[movermike] movermike: Hurricane Dean Update

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Hurricane Dean Update
http://www.movermike.com/posts/1187796262.shtml


   CBS has this shot of downed Palm trees due to landfall of Hurricane
   Dean:

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     Downed palm trees in Majahual, Mexico, in the Yucatan peninsula,
     where the eye of Hurricane Dean made landfall, Tuesday, Aug. 21
     2007. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)

   Some always want to stay and experience a hurricane first hand. Here's
   one expat telling what it's like.

     "It wasn't minutes of terror. It was hours. I wish I was
     exaggerating, but I'm not," said [1]Catharine Morales, 30, a native
     of Montreal, Canada, who has lived in Majahual for a year. "The
     walls felt like they were going to explode."

     Morales weathered the storm in her new brick-walled house with her
     husband and 7-month-old daughter Luna. Dean blew out the windows
     and pulled pieces from their roof.

   As to Damage estimates, according to [2]Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog,

     Risk Management Solutions has estimated the insured damage to the
     Yucatan was between $750 million and $1.5 billion. Total damage is
     typically double the insured damage, so the price tag for Dean will
     be very steep for Mexico. Dean also did an estimated $3 billion in
     damage to Jamaica, and $270 million to Martinique.

   [3]Hurricane Dean [4]Mexico [5]Mover Mike

References

   1. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/22/storm/main3193070.shtml
   2. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=762&tstamp=200708
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Hurricane+Dean
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Mexico
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike