Hurricane Emily plowed through the Western Caribbean today; as she continue to head toward the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Emily's category 4 sustained winds (131-155 mph) spared Jamaica and the Cayman Islands their full force, as the core of the dangerous system skirted by to the south.

Today the authorities in Mexico scrambled in a vain attempt to evacuate up to 30,000 resort guests by jamming them into 500 buses (too little to late in my humble opinion; this operation should have been put underway two days ago). Within a matter of a few hours now the full force of this monstrous storm's (currently) 135 mph sustained winds, and up to 15 of storm surge, will be unleashed on the tourist friendly regions of Cancun and Cozamel. Little doubt that the destruction wrought could be quite severe indeed.