Hurricane Gustav- Blue Alert for Quintana Roo
The civil protection agency for the state of Quintana Roo has issued a “Blue Alert” for Hurricane Gustav**. This indicates the minimum warning, with no real danger to the area over the next 72 hours,...
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Things looking good for Cancun
Since the last report here predictions for Gustav’s course have not changed very much and as such the chance of Cancun being severely effected is diminishing as the cone of error becomes smaller. The...
View ArticleHurricane Humor
A little bit of hurricane humor courtesy of The Onion Hurricane Bound For Texas Slowed By Large Land Mass To The South Posted by Steve in Cancun.
View ArticleGustav Heads Toward Cuba
Tropical Storm Gustav has left at least 22 people dead in the Dominican Republic and Haiti and continues on its path towards Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Gustav is expected to reach Jamaica...
View ArticleTropical Storm Gustav- Green Alert for Cancun and QRoo
While predictions still seem to indicate that Cancun and the surrounding areas are not in imminent danger from Tropical Storm Gustav, the government has maintained its green alert for the state of...
View ArticleCancun has Natural Advantages during Hurricanes
Over the summer I attended a talk about hurricanes and hurricane preparedness. It was given by Dr. Mario Stoute of Dirección de Protección Civil (Cancun’s office of Civilian Protection). Dr. Stoute...
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Cancun now outside Gustav’s cone of probability
Gustav has been crawling along at a snails pace and spent most of yesterday traversing the length of Jamaica. As a result a second day of little forward progress ensured Cancun was not completely out...
View ArticleHurricane Gustav Strengthens to Category 3
The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Gustav has developed into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane as it heads towards western Cuba. Hurricane warnings are in effect for the Cayman...
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All clear in Cancun
Gustav is about to reach his closest point to Cancun and all is well here. We had a small thunderstorm around 3:30pm which lasted for about 20 minutes and a couple of puffs of wind but the rest of the...
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Hurricane Rina Cancun
It’s been a few years but once more Cancun is facing the threat of a hurricane, this time Hurricane Rina. Unfortunately, the previous authors of this blog are busy with other projects so I’m afraid we...
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