Margie
(Senior Storm Chaser)
Mon Jul 18 2005 06:26 AM
Re: Emily to Landfall Near Cozumel

They must have only found that 141kt once...because they stuck with the 135mph winds (which are bad enough).

I have been visiting Cozumel in the last hour...found a website with 360deg panoramic photographs of locations around the entire island, which BTW is as flat as a pancake. Aside from not having terribly many trees it looked like paradise. Luckily the one town is about 2/3 the way N on the bay side, and the only significant structure on the south end is a lighthouse on "the highest point of the island" (they don't say how high). Can a lighthouse withstand 135mph and large waves? Wondering. Also wondering if everyone was evacuated off the island, if so, how would they manage to get 65,000 people off before Emily hit.



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