving over the island in a north-west direction. We have been experiencing heavy periods of rain and winds for 3 days now. The winds are not strong, but it makes carrying an umbrella a bit of a challenge at times! Ports are open, so dive boats and ferries are working. Visitors are enjoying water activities as well as indoor tours and events. Just another day in Paradise! |
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