[Aztlan] Hurricane Dean

[Hube Smith]

I respectfully decline to place the "biosphere" high on my list of worries.

A general drought in South-Central plagued the Maya I study. They had not 
gotten
seed in the ground as of mid-July!

I've been away but, IF they did plant, their young corn may be wrecked by 
Dean.
The setback would be devestating.

I will try and phone tomoorw and report back.

Hube Smith



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Hixson" <aztlandave at yahoo.com>
To: "Aztlan" <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:29 AM
Subject: [Aztlan] Hurricane Dean


> Estimados Listeros,
>
> I know that many of us have friends, family, or
> colleagues in the wake of Hurricane Dean (now crossing
> the Yucatan Peninsula).  In fact, many of our list
> members are located in the hurricane's path.
>
> The general update is that Dean struck land just north
> of Chetumal as a category 5, but is now a category 3.
> Hopefully, as the eye moves across the more hilly
> regions of the base of the peninsula (northern Peten
> of Guatemala, southern Q. Roo and Campeche), it will
> continue to diminish.
>
> As a list member who used to live in both New Orleans
> and Yucatan, I have learned to watch such storms
> carefully and to care deeply for those in its path.
>
> The eye-wall actually hit within the Sian-Kan
> Biosphere reserve.  While this is good for the
> peninsula (well-preserved wetlands are our best
> defense against storm surges - as we should have
> learned before Katrina), there are many small villages
> in the direct line of this storm.
>
> For those not familiar with the area: the following
> links are for the Sian Kan biosphere reserve (not
> Hurricane Dean)...
>
> http://www.mexicoweb.com/travel/siankaan.html
>
> http://www.cesiak.org/
>
> http://www.hotelstulum.com/siankan.htm
>
> In addition, as anyone who has lived in the hurricane
> belt will know, those on the upper-counter-clockwise
> end of a tropical storm are the hardest hit by rain
> belts (also called the "outer bands").  So, those
> villages, towns, and resorts between Chetumal and
> southern Cancun will have significant impact from the
> storm surge and rainfall (although less wind than near
> the eyewall).
>
> http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/2007/dean.html?nav=1&#navbar
>
> So, as a concerned group of citizens, if anyone has
> any updates from the areas affected, I'm sure our list
> would greatly appreciate the information.
>
> My personal sympathies and respect go out to those who
> weathered this storm.
>
> PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP!
>
> -Dave
>
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> Tulane University
> Dept. of Anthropology
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