Hurricane Dean

The hurricane is coming, and we are trying to leave, though we have thus far been unable to do so. Our flight is scheduled to leave at 12:30 tomorrow afternoon, though there is a possibility that the airport will be closed.

If this does indeed happen, we will run as quickly as possible to the nearest car rental agency and flee inland with all possible haste.

Everyone here is boarding up or taping windows, selling merchandise (one place had 40 percent sales in what they deemed a "crisis sale"), buying up water and food, and otherwise preparing. All seems to be happening in a very calm and orderly fashion.

These people are accustomed to this business by now.

In the airport it is a different story, as thousands of foreigners are trying to get on planes, crowding the huge entry hall, pestering airline agents, etc. The airline agents, for the most part, seem to be hiding away in darkened offices, trying to avoid such questioning and pestering.

For tonight, we will be staying in a hotel here in Cancun, possibly with two Australian guests, if they end up stranded. (They are trying to reach the mainland, as they do not have a flight until Tuesday).

Check out this blog, which seems to offer a pretty good amount of information and updates on the hurricane.

At least until the power goes.

More soon from Cancun, or hopefully, from home, safe, sound and dry.