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BajaBruno
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Road between Centenario and La Paz completely flooded (hasn't even happen during Odile)
access to airport flooded and impassable
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Hurricane Henriette (2007) did the same. Flooded the interchange at H/W 1 and the airport road.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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JDCanuck
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Just got into La Paz at 8 pm tonight, road was surprisingly good from airport in San Jose up through Todos Santos, and lots of CFE crews out along the
way, altho son-in-laws place is still without power and One La Paz Hotel has some electrical issues still.
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azucena
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eastmeetswest
I am not sure what part of the East Cape you want info on, but a local friend near Los Frailles told me that they received a lot of rain, so arroyos
are fully flowing. No cell service and most internet is out.
Some fallen trees, but no major damage she has seen.
This is as of a few days ago. Hope this helps.
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windgrrl
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| Quote: Originally posted by eastmeetswest | | We have heard 3rd hand reports of extensive damage on the East Cape but we can't confirm much. Our internet is down at our house their so I can't
access our cameras. Does anyone have any direct information about the East Cape. I am told the arroyas had lots of water and many parts of the road
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Check “Everything Los Barriles” Facebook page for info, pix & videos.
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
~ I-Ching
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4x4abc
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Los Barriles is a completely different environment than East Cape
it is on MEX1
it has all the cell towers
it has to accommodate the through traffic to La Paz/Los Cabos
Harald Pietschmann
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El Jefe
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Olaf hit HARD from Zacatitos out towards Vinorama on the east cape road. In our neighborhood near La Fortuna there were palapa roofs blown down or
severely ruffled, windows blown in and solar panels distributed far and wide. At my house we have hurricane shutters which thankfully prevented water
from coming in. Our garden is pretty much frazzled. There is a lot of erosion of the roads in the community as well as through our yards. So hard wind
and lots of rain.
If you have a caretaker it would be wise to have him or her check on your place. The last thing you want is to have a soggy bed or rug or whatever
grow mold while you are gone.
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eastmeetswest
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Thanks for the reports. We are just south of Villa del Faro. Our caretaker couldn't make it our yesterday. She said that she was trying again
today. Still no report. I hope everyone is well and that the damage is not severe. This one came up quickly and caught a lot of people off guard.
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windgrrl
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Many sources include Los Barriles within the East Cape as indicated by endless sources, including Mexfish:
https://www.mexfish.com/ecap/ecap/ecapmp/ecapmp.htm
“ Although its northernmost waters are usually accessed by sportfishing boats coming south out of La Paz, from a fishing point of view "East Cape"
might be defined as the area between Canal de Cerralvo in the north, to the deep trench that touches the shore at Punta los Frailes in the south. This
is the last section of "pure" Sea of Cortez, for south of Los Frailes, the fishing waters begin to show more properties of the open Pacific Ocean,
such as surf and swell.
Some well-known East Cape fishing areas visited by the area's multitude of charter cruisers, pangas, and private boats include: El Sargento, Bahia de
la Ventana, Isla Cerralvo, Canal de Cerralvo, the "88 bank," Roca Montana, Punta Arena de la Ventana, Punta Perico, Ensenada de los Muertos, El
Cardonal, Cerro Verde, Punta Pescadero, "The Pyramids" or "The Slide," Los Barriles, Buena Vista, La Ribera, Punta Arena, Punta Colorada, Cabo Pulmo,
Los Frailes, Las Barracas, Las Destiladeras, and sometimes as far south as the Gordo Banks of San Jose del Cabo”
LB has 2 significant arroyos, though one of which Olaf’s watery bounty has cut off a main road. The main road through town was flooded to wheel rim
height. The power is still out in many places and people are cleaning up.
Olaf has left his mark and didn’t rearrange the map, but I suppose geography can be a state of mind.
[Edited on 9-12-2021 by windgrrl]
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
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torch
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we just left abreojos and no rain there but vizcaino got a good bit.
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eastmeetswest
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Well that is certainly an interesting definition of the East Cape from a tidal point of view. However, I think that many people include as far south
as Zacatitos in the East Cape from a land perspective. In any event, our house in near Vinorama just south of Villa del Faro. I call it East Cape.
And Olaf did much more than deliver 'blessed rain". Our house and our some of our neighbour's suffered downed trees, ripped off palapas, destroyed
pergolas along with substantial water and sand penetration. Friends have sent pictures of significant damage. Olaf ripped a steel awning off our
house and downed most of our trees over 4 feet high.
We have received reports that winds exceeded 185 kmh at a neighbour's house. The East Cape road from the south was mostly impassible to anything but
tall 4x4's even late yesterday. The total damage to our house will probably cost about $5-10K to repair. I am reminded of the 3 little pigs. Thank
heavens our pig built the house from brick
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East meets west
That is the weirdness of hurricanes: they can be strangely localized. Not that far further north of you damage reports have not been so severe. Buena
suerte y espero que todo salga bien...
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El Jefe
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eastmeetswest,
Our place is close to La Fortuna. I like to tell people that we live on the Near East Cape.
It sounds like you guys got hit as hard or harder than we did. I wish I could find a good site to go to to see historical storm tracks that show where
the eye came ashore with some accuracy.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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BajaUtah
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| Quote: Originally posted by El Jefe | eastmeetswest,
I wish I could find a good site to go to to see historical storm tracks that show where the eye came ashore with some accuracy.
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EEBMike.com. Bottom of the page has storm tracks by year.
Andy
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