Video of the hurricane in Chetumal, Quintana Roo (where it first hit land). In the south there was extensive damage to crops and homes. The poor areas are now even poorer because of this. Approximately 80% of the corn crop was lost in the south according to the Diario de Yucatán, the region’s paper. In [...]
It just started raining. A delicate, light rain. It rarely rains at night here so you know it’s the hurricane rain starting. However, according to the latest path, it appears that Hurricane Dean, which is expected to touch land as a category 5 hurricane, has rerouted itself to well south of Mérida and through southern [...]
This is one of my favorite signs — for a restaurant in Mérida Centro (Santiago): Peter Pan-cho. Mexicanidad is very prolific and with a sense of humor. LOL!.
Image from the National Hurrican Center, Miami. It is Saturday and preparations have already begun for Hurricane Dean, which is expected to make landfall in Yucatán Monday and hit hard here on Tuesday. I just received a text notification on my cell phone telling me we have a yellow alert. This is a great service [...]
Project online here: www.mariarogal.com/sdam/. I recently finished compiling work I completed with INDEMAYA in Yucatán in a web presentation. The compilation is for the art faculty exhibit at the University of Florida but I also wanted to show the work online. Approximately 153,000 Yucatecans are immigrants. Twenty-five percent live and work in the US, in [...]
Via Ligia – a gangsta style rap video about graphic design: Design Gangsta by Kyle T. Webster.