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Originally Posted by Kami
Don't get me wrong, I don't want a hurricane to hit because of the potential loss of lives and devastation that it leaves behind. I wish that upon no one. I will probaly have second thoughts from wanting to sit through a second one though. I may even chicken out on the first one.  |
Kami, when a hurricane hits....you dont have much choice....there is no thing as "chickening out". You have a very small window of time to make a decision if you are going to go or stay. We knew Dean was a tropical storm, but it was far away from the Yucatan and the way hurricanes change so quickly we decided to stick it out. We were given the choice to leave about 2 days before hurricane Dean hit, but we decided that we didnt want to leave. It was a good choice because there were over 70,000 people stuck in the Cancun Airport when Dean hit.
I thought Dean hit 1 hour south of Puerto Aventuras...but it sounds like it was further than that. It still did A LOT of damage to the resort that we stayed at, and I cant imagine what it could have done to the smaller communities around the area.
It was really crappy that we had to live through Dean and I dont want to live through a hurricane again. I just thank God that Dean didnt hit directly where we were staying and that it wasnt worse than it was.
Hurricanes bring on a lot of devistation, and I thank God that nothing happened to me or my husband while we were there...we were lucky. All I kept thinking about was dying and never making it home to see my family. Its not something that you want to "wish" happens to you!