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Sherrill

Nov 8, 2002, 7:50 PM

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Real Photos from Diario de Yucatan re Hurricane Isidoro

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I know the hurricane has come and gone but the affects still remain. So much has been done in the clean up and Gov.Patricio has done a great job, but there is so much more to do. Where I live in Celestun-barely touched by damage in comparison to other beachfront communities-we have to wait another two weeks for real phone cable. I am sending this message because my husband has spliced the broken cable together many times. On the surface everything looks fine here. The tour buses have started to arrive with groups who view the flamingos and then enjoy a seafood lunch on the beach. But the people who could least afford it, suffered many losses. The men could not work, their homes had a meter of water enter, wind destroyed their tar paper roofs, belongings were damaged. There was no electricity for three weeks. After the first week, the ice plant ran out of gas for the generator. Food supplies were runing low. No water other than that supplied by the fire trucks. Kids got sick and no money for antibiotics. There is still standing water in some of the houses. It was tough, is tough but people are starting to revive. Everyone here says, "La vida es muy triste por los otros" and "gracias a los dios" that everything is not as bad here! Thought anyone with an interest might like to view their favorite location.

9 de Octubre, 2002

Huracán Isidoro en Fotografías
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Diario de Yucatán le ofrece en esta sección imágenes de los daños ocasionados por el huracán Isidoro a su paso por la Península

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Re: [Sherrill] Real Photos from Diario de Yucatan re Hurricane Isidoro

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Thank you for saying it all so well. I have had a tough time understanding why so little mention has been made on these boards of Isadore and the plight of the people of the Yucatan. I can only believe that with so many people reading these boards who really love Mexico, they must not really understand how terrible the devastation is here, or there would have been a huge response.

We live in Merida and so have had it easy in comparison to what the people of the pueblos have been going through. It is amazing to me that not only were the beach front communities flooded, so many pueblos far inland were completely flooded as well. We are working with a friend to send food packages to some of those tiny villages where aid was slow in arriving, but there is so much need that our small amount of help seems to barely touch the surface.

Yes, you are right, our Govendor Patricio Patron has been right there with all the aid he could possibly scrape together. President Fox too has been wonderful, but there is just so much need! This kind of disaster doesn't just "go away" in a few days or weeks or months. Some of these people will need a lifetime just to try to get back to where they were before the hurricane. Aid will be needed here for a very long time.

I hope that some of those people who read these forums will understand that a hurricane such as Isadore or Kenna is more than an inconvenience for vacationers. It is much more than photos of downed trees, messy streets and damaged hotels. The average person who lives here was affected by an event which will probably, in one way or another, change his life for years in the future. Men have no work, crops are completely gone, animals by the thousand are dead, houses are destroyed or damaged, possessions are gone, standing water breeds disease, children are sick....the list goes on and on.

So, do stick with your vacation plans....come to Merida or Cancun or Celstun....visit the beaches... the ruins....you will probably see hurricane damage, but not be inconvenienced by it. And please be generous while you are here because it is what you won't see what is affecting the lives of the people who live here.

Sherrill

Nov 11, 2002, 8:43 AM

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Am afraid that Hurricane Isidoro is old news

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LeAnn, Glad to know that there are folks like you out there! Thank you for your kind response. Am afraid that everyone has moved on and that Isidoro is just old news. I hope tho that some more people will read our posts, come to visit and spend some money here!

rrovira

Mar 18, 2004, 9:37 AM

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Re: [LeAnn in Merida] Real Photos from Diario de Yucatan re Hurricane Isidoro

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I noticed that you had an article on Patricio Patron. I am trying to contact him to get some information. He happens to be a distant cousin, and I hope he is someone who can answer my questions.

Thanks,

Trisha Patron

Trovira@cox.net