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Scuba Forum / Scuba Locations / October 2005Wilma
Does anyone have any information on what Wilma has done to Roatan, Belize and Cozumel? Local news doesn't seem to care much. How are the people we dive with? How about the reefs? How about the reefs? If anyone has any info on cozumel and the reefs....please let us know. My wife and I are planning on going there in November. Thanks > How about the reefs? > >If anyone has any info on cozumel and the reefs....please let us know. >My wife and I are planning on going there in November. > >Thanks On rec.travel.cruises they are reporting Puerta Maya gone, International cut in half, Punta Langosta still there. Chankanab park (the facilities) gone. A friend who lives north of town has not answered his Iridium.  Signaturedillon Anyone who says grown men don't cry has never taken a differential equations final. > How about the reefs? > > If anyone has any info on cozumel and the reefs....please let us know. > My wife and I are planning on going there in November. > > Thanks It sounds like it may be a few days before anyone gets around to the reefs. From another forum: Special Bulletin Hurricane Wilma ProTec Newsletter October 2005 With great sadness I am writing these lines about Hurricane Wilma. The ProTec Newsletter can be subscribed and un-subscribed on our www.protecdiving.com web page, front page in the lower right corner. So please let your friends know that they can receive our Newsletter or if you dont like to get it please do not hesitate to un-subscribe. Thanks you for continued support. ProTec Team Here is the latest news as of Monday, October 24th, 19:00 Hurricane Wilma has hit the Riviera Maya hard. The eye of the hurricane came through Cozumel and Playa del Carmen on Friday evening 23:00. The storm was big and very slow with lots of rain. Large parts of towns and roads where or are still flooded. Today was a beautiful day, sunshine and a flat ocean. Cozumel Cozumel took a direct hit. Its been hit hard. The car ferry got immobilized just prior to the storm and stranded in Chinchorro bank, leaving no ferry transport for help or electricity workers to get to Cozumel. Three cruise ship piers have been badly damages or a partially gone. The caletta marina was badly hit with a lot of boats sitting in it. The northern marina was hit hard and is partially gone. I fear for the worst there, I would assume a lot of schools have been hit there too, destroying the infrastructure to teach the kids. Puerto Aventuras Puerto Aventuras got hit again as with Emily with a lot of damage, powerloss, trees, to condos, houses and buildings and 10 smaller boats sunk in the marina. I have not been in the Poblado yet but hope that the damage there is not too bad. Playa del Carmen Playa del Carmen took a direct hit and its been hit hard. 5th avenue is damaged glass and palapas. Ocean side buildings are flooded with a couple of feet of sand. Mamitas beach club has been hard but will be rebuilt I am sure. In Playacar beach side buildings have lost there foundations, the beach road is gone at parts. Two planes on the airport flipped. A large number of building is damaged beyond repair. The Super San Francisco Supermarket lost a entire wall. The good news. Since you are reading this newsletter I had to have electricity and internet access. Amazing how fast parts of town got power back. Utility and emergency crews working restless to restore power and water. Security forces showing presence. Neighbors helping each other, restaurants and stores are open. No gasoline though but since we have partially electricity it can't be far away. Puerto Morelos Puerto Morelos got hit hard. The road between Puerto Morelos and Cancun is closed since a large section of it is flooded completely. The road from the gas station to Puerto Morelos proper is flooded too. The gas station is working though. Quite a few of the large power towers are broken. A lot of the palapa roofing is gone but restaurants and stores are open Cancun Cancun took a direct hit. The airport is closed but is supposed to be back open by Wednesday. We heard reports that the lagoon in the hotel zone connected with the ocean on the locations. We heard as well that there where some riots, martial law has been declared in Cancun and a curfew is in place. The hotel zone is largely damaged and flooded, the inner town areas are damaged too. Akumal, Tulum Small damage only, have not been there, heard its still going, they selling gasoline in Tulum Whats gonna happen .... I am not the greatest optimist on the planet but for Tulum, Akumal, Puerto Aventuras and Playa del Carmen I can see its gonna bounce back pretty soon. The way things do improve and the ferocity of the emergency work force to bring it back will succeed pretty fast. There will be areas that will take some more time but in general I am looking optimistic into the future. ProTec is open, we are diving the caves but the ocean diving is gonna take a while to come back, mostly the boats into the ocean and gasoline. Just because we got hit by a hurricane we did not disappear, neither a lot of the other dive shops or hotels in the area. Having just been through the hurricane and its aftermath I am looking far north to Florida where a lot of our friends are just happened to be in the way of windy Wilma. Our thoughts are with you guys and gals. As always if you are close by and want to chat or give us a call or email please feel free to do so. info@protecdiving.com 0052-984-8031168 Your ProTec Team > Does anyone have any information on what Wilma has done to Roatan, The wave action took out some docks and sunk a boat or 4. In West End, it took down part of Eagle Ray's and Sueno del Mar dive shop. There's lots of cleaning up to do, but other than that, I believe all is well from those that I'm hearing back from. > Belize Recovery underway in San Pedro Belize following Wilma Fecha de publicación : 2005-10-24 San Pedranos are sighing in relief as they continue the cleanup of their community following the passage of Hurricane Wilma through the Caribbean last week. No loss of life or major damage to buildings have been reported in San Pedro, located off the coast of Belize. NEMO officials, in conjunction with the Ministry of Public Works, have assisted in the cleanup of the community. Priority has been given to areas such as major streets that facilitate the movement of persons, goods and services. NEMO officials have also been conducting an assessment of the damages to property and special needs, if any, of the population. "I estimate that at least twenty-five of our private docks were damaged as a result of the waves that came crashing ashore," said the NEMO District Emergency Coordinator for San Pedro, Mr. James Janmohammed. He also noted that there was a considerable amount of beach erosion following the storm that brought strong winds, rain and some tidal surges to Belize. The restoration of the beachfront, along with the repair of private docks, has already commenced. Equipment from the mainland is to be dispatched. NEMO 's aim is to return the island to normalcy as quickly as possible. The major utility companies on the island have not reported any significant damages to their networks as a result of Wilma. Meanwhile, businesses have opened their doors and are operating as normal. Schools are also open and school children have returned to their classes. >and Cozumel? Local news doesn't seem to care much. How are the > people we dive with? How about the reefs? Here's the URL to a site that might answer some questions for you: http://www.aldora.com/wilma/wilma_updates.htm Here's something from a San Pedro, Ambergris Caye resident: we had minimal beach erosion, road erosion and a few piers went down. Maximum gust we recorded was 62 mph. But, it could have been much, much worse!! See early damage report posted at www.aldora.com site According to them the caletta harbor, home to a lot of the dive boats was hard hit and most of the boats were damaged, sunk or distroyed. They also note that most hotels to the south of town suffered major damage. Does not look good! We are keeping our fingers crossed for our friends in Cozumel. Mike Hill > See early damage report posted at www.aldora.com site > According to them the caletta harbor, home to a lot of the dive boats was [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Mike Hill I've heard from my friends in Coz. Here's their letter: Hello To you all Sorry for the informal-ness of this email but we just got back on line, downloaded over 400 emails and just want to thank everyone for your emails, concerns and especially your prayers. I am send this via blind carbon copy (Bcc) to protect all your identities. Will send personal emails to each and everyone as time permits. We are fine! Although a little red in the face. We lost the fight by unanimous decision, Wilma scores a TKO But we do live to fight again. The island has sustained major damage, you can not imagine it without seeing it. Emily was an evening breeze in comparison to Wilma. There is damage everywhere. The eye passed right over us after beating on us for nearly 14 hours. We thought the worst had passed. 3 hour later Wilma is beating on us again, this time for 40 plus hours and more intense than before the eye. We had no communication until today when I climbed the pole and hooked up the phone line, no electricity, no running water, no grocery stores, no bottled water and running low on beer. The devastation is unbelievable. Puerto Maya cruise ship pier is gone, the water front has changed drastically, No Sand, all gone, nothing but bare rock Jewelry stores devastated..No tears here. Each day since the storm Kathy & I go for a drive and have been taking pictures. When we get back home we don't feel like we are not the only ones who lost, because most are worse off than us and we are very thankful for that. We will get the pictures up on the web ASAP and send all a link.. Our Palapa went down, shop/work shelter was destroyed, lost the roof on the Mexican house, lost one of the gates at the back, Some trees completely disappeared from the property. The house flooded 3", not only water from outside but water coming in through the shower from city sewer in the new room (too sweet). It was no fun let me tell you. We had very little information on the Storm, where it went and how much damage it caused elsewhere But now that we are back on line, will find out. We do not expect electricity for a few weeks. There are poles down and broken everywhere. The Island is literally devastated. The piers are damaged so bad that they can not get the car ferry to dock. Anyway, I could go on & on & on. I am forwarding an email from friends who lives here half the year. (Your email Dick & Gwen, thanks!) Take care and we will try to stay in touch! Love to you all, Dale & Kathy > > See early damage report posted at www.aldora.com site > > According to them the caletta harbor, home to a lot of the dive boats was [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > Mike Hill Surprisingly accurate, coming form Dillenhay of Aldora. :-) He also put in a plug that his Aldora boats are ready to go. > I've heard from my friends in Coz. Here's their letter: A couple of nitpicks are in order. > We lost the fight by unanimous decision, Wilma scores a TKO You either lose a fight by a unanimous decision OR a TKO, but those are mutually exclusive <i.e., can't both happen>. > The island has sustained major damage, you can not imagine it without > seeing it. I've seen plenty of it, from the pics posted by various folks in this ng and in rec.travel.cruises. > The eye passed right over us after beating on us for nearly 14 hours. We > thought the worst had passed. > 3 hour later Wilma is beating on us again, this time for 40 plus hours and > more intense than before the eye. This sounded as if the eye was the killer. Actually if the eye stayed there for 40 or 60 hours, there would be NO damage. :-) Planes fly INSIDE the eye (because it's completely calm) just to observe the storm around the eye. > Puerto Maya cruise ship pier is gone, Puerta Maya. Only partially blown away. http://dive.scubadiving.com/members/photogalleries.php?s=8185 There's a thread of 32 posts (since Oct 25) about these pics in rec.travel.cruises. > We had very little information on the Storm, where it went and how much > damage it caused elsewhere > But now that we are back on line, will find out. How true! Those of us who are NOT in the storm, but had plenty of time to kill on line, have a MUCH better global view of the hurricane as well as detailed descriptions and pictures of the damages at various affected locations around Cozumel/Cancun. I am killing some time at the LAX President's Club waiting to be taken to the 80+ degree weather of Hawaii for a few days! :-) -- Bob. > You either lose a fight by a unanimous decision OR a TKO, but > those are mutually exclusive <i.e., can't both happen>. Are you sure? Can't you have a Technical Knock Out by unanimous decision? > I've seen plenty of it, from the pics posted by various folks in this > ng and in rec.travel.cruises. I'd bet the pictures don't do the situation justice. I know that no pictures of what Wilma did to S. Florida that I've seen adequately represent the full extent of the impact. Lee > > You either lose a fight by a unanimous decision OR a TKO, but > > those are mutually exclusive <i.e., can't both happen>. > > Are you sure? Can't you have a Technical Knock Out by unanimous decision? Can you believe this guy? He's picking apart a letter from a guy that lived it. Not to mention that Dale doesn't post here or even know that rec.scuba.locations exists. But hey, I'll be sure to pass along Reef's nitpicking remarks . . .not. > > > You either lose a fight by a unanimous decision OR a TKO, but > > > those are mutually exclusive <i.e., can't both happen>. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > But hey, I'll be sure to pass along Reef's nitpicking remarks . . .not. Wotdayya know? Hurricane Wilma must have devastated all the KILLFILES in rec.scuba.locations! LOL! I think I had about half a dozen folks who repeatedly bragged that they had me in their killfiles -- Lee and chilly. Now they are BOTH here. The devastation of Wilma was even more severe than I thought. I had already acknowledged that it was intended to be a nitpick, RF> A couple of nitpicks are in order. because ... RF> I am killing some time at the LAX President's Club waiting RF> to be taken to the 80+ degree weather of Hawaii for a few days! :-) > Can you believe this guy? He's picking apart a letter from a guy that > lived it. Just because he lived through it doesn't mean his INFO was accurate or even useful. Relative to THAT, here was the INFO I gave, > Puerto Maya cruise ship pier is gone, RF> Puerta Maya. Only partially blown away. RF> http://dive.scubadiving.com/members/photogalleries.php?s=8185 RF> There's a thread of 32 posts (since Oct 25) about these pics in RF> rec.travel.cruises. > We had very little information on the Storm, where it went and how much > damage it caused elsewhere > But now that we are back on line, will find out. RF> How true! Those of us who are NOT in the storm, but had plenty of time RF> to kill on line, have a MUCH better global view of the hurricane as RF> well as detailed descriptions and pictures of the damages at various RF> affected locations around Cozumel/Cancun. If chilly had left my post alone as she should've, I wouldn't need to explain the above or to add that she SHOULD have left the gossip (and NON INFO) remarks from her friend Dale to her PRIVATE email, and let the newsgroup folks post and read the REAL info. Aloha from sunny Waikiki, -- Bob. > >>The eye passed right over us after beating on us for nearly 14 hours. We >>thought the worst had passed. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > fly INSIDE the eye (because it's completely calm) just to observe > the storm around the eye. He did not say he was in the eye for 40 plus hours. > Does anyone have any information on what Wilma has done to Roatan, > Belize and Cozumel? Local news doesn't seem to care much. How are the > people we dive with? How about the reefs? Roatan and Belize were roughed up a little. Cozumel was destroyed. |
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