Originally posted by EngineerMike
Power is going to be seriously spotty w/downed lines everywhere at least thru southern Baja. Ditto phone land lines at least, but TelMex will be up
& running dial tone service fairly quickly if history serves as indicator. CFE will take time, especially on this one, to get trans wires up as
they will be way spread out.
If you have a friend w/a land line, and are heading down or know someone who is, try to find a phone that operates only off the telephone wall jack
(RJ11 wall jack only, doesn't require a 120V outlet). Those old style phones are getting harder to find, but thrift shops have them. I gave one to
Saul for use after hurricanes, hopefully he still has it and keeps it dry. After Jimena there was one phone in Mulege for about 2 days, then somebody
scared one up to lend to Saul and there were 2. Everybody else waited till power came up. Cell towers don't have power backup in Baja like in the
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