comitan - 9-10-2005 at 08:23 PM
What measures should a person take in preparation of an impending Hurricane????? Since the whole of the southern Baja is subject to them.
[Edited on 9-11-2005 by comitan]
rpleger - 9-10-2005 at 08:31 PM
Have some plastic or canvas bags to make sand bags.
Full tank of gas.
Pantry full of food.
Lots of Tacate beer.
Battery powered radio.
Other stuff.
backninedan - 9-10-2005 at 09:05 PM
Keep your back flexible so you can kiss you butt goodbye.
How about satellite internet?
jeans - 9-10-2005 at 09:05 PM
Those of us who were around a few years ago remember when Bajabus continued to post from Elias Calles through Hurricane Juliette.
We were all of the edge of our seats as he was posting..... HOLY GUACAMOLE he'd say..... water was everywhere, flowing through the house, windows were
busted, but he kept on posting. For a while he was the only connection to the outside world. We couldn't figure out how he could continue to
post...this was before we learned of his business of installing satellite broadband.
The community was isolated by washouts for two weeks, no phone, electricity (except for his batteries) and his internet. It made for some good, human
interest postings.
My guess would be that if you do not leave the area before the storm hits, you had better be prepared with enough supplies to survive a week or two
with no help from others.
bajajudy - 9-10-2005 at 09:58 PM
Jeans
That is for sure. Even though we can see San Jose from our second floor when there is a hurricane or even a big rain in the mountains, we get
stranded.
So we are on constant storm watch. One night we went into town for dinner....when we got back to the road to come home, there was a river at least a
mile across between us and our house. We had to get a room in town.
Since we moved down here we have probably spent at least 3 months stuck on our side of the San Jose arroyo(in 5 years)
All I know is that every time it even looks like one coming this way we battan down the hatches and fill up everything...propane, water, gas, milk
cartons with water, garafones. After a few false starts, its hard to be vigilent....but you have to be.
My husband and I were talking and we decided that we would not want to be here for a Katrina. BUT what do you do....drive out....that is a minimum 2
day in advance decision for us to get close to the border. I would feel better with 3 days. I feel pretty safe in my house but with 165 mph winds,
the water starts coming through the concrete, and forget about palapas, windows.
Jeez I am scaring my self.....lets all be boyscouts.
[Edited on 9-11-2005 by bajajudy]
Getoutofthereifyoucan!
Sharksbaja - 9-11-2005 at 12:47 AM
I am excited to hear from Bajabus. Remember he was whisked off to the south to set up emergency communications. I hope it went well. Hats off to him.
Really. one should be prudent and monitor weather every day or so. Of course those near the ocean should be much more vigilant. When in doubt, bail
out!
Osprey - 9-11-2005 at 06:53 AM
No easy answer because there are so many kinds of dangers brought to your door depending on where you live. Stocking up: In Julliette we stocked up
on beer -- they made helo food drops to the town 10 times in 7 days. I ran out of sugar for the hummingbird feeders so I traded warm beer for sugar
with my Mexican neighbor. Another time we ran out of house money -- the town was isolated for almost 2 weeks. If we had the money we still could not
spend it in our local stores (shelves emptied early), gas station, for propane. We had money in the bank -- the banks ran out of money cause the
armored vehicles could not get trough. They worked it all out, brought money to Cabo San Lucas for the banks in Mexican Coast Guard boats. On day 14
trucks punched through the flooded vados and our little stores once again had bread, eggs and hotdogs, what every little Mexican pueblo thrives on in
times of emergency.
oladulce - 9-11-2005 at 07:54 AM
We stock up on "vacation days" at our jobs.
If you're not retired yet and have a place or travel often during the hurricane/surf season, eventually you're going to get stuck and need to use
them. (Actually we've been stuck the longest (3 weeks) during a winter trip in an El Nino year so you never know.)
So for years now we have eagerly offered to work on the popular holidays like Christmas, thanksgiving, etc and bank as many vacation days as possible
during the year. Because inevitably we'll have to make those satellite phone calls "Hello (Capt. boss, etc), I'm calling from Mexico and..."
[Edited on 9-11-2005 by oladulce]
rpleger - 9-12-2005 at 01:00 PM
Know where the high ground is.
When MARTY came through Muleg?, the storm itself caused very little damage to town, but the Rain and runoff from the mountains caused the river to
flood that evening and a whole lot of people on the river were damaged and some had to get out back windows and run up to the interstate.
bajaden - 9-13-2005 at 11:36 PM
I always try to find humor in things, but in light of Katrina thats difficult. I happened to be In La Paz a few years back when one hit.. I think we
only got hit with the edge of the storm and that was enough for me. The streets were like rivers. I remember wading waist deep to my car. My advice.
Pray it never happens to you. And keep plenty of cervesa on hand. Water wings also might help.