By the end of the week Lisa and I were spent. Preparing for a hurricane is a lot of damn work, both physical and emotional. We had help from our two workers who dug drainage ditches and filled sandbags. Driving through Bacalar, stores were closed, doorways boarded up and a long line of boats were waiting to be hauled out of the Laguna. Everyone was taking Beryl’s threat very seriously.
In August of 2007 Hurricane Dean made landfall near Bacalar as a category five. Many locals lived through and remember well the damage and months of cleanup. Lisa and I moved to Bacalar in 2013, six years post Dean. The devastation was still a frequent topic of conversation round the ol tequila bottle.
In 2007 people did not have the predictive technology that we have today. The downside of monitoring the hourly progress of a monster is the tension and stress it brings. Beryl ended up making landfall hours north of us. We got cooler temperatures (yeah) and almost no other storm results.
I’m glad we were as prepared as we could be, but no distraction provided peace of mind while we waited. The day after the “storm” found both of us prostrate with fatigue. We didn’t expect that!
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My ggoodness that was exhausting. I didn’t realize the stress I was feeling until the next day. Thankful for having workers to help us. Now, let the clean up begin.
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Tru dat.
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Glad you emerged safe and sound. Lots of prayers were said!
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I could feel them. 🙏🏼
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Happy you were missed, but I know the prep (and then undoing it all) is a PITA.
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There were lots of prayers coming, I could feel them.
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Glad it bypassed you. I can’t even imagine how physically and emotionally exhausting it must be.
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Sometimes we don’t even realize.
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Better safe than sorry, as they say. I can only guess at the stress and anxiety it causes 😦
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Yes mam and it’s sneaky stress
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it certainly is stressful waiting for a natural disaster to come upon you. I felt that way before the big 2007 fire as it approached our house. I’m glad you were minimally affected by the storm.
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Hey Kris nice to hear from you.
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