8:30 am.  This storm seems to be settled right on top of Cancun with no desire to go elsewhere.  Rumors also have it that this is now a cat.1 storm.  I don’t believe that.  The noise is still as loud as it has been most of the time.  Ceiling tiles have fallen, no one hurt.  Water now pours down the walls of the interior next to us.  Areas are roped off to avoid people from going into the most dangerous areas of the hall.  We are all getting very  “antsy” and are ready to get out of here.  It is hot, humid, and stuffy in here.  But we’re glad to be here instead of at the airport sleeping on floors and paying for whatever there may be to eat, if anything.  We just don’t know what to expect once we leave this place.  We’re in a foreign country and have no communication with anyone in the states.  How will we know if we have a flight?  We are an hour from the airport.  How will we get there?  Where is our luggage?  Will we get it back?  Is it even still in one piece and a safe place?  Our reservations here ended yesterday.  Will they turn us away as they informed me they would two days ago when I asked? 

12:00pm.  We still have no idea how long we’ll be in here.  The state inspectors are slow in coming and we are on a waiting list.  I have been told that the reason the hotel made everyone check out was so they would not be responsible for us.  We are now the responsibility of government of Mexico.  There is still no contact with the outside and we are getting what little information we are receiving from a radio someone has.  The power and phone lines are down all the way from here to Playa Del Carman.  This means we will be without power and phone service indefinitely.  The lagoon and the ocean here are now one.  The area just 4 days ago that Gloria and I sunbathed is gone.  They tell us the hotel has take serious damage and it’s possible we may be in here for days to come.  They tell us not to crowd the lobby area, but do not come into the hall we’re in to make announcements here where we can hear.  We have to make out what new we can through people that are in the lobby area and hear the news.

6:54 pm.  Today we spent most of our time trying to find out what is going on with the airport and the Delta flights.  At one point, Gloria wanted to take a charter bus to Mexico City,  a 2 day trip, and try to get a flight out of there.  But we have been told that we now have a flight out of Cancun airport on Thursday afternoon.  This is the 4^th flight we’ve been confirmed on to leave Cancun.  We’ve been told that people that left here and were taken to the airport are now trapped there and are sleeping on the floors.  I’ve decided that it is best to stay here and wait to see what happens

6:08 pm.  Four of the other refugees and I went into Playa Del Carmen today to try and get information on a bus to Mexico City.  We learned that for 4000.00 American dollars we could charter a bus.  I tried to call Randy and when I couldn’t reach him I emailed a bunch of people, gave them all his number and asked them to call him and tell him that I was trying to reach him.  When I tried him again, he answered, telling me that everyone was calling him to tell him I was looking for him to help us.

1:56 am.  Standing in the early morning air outside the convention center turned refugee shelter, we are told we’re going to take a van ride together to the place where they are giving out a limited number of handwritten boarding passes for the two flights that are leaving Cancun today.  If we get there early enough, we’ll get a pass and be allowed to enter the airport.  People will be lined up in a line longer than I can imagine.