Reply #10: I read that Mexican president was at Cancun the next day. [View All]

[Divernan]

Also talked yesterday to a bunch of US tourists in OHare Airport who had just returned from Cancun. One group of 250 guests were taken by their hotel to some kind of arena in Cancun before the hurricane hit. DURING the hurricane, the roof blew off. DURING the hurricane, the Mexican government got buses to the roofless arena and transported the tourists/foreigners to another shelter. The Americans also repeatedly spoke with gratitude of how the local Mexicans, whose pitifully built homes had been totally destroyed were still doing whatever they could to help the stranded tourists. I have been to the area several times and am not surprised at the warmth and caring from the Mayan/Mexican peoples there. They are primarily motivated by their sense of families and communities, and not by selfishness and greed, as we see far too much of among the Norteamericanos.

The people I talked to were able to get taxis to take them back to their hotels the day before they were scheduled to fly out. They found water and sand all over the TENTH floor.