Hola all! We’re going to try to do live updates on this page as the storm approaches. We’ll update here as long as we have electricity and internet. If we can’t reach this page, we’ll update on our Facebook In Puerto Morelos page.
Monday 12:00 pm
The Governor has announced that everything will close at 2:00 pm so that people have time to go home and prepare for the storm. It’s still sunny right now, but the wind has picked up. Some cafes and all the souvenir stores are still open right now and a few tourists are wandering around.
The police and Protection Civil are getting people off the beach and the pier. I assume things will get pretty quiet this afternoon.
Here’s a video I shot at around noon today.
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Monday 8:00 am
Well, here we go again! We didn’t ask for it, but we got it.
Zeta is a tropical storm now, but will be a hurricane when it hits us. It will not be as strong as Delta, but will likely give us more rain. The current path shows it basically slicing through the middle of Cozumel and making landfall south of Playa del Carmen.
Around town there is a general feeling of disbelief that we’re going through this again. Any storm requires a great deal of preparation including stocking up, boarding up and bringing outside stuff in. It’s exhausting, and we know we will do the reverse procedure after the storm passes. We should all be getting better at this as we’ve had three other opportunities to do this. Some people just got their internet access back in the last couple of days. There are still piles of green debris on the streets waiting to be picked up after Delta. Most people are more worried about losing electricity and internet access than they are about the storm.
The Governor cut off booze sales yesterday afternoon, taking some by surprise. I saw no big lineups at the grocery store yesterday, everyone is probably still pretty well stocked up after our last storm.
Right now, the sun is shining. Earlier this morning we had gusty winds and a bit of rain.
We will do our best to keep you updated here on this FB page as the storm goes by. See you on the other side! Rob & Joanne www.InPuertoMorelos.com
