Acapulco hotel guest Joseph Namlick slept on the lavatory floor Tuesday night. He awoke in an inch of water.
The corridor was filled with debris and water as a result of the severe rains that the hurricane had brought. (Source: USA Today)
Hotel Guests Gets Flooded in Their Respective Rooms in Mexico
Namlick, from South Carolina, attended the Acapulco mining convention that Hurricane Otis, one of the greatest storms in US history, disturbed. He and other visitors as well as hotel guests to the popular beach resort city were stranded in their rooms during the hurricane and are now in Mexico City. Category 5 hurricane Otis hit Mexico’s southern coast early Wednesday morning. Thursday afternoon saw 27 deaths. Otis intensified faster than any eastern Pacific storm in 57 years in 12 hours, according to Colorado State University research meteorologist Phil Klotzbach. No one was prepared.
Namlick, a NewFields construction manager, said he didn’t expect such bad weather. He explained to USA TODAY that it was going to be little more than a storm. Social media videos show roofs ripping off, trees falling, and streets flooding. “The storm started getting bad and debris started blowing as the wind velocity kicked up,” Namlick claimed, adding that he could feel the structure move. Namlick was on the fifth floor and reported the sliding doors of the room across from him blew in, causing people to leave. The power went out after midnight and the winds peaked at 1 a.m. He slept in the bathroom with chairs holding his balcony shutters closed. He mentioned that he had lived through hurricanes, but admitted that he had trouble sleeping during such times.
The hotel corridor was saturated by ceiling water and wind-driven rain on Wednesday morning. Furthermore, glass elevators were blown in. Namlick and his coworkers walked to a nearby supermarket on Wednesday morning and waited nearly four hours for water and dry goods. Busses arrived once the rain calmed, and the hotel organized rescues to Mexico City. He booked a hotel and will continue his holiday in Mexico.
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