As you might have noticed from watching the news Hurricane Dean hit the Yucatan peninsula early this morning about 250 kilometers south of Cozumel. Dean was a category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 160 miles per hour gusting at over 200 MPH at times. The hurricane was about the size of Texas. We had winds of about 80-100 mph here in cozumel. Fortunately the winds were coming from the east so the main down town location located on the west side of the island was spared from any major damage. the same could not be said for the east side of the island. I some how talked my way into getting onto the east side of the island. (Had to go through 3 police barricades but good thing I had my "get out of jail free" pass. Signed permission from the Commandante allowing me to take pictures on the other side. He some how thought I was with CNN I dunno how that happened...) Anyways I caught this little guy hard at working cleaning up a beach bar. If you notice the adults in the background they are not so much hard at work. I didnt edit the photo any because I wanted the rough look to convey a little bit of the mood post hurricane.
