Guanabee Weather Report: Mexicans Get the Hell Out of Hurricane Dean’s Way (Tourists, Not So Much)

God got pissed at Mexicans, so they responded accordingly by fleeing from Dean’s warpath. As of 9:30 am EST, no emergency calls have been made in the coastal town of Chetumal–near where the storm made landfall–because it appears most of the locals evacuated in time. (Yes, telephones are still working there, so don’t be a smart-ass.) Meanwhile, further north, some of the 20,000 vacationers that couldn’t get flights out of Cancún Monday night have been barricaded inside their hotel by resort officials, putting a new spin on the phrase “tourist trap.” (Serves ‘em right for even considering that shithole in the first place.) Where to next? Dean weakens as it squats over the Yucatán then is forecast to re-emerge in the Gulf, heading west to hit central Mexico as a not-so-nasty but still wet-and-bothered bitch of a Category 2 hurricane. 100 mph winds ain’t so bad…

Dean charges across Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula [CNN]
Image [Weather Channel]