Will the eye strike Mexico?

[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]

This might be an obvious question as I'm a noob, but I'm kinda getting concerned for Mexico. How many people live in the Cancun area. Have evacuations begun? Will the eye strike Mexico?

[wxmann_91]

If in doubt, go to Wikipedia.

Quintana Roo government officials declared a red alert on the evening of Wednesday, October 19. Classes have been suspended in the state's northern municipalities and residents of coastal areas have been advised to take refuge further inland; tourists in the resort city of Cancún and its adjacent islands have been told to return to their places of origin or head inland. In neighboring Yucatán, classes have also been suspended in 18 coastal municipalities and preparations are underway for a possible evacuation of threatened areas. [4]

(Click on 4 to go to source of this info, if you can read Spanish)

This is old info, I would be VERY surprised if there weren't evacuations underway already. 12 hours later it will be too late.

[SamSagnella]

I'm kinda getting concerned for Mexico.

ME TOO

How many people live in the Cancun area.

Half a million.

Have evacuations begun?

They'd better have - it's way too late now.

Will the eye strike Mexico?

Million dollar question, which no one has an error-proof answer to, but I think it will.

[gpickett00]

all the talk is about cancun because people hear it the most (as the party destination) but the island of cozumel off the coast is going to get hit a lot harder.

[jax]

[Aslkahuna]

The eye is OVER Cozumel right now.

Steve

[vbhoutex]

all the talk is about cancun because people hear it the most (as the party destination) but the island of cozumel off the coast is going to get hit a lot harder.

I think Cancun and Cozumel will both get hit about the same. Cancun may see slightly lower winds than Cozumel, but could possibly never see the eye and be in hurricane conditions longer than Cozumel since there is a good possibility the eye will pass West of Cancun.

[abajan]

Doesn't Cozumel belong to Mexico? If so, the eye has already struck Mexico!

[wxmann_91]

all the talk is about cancun because people hear it the most (as the party destination) but the island of cozumel off the coast is going to get hit a lot harder.

I think Cancun and Cozumel will both get hit about the same. Cancun may see slightly lower winds than Cozumel, but could possibly never see the eye and be in hurricane conditions longer than Cozumel since there is a good possibility the eye will pass West of Cancun.

Cozumel is going to hit hardest by surge since the waters between the island and the mainland is shallower, and the major resorts are on the west side of the island. However, Cancun is getting the brunt of the winds right now since it is in that infamous right-front quadrant.