Comments on: First-hand Hurricane Wilma experience from a diver in Cozumel http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/ From my head to yours : Mac, media, and other random bits Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:44:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ::: jeffphillips.org ::: » Blog Archive » Weathering The Storm [Wilma In Cozumel] http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-45 ::: jeffphillips.org ::: » Blog Archive » Weathering The Storm [Wilma In Cozumel] Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:37:54 +0000 http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-45 [...] I ran across this post on Divester: Divester contributor Eric Brodeur has a dive buddy who rode out Hurricane Wilma in Cozumel. Locked in his hotel’s main dining room for three days, his friend nailed pieces of furniture to the walls to reinforce the shutters, “stacked credenzas and other furniture against one doorway to the outside as a barricade to keep it from collapsing,” and generally went without sleep for the duration. What a terrible, exhausting experience. What’s more: when it was all over, his escape from Mexico was equally stressful and chaotic. Check out this, uh, “trip report” on Eric’s blog and be happy you weren’t there.Or, as Eric writes, “if you suffer from ADD, skip the words and go straight to the photos.” [...] [...] I ran across this post on Divester: Divester contributor Eric Brodeur has a dive buddy who rode out Hurricane Wilma in Cozumel. Locked in his hotel’s main dining room for three days, his friend nailed pieces of furniture to the walls to reinforce the shutters, “stacked credenzas and other furniture against one doorway to the outside as a barricade to keep it from collapsing,” and generally went without sleep for the duration. What a terrible, exhausting experience. What’s more: when it was all over, his escape from Mexico was equally stressful and chaotic. Check out this, uh, “trip report” on Eric’s blog and be happy you weren’t there.Or, as Eric writes, “if you suffer from ADD, skip the words and go straight to the photos.” [...]

]]> By: ericbrodeur.com » More practical advice from Hurricane Wilma survivors http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-14 ericbrodeur.com » More practical advice from Hurricane Wilma survivors Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:24:23 +0000 http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-14 [...] As a follow-up to my post about my scuba diving colleague’s experience in Cozumel during Wilma, he offers some great advice about chemical light sticks. Illumination and keeping the kiddies quiet. Most of you knew I had been down in Cozumel during Hurricane Wilma, and that I provided a Dive/Storm Report when I returned. While diving at Shaw’s last night, however, I was reminded of something I neglected to share as a great lesson learned. Some time during Hurricane Wilma, while we were in a one room “lock down” with a bunch of people, both the public power and emergency generator failed. As I previously reported, we as divers all had dive lights and fresh batteries which really helped out. What I forgot to mention was how great the chemical “snap” light sticks worked during this ordeal. Once the power failed we were using our flashlights sparingly, and after awhile many of the kids were getting restless and cranky because they couldn’t move around in the dark. One of the families apparently had a whole box of chemical lights for night diving, and passed them out to all the kids to play with. Boy, did that ever do the trick. The kids kept occupied, we lit certain dark areas that were previously unlit, we were able to conserve our batteries, and some people even used them to read. I just can’t say enough how useful they were. [...] [...] As a follow-up to my post about my scuba diving colleague’s experience in Cozumel during Wilma, he offers some great advice about chemical light sticks. Illumination and keeping the kiddies quiet. Most of you knew I had been down in Cozumel during Hurricane Wilma, and that I provided a Dive/Storm Report when I returned. While diving at Shaw’s last night, however, I was reminded of something I neglected to share as a great lesson learned. Some time during Hurricane Wilma, while we were in a one room “lock down” with a bunch of people, both the public power and emergency generator failed. As I previously reported, we as divers all had dive lights and fresh batteries which really helped out. What I forgot to mention was how great the chemical “snap” light sticks worked during this ordeal. Once the power failed we were using our flashlights sparingly, and after awhile many of the kids were getting restless and cranky because they couldn’t move around in the dark. One of the families apparently had a whole box of chemical lights for night diving, and passed them out to all the kids to play with. Boy, did that ever do the trick. The kids kept occupied, we lit certain dark areas that were previously unlit, we were able to conserve our batteries, and some people even used them to read. I just can’t say enough how useful they were. [...]

]]> By: ::: jeffphillips.org ::: http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-12 ::: jeffphillips.org ::: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:30:32 +0000 http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-12 <strong>Weathering The Storm [Wilma In Cozumel]</strong> I ran across this post on Divester: Divester contributor Eric Brodeur has a dive buddy who rode out Hurricane Wilma in Cozumel. Locked in his hotel's main dining room for three days, his friend nailed pieces of furniture to the... Weathering The Storm [Wilma In Cozumel]

I ran across this post on Divester: Divester contributor Eric Brodeur has a dive buddy who rode out Hurricane Wilma in Cozumel. Locked in his hotel’s main dining room for three days, his friend nailed pieces of furniture to the…

]]> By: Travel Blog http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-10 Travel Blog Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:57:58 +0000 http://www.ericbrodeur.com/blog/2005/10/29/first-hand-hurricane-wilma-experience-from-a-diver-in-cozumel/#comment-10 <strong>Hurricane Wilma Experience</strong> I wonder how long it will take for Mexico's tourist industry to recover.... Hurricane Wilma Experience

I wonder how long it will take for Mexico’s tourist industry to recover….

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