Any word on northern Mexico evacuations?

[wxmann_91]

We've been talking about how Em might affect S TX lately, but what about the folks in Mexico? You know, a storm hitting Mex (even if it's less than 100 miles south of the border) gets less than a quarter of the attention it does when it hits the US.

Well anyway back on topic...I've haven't read a single news article about northern Mexico evacuations, and with Emily taking a jog west-southwestward, I'm getting concerned. And according to this map, northern Mexico isn't as unpopulated as many say it to be, there are actually a few small towns along the beach in northern Mexico. Should Emily strengthen to a Cat 4, the storm surge could kill dozens.



Or, as mentioned in the first paragraph, the media doesn't care, evacuations have been complete, Mexicans are well prepared.

[clfenwi]

We've been talking about how Em might affect S TX lately, but what about the folks in Mexico? You know, a storm hitting Mex (even if it's less than 100 miles south of the border) gets less than a quarter of the attention it does when it hits the US.

Well anyway back on topic...I've haven't read a single news article about northern Mexico evacuations, and with Emily taking a jog west-southwestward, I'm getting concerned. And according to this map, northern Mexico isn't as unpopulated as many say it to be, there are actually a few small towns along the beach in northern Mexico. Should Emily strengthen to a Cat 4, the storm surge could kill dozens.



Or, as mentioned in the first paragraph, the media doesn't care, evacuations have been complete, Mexicans are well prepared.

As I mentioned in an earlier thread, A Mexico City newspaper reported yester day that a red alert was declared in the state that Emily is going to make landfall in and that evacuation were taking place in Matamoros, Aldama, San Fernando and Soto La Marina.

http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/294500.html (Spanish)

Don't know of any English langauage media that has talked about that ...

[wxmann_91]

Thanks for the link! Thank goodness that they have evacuated.

[clfenwi]

http://estadis.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/294700.html

This article says that there are more than 17000 people are in more than 900 shelters in Tamaulipas state..