I don’t think Cancun area of Mexico can handle another one after Wilma. Cancun just got back on their feet and it’s been almost 2 years. Prices have been jacked up trying to make up for the complete renovations that have taken place in almost every hotel, not to mention new sand pumped in to the beach which took almost a year alone.
The little island of Isla Mujeres had a bunch of squatteres on the east side of the island, apparently from those who lost homes in Cancun and some came from Cuba. Their homes are made from aluminum scraps. Best we can pray for is that it will move very fast and not stall out ontop of any town, Mexico, US or anywhere along the way.
Beautiful several story hotels were ruined 3 years ago...
..they are just this year restored and running again...
..the beach was a mess.
Here’s a message from someone in Playa del Carmen, regarding that topic - look at the 2nd message from the top:
http://www.stormcarib.com/reports/current/mexico.shtml
” ... What is encouraging for us here, is that our Governor, Lic. Felix Arturo Gonzalez Canto was in office for a few short months when Wilma hit. His leadership and the governments actions in the aftermath have been recognized by the United Nations as a model for disaster relief. Here in Playa Del Carmen we had power after 3 days while friends in Florida were without for 3 weeks, and we experienced Wilma as a cat 4(36 hrs) and they as a cat 2 (8 hrs). ...”