Storm Approaching

Last week we were in Cancun doing something. It had threatened rain all day but nothing developed. Until we got on board the ferry to head back for the island. The sky was still clear over the island in the distance so we decided to sit up top for a change. But the storm clouds were starting to form over Cancun as we backed out of port.







The sun was setting and gave an eerie early darkness to the skyline.








Even as we backed out to make the turn for home, the clouds were starting to drop rain.






I wasn't overly concerned. The water still had its' famous blue color and the rain was over the mainland, not us.

We soon ran into and under the clouds that had formed out to sea, blown over the island and were now heading for the mainland. It was a very distinctive front.

By now we could see that the color of the water had changed to storm color.

This is a difficult picture to see but I am going to include because of the stupidity here. If you look just below the horizon at the 12:00 position, you will see a white spray of water. You may need to enlarge it. This is somebody out on a jet ski during a storm! He was not trying to head to shore. He was having quite the time running in circles and hitting the big waves head on.

Things looked ominous for us as we pulled into dock on the island. We knew we were going to get wet.

Luckily we made it to the car and the torrential rain hit just as I was unlocking the doors. Safe this time. But that's how fast a tropical storm can develop around here.