Wiiiilllmaaaa! 21st record-tying storm named....

[schultz]

A friend of a friend was in Cozumel during the hurricane and posted a few descriptions and MANY photos on his web site:

 

It's kind of hard to view the thumbnails and the page takes a long time to download because there are so many images.  (They're in chronological order by day, starting before the storm hit - you have to scroll down a ways to get to the interesting ones.)  But for folks who have enjoyed time in Cozumel, it's pretty dramatic to see the destruction that took place.

Having been to Cozumel several times now, many of the street scenes are very familar to me. I really feel for the locals who now have to rebuild and get on with their lives and businesses...  Most of the media coverage in the US focused on tourists, who had a few days of inconvenience but are now all safe and sound at home.  It's going to take a long time for the Cozumel and Cancun areas to rebuild.