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bajajudy
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Too much too soon..a sad day here
It is a very sad sight down at La Playita tonight. All the months of work on the jettys seems to have been for naught. Many of the people from La
Playa were on the beach to watch as waves crashed over the jettys, threatening to cut them off and make rock islands out of them.
Waves were coming up over the northern jetty. They had moved all the equipment off earlier today. The southern jetty still had a crane sitting on
the end but was getting shorter with every new wave.
I dont know the exact time of the low tide tonight. We were there around 8:30 and it was close to low. When the high tide comes in, if the swells
are still as big, there will be nothing but a rock pile in the morning.
This will put the local fishermen out of business...that is where they land their boats. I am so sad about this and only hope that I am wrong about
the ecological, economical disaster this could be. I have more pictures which I will post tomorrow after I have time to resize them.
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So sorry Judy,
I don't get it, did they not make them large enough?
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jerry
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im sorry to for the losses but after seeing what happened to loretos merina a few yrs.back how could anyone think that building a merina there with
the pacific and the cortez pounding it was going to end up any differenti bet theres some engineers moving as we speek
its sad i hope a lesson learnd
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the locals know what there dealing with and will do fine there ajustable have had to be to survive all there lives and ( that makes me smile)
jerry and judi
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build it shoddy and then just re build it again. its the mex way when you have cheap labor and lots of materials.
if they cared they'd engineer their infrastructure to last.
i think they're used to it and just shrug when it happens.
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bajajudy
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Yes Kate one and the same
They were built too low.
I think the the local people were down there watching something happen that they knew would. I was pretty sure that they were not constructed to
withstand a hurricane. Carlotta was almost 400 miles away not a strong hurricane, hardly a threat to us but they couldnt even withstand her.
I am headed down for my morning walk and will have more pix of what has transpired overnight. It is too hazy to see from my house this morning.
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bajajudy
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These people are between the fishing pangas on the beach. The pangas are between the jettys on the beach. Notice the surf!
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This is the northern jetty or the one to the right of the first pic. What looks like a rocky path is the jetty
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Thanks Judy, they plan a similar marina/hotel complex here in La Ribera. I think it may face the same problems yours faced with the weather and could
ultimately hurt, not help the village and the environment. Anything that happens from now on with your marina might help us in our fight to make the
developers "do it right" so please keep me in the loop. I think you have my Email address.
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bajajudy
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For sure Osprey.
This one is not a great photo but shows what the surf looked like between the jettys
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This is a shot of their trying to repair the start of the northern jetty. I always thought that a good storm would wash around the jetty because the
rocks didnt start until the high tide mark not up on shore to insure their stability.
[Edited on 7-14-2006 by bajajudy]
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It looks like all it was originally was a pile of rocks. Of course they would be shifted with wave action. Any rainstorm coming down a narrow canyon
does the same thing - moves huge boulders and rocks for miles - been doing that for centuries. The power of moving water is not to be underestimated.
Pangueros have been pulling their boats onto shore for 200 years, why a jetty now, anyway? All they did was make sandy beach into a rocky beach.
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This is the work of the hermit crab lobby!
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"This swell's just the lemon next to the pie."
The absurd Corona marina boondoggle will continue to yield predictable results.
Chubascos Bud and Carlotta barely grazed the tip.
A glancing blow or direct hit will blow the entrada to kingdom come.
When the episodic tropical flood pours down the San Jose arroyo, look for "blowout sale" condo prices.
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Good News
The jettys held although battered
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The surfers are happy
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More surf
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More rocks headed out to re enforce
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It didnt look like any pangas went out today and they will have to pick their way through the dislocated rocks when they do, but as soon as the swell
dies down, they should be back in business.
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