Well we are starting to get some of the outer bands pass through Roatan. It gets breezy, and spits rain for a while then settles down. From the forecasts it should be a wild night as the closest point of approach will be around midnight. Went out earlier and there doesn't seem to be any big worry on the island, people were going about their business at the banks and stores as usual. I wish I could say go to our website and look at the videos but we lost our webcam/weather station earlier this summer to a power spike by the local power company even with everything behind UPSs. So we will just have to rely on visual observations this time around.
Stay safe everyone and our prayers go out the people on the Yucatan.
As Dean passes by the Bay Islands, Roatan, sitting at 16.38, about 150 miles south of the eye, is being pelted by wind gusts of 30+ knots and we expect more throughout the night.
Relieved we are not in the path again, but nonetheless, cautious of what Mother Nature can bring on, at any moment. Most workers returned home about 4:00pm
today and Roatan has pretty much shut down for the night. Most are socked in and not moving anywhere.
We continue to pray for those in Belize and the Yucatan where Dean is heading at the moment. All is well
on Roatan and God bless those in Dean's path...
From: Gustavo Zambrana <gustavozambrana417 at hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:43:20 +0000
Good evening to everyone! As Dean passes by everything seems to be quite calm in Tegucigalpa. The sky is overcast and we can see lightning every once in a while. If you check the satellite image, you can see that almost 100% of Honduras is covered by cloud bands. We expect to see some rain during the night. Red alert has been issued to the Bay Islands since it became a category 5 hurricane. We keep our prayers for the people in the Yucatan area. Everybody keep safe up there and God Speed... Gustavo from Tegucigalpa
Click on the link below and watch the Radar loop . . . You can clearly see that Roatan is getting a big slice of the edge of the bad part of Dean. This reallly worries me...
Some very sadd (though not at all unexpected) news for Costa Maya may also bring additional ships to Roatan for a few months. (See last paragraph.)
Costa Maya news from seatrader.com
Costa Maya estimates 6- to 8-month closure
22/8/2007
Puerto Costa Maya estimates a six- to eight-month closure due to damage suffered from the direct hit by Hurricane Dean, Seatrade Insider has learned.
‘We believe more than 50% of the pier is gone. It’s a multimillion-dollar loss,’ port spokesman Cesar Lizarraga said.
An assessment of facilities is under way and more information will be provided soon. No casualties were reported in the area as of yesterday, but there was heavy damage to the fishing village of Majahual and the town of Bacalar.
‘We will rebuild,’ Lizarraga told Seatrade Insider. ‘The region is counting on us.’ The Hamui family, chief investors in Puerto Costa Maya, will soon put forward their recovery plan.
Mexican President Felipe Calderón overnighted in Chetumal, 60 miles south of Puerto Costa Maya, and is scheduled to inspect the port and surrounding area today.
Lizarraga is starting to call on cruise lines in South Florida to discuss the future. He anticipates operators will redeploy ships to Western Caribbean ports such as Roatán and Belize while Costa Maya is rebuilding
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