Comments on: Big on bluster but short on sand

By: afterwilma.info » Blog Archive » Mother Nature’s way

afterwilma.info » Blog Archive » Mother Nature’s way — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:31:24 +0000

[...] After a double helping of rumination over that "sand wall" on Tuesday and Wednesday, I thought I’d post this snippet from a recent email I received from Mel Zelniker. [...]

By: Steve Bridger

Steve Bridger — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:17:21 +0000

Thanks, Jorge - the Royal Resorts galleries are an example to all the hotels. Thank YOU!

By: Steve Bridger

Steve Bridger — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:09:23 +0000

Jason - this shot of the Oasis Playa was taken on March 5th.

Still a good deal of work to be done on El Pueblito before May. Again, this photo was taken on March 5th.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:02:18 +0000

About the beach recovery picture… yes I took it in the morning and the posted on our website. It’s amazing how fast these guys work. Today (6 pm), second phase at The Royal Sands is covered with new sand and started leveling, so our members and guests will probably be running on the beach next weekend.

Cheers from Cancun.

By: Jason Lambert

Jason Lambert — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:23:52 +0000

Are there any recent photos of the area around the Oasis Playa or El Pueblito?

I am going to be there in May and I am hoping that the "wall" situation is not the case in that area.

Seems to me that the idea of constructing a breakwater (that the government was opposed to spending money on) might be the best way to save the beach in Cancun.

If a few days of high winds did this much damage to the beach, I would hate to see what a hurricane or other big storm will do to it.

By: Steve Bridger

Steve Bridger — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:34:15 +0000

Eric. I assure you that it is… if you’re referring to this photo. It was taken by a Royal Sands employee on Monday.

You can see the Westin and Club Med in the distance; they appear closer than they really are - probably because a zoom lens was used.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:02:59 +0000

That can’t be a picture from the Sands. At that angle you wouldn’t see resorts in the background (or of them that close) from the beach at the Sands.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:01:48 +0000

One can only hope that someone figures out how to repair that part of the beach and that it doesn’t happen elsewhere. I suppose it is possible that the entire ocean floor has changed offshore and the wave action is now so different that the beaches will have to exist in a fashion other than that which we all love so much? It’s got to be frustrating for all involved.