Hell’s Half Acre

I’ve been in bed for the last two days except for the short period of time I got about 30km south of Tulum to take donations down and help a friend in Calderitas before turning back around.  Fever, wicked stomach cramps and extreme exhaustion.  Pretty much par for the course in this petri dish we [...]

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I had hoped Jamie would head over and confront the folks in the black pickup but he just sat on the curb watching them. I finally figured out an excuse to head over after the truck flashed its headlights at a security car. We walked over and I had Jamie ask if [...]

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Here is one of Ellen and I making brownies while listening to Prarie Home Companion. Click here
This is us at the parking lot in Cancun waiting for the wind to die down. I kept trying to get a shot of good (bad) wind but didn’t succeed. It was MUCH windier when the [...]

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We had a very uneventful drive the 75km to Cancun. It was really gusty though and we had a direct headwind the whole way. I’d never seen such wind but again, we’re used to earthmovers and not windmovers. It had been such a difficult back and forth couple of days and [...]

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A quick note with more to come. We have no electricity or water but palapas look good. Ocean came up to the front of Natalie and Chad’s palapa but a quick perusal tells me no damage.  We’ll clean it up tomorrow.  Kevin, if you’re reading, all you lost was your car cover (but [...]

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I AM FREAKED OUT! 
We are headed to Cancun in about 15 minutes.  We’re going to the Costco parking lot and then we’ll drop the van, ask a taxista to take us to Unidad Morelos and we’ll check out the construction zone that was Commercial Mexicana.  We may stay at either place.  I have [...]

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For the past I don’t even know how long mornings I’ve been waking earlier and earlier. 8am, 7am, 6am, 5am and this morning I tossed and turned and finally got up at 4:45. We felt a HUGE reprieve yesterday, when Dean turned south (well, he went due west instead of WNW and [...]

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The state of Quintana Roo has posted a hurricane warning (or watch, can’t remember which is the less threatening) for Belize.  So we’re not headed to Chetumal.  Not yet.  This is insane.  Jamie and I are hating this unease and each thunderstorm Pike is sure it is the hurricane.  If this happens again we’ll head [...]

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Everyone is telling us to wait.  Dean is wobbling south and evacuting south might be a bad move.  I’m ITCHING to leave but everyone here who had gone through Emily and Wilma is advising us to stay until tomorrow morning.  It is killing me, but we’ll most likely do that.  If Dean goes much further [...]

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I’ve read a LOT of commentary this week and I’ve seen a LOT of speculation. I did NOT, however, ever see speculation of a SOUTHERLY wobble. He’s wobbling west, which means south to land masses and that is really very much Not Good for us. A southern hit will bring increased surge [...]

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