photos out of Cancun

[dreadnought93]

even though its bad for mexico its good for Florida but its still very sad

[MBismyPlayground]

This is all so sad. Someone posted that the people at some school were requesting guards.....Why.....no one seems to know......
http://help.stormcarib.com/read.php?5,2360

[msbee]

new pictures up from cancunkev
looks awful there!

[Jim Cantore]

if its that bad there I can only imagine Cozumel

[gtalum]

if its that bad there I can only imagine Cozumel

From Stormcarib.com reports it doesn't sound nearly as bad as I had feared. They said all of the concrete structures are still intact, but have water damage from rain seeping through the walls. Not much flooding damage though. If that's all true they'll be able to reopen in a couple of months. Of course it's still early.

[cancunkid]

Kevin has posted new photos http://www.stormcarib.com/reports/2005/mexico.shtml also some reports on Cozumel that don't sound as bad as we all feared

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Hard to believe kind of like Emily...When a cat4 hits America alot of stuff are leveled. But when one hits Yuctan then everything looks ok???

WOW I would seriously talk with the people of the Yuctan...Because they could show us how to rebuild so we don't have as much damage. Seriously!

[wxmann_91]

Hard to believe kind of like Emily...When a cat4 hits America alot of stuff are leveled. But when one hits Yuctan then everything looks ok???

WOW I would seriously talk with the people of the Yuctan...Because they could show us how to rebuild so we don't have as much damage. Seriously!

Yeah, the hotels and major resorts in Mexico are actually built quite well, better than the average family home in the U.S. However, the family homes in Mexico and the small, shabby businesses are not even close to code, and these places I'm worried about.

[thunderchief]

that damage looks pretty bad. Most foliage is gone, tons of windows blown in, a few structural failures of mortar structures, tons of water damage, power lines everywhere.

Consistant with a 3/4. It looks much worse than the wind damage I saw in ivan or jeanne, both 3s.

[gtalum]

Oh it's bad, no doubt. i for one, though, sort of expected to see almost nothign left standing. I bet they are at elast partially open for tourists in both ozumel and Cancun by Christmas.

Water damage can be cleaned up in a few weeks. Many hotels will be ready to reopn in a month.

[cancunkid]

I am surprised at the photos there isn't worse damage. Yes there is damage but when you think about 5 feet of water and winds for 48 hours it is surprising everything didn't just topple from the water logged ground and the amazing number of hours of prolonged wind.

[wxmann_91]

I am surprised at the photos there isn't worse damage. Yes there is damage but when you think about 5 feet of water and winds for 48 hours it is surprising everything didn't just topple from the water logged ground and the amazing number of hours of prolonged wind.

Building codes are very strict for the newer hotels and buildings in Cancun. But when you get to rural areas where there are shabby huts people live in expect the damage to be much, much worse.

[cancunkid]

Yeah I know what we see as tourists isn't real life there. As someone who tend to explore all over when I travel so I am sure that the actual housing will just be gone but hopefully the tourist industry gets up and running quickly to help the local economy. I do feel bad for anyone who has to go through the horrible destruction, it must just be overwhelming.