Evacuating Ambergris, Belize Today

I just returned from San Pedro, Belize today (saturday 7/16). The island is being evacuated due to Emily. Airport to close at 6:00 PM. A mass exudus of tourists and residents to Belize City. Airport was a in total caos. People with advanced paid tickets on Tropic Air had tickets that became first come first serve regardless if you had bought them months ago or trying to buy them today. Many people wil not make it home as scheduled or in advance of Emilly. Most hotels were booked in Belize City this morning.
I was very very lucky and was able to get home this evening. The line at San Pedro Airport was at least two hours long to get to ticket counter.

Glad you made it out ahead of the storm hope it didn't ruin your trip!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&e=1&u=/ap/hurricane_emily

CANCUN, Mexico - A massive evacuation of tourists in one of the world's largest resorts began Sunday, with hundreds of buses dispatched to move tens of thousands of vacationers away from Hurricane Emily, heading for a direct hit on Mexico's coast.
The size of the task was daunting: About 500 buses were ordered to move 30,000 tourists in Cancun — part of a total of 70,000-80,000 mostly foreign visitors to be evacuated statewide to temporary shelters in ballrooms and convention centers

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And there goes Mexico as well.....
(wow, probably a good thing we didn't fly down to cancun yesterday like we were supposed to...)