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Mexican army in DN3 emergency for Mulege

BajaBruno - 8-26-2008 at 09:10 PM

My wife says that she heard on Mexico City television that Highway 1 is closed from Loreto to Santa Rosalía and the army is in DN3 status, which is Natural Disaster level 3 emergency...the highest, she says.

How that interprets to aid actually sent, or how it gets there, I don't know, but DF is aware that the Mulege zone needs some help.

She works at a PAN think tank, so she will check around tomorrow and see if there is any more information.

Road between Mulege and Loreto opened up

CasaManzana - 8-27-2008 at 06:41 AM

You can get from the border to Loreto now. I was in Mulege yesterday. Saw maybe 50 or more army guys pushing mud around, and lots of big earth-moving equipment doing the same

Palo Verde

JaraHurd - 8-27-2008 at 09:03 PM

Spent a sleep-less night sleeping in a partially constructed house on Monday in Palo Verde. Highway 1 was washed out in atleast 6 placed between Mulege to Santa Rosalia.

Does anyone know a lady named Dona Juana that lives in a house adjacent to the bus stop at Palo Verde??? I owe her GREATLY for her kindness. Long story. She opened her FLOODED residence up to many stranded motorists..including a family from ENsenada with an eight month old infant.

Will post a trip report later. Just got home. Had a great 2 week trip but that incident was very draining...

Bajabus - 8-27-2008 at 09:17 PM

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Originally posted by JaraHurd
Spent a sleep-less night sleeping in a partially constructed house on Monday in Palo Verde. Highway 1 was washed out in atleast 6 placed between Mulege to Santa Rosalia.

Does anyone know a lady named Dona Juana that lives in a house adjacent to the bus stop at Palo Verde??? I owe her GREATLY for her kindness. Long story. She opened her FLOODED residence up to many stranded motorists..including a family from ENsenada with an eight month old infant.

Will post a trip report later. Just got home. Had a great 2 week trip but that incident was very draining...


stories like that, about the kindness of strangers in troubled times, are great and will stay with you forever. I will never forget Hurricane Juliette (sp?) 36 people were stranded in our little Elias calles for 2 weeks including a van full of American tourists, 2 on their honeymoon. we put them up in the school at first then distributed them among as many houses as we could could. we survived on the goodwill of all and many helicopter airlifts of food and water. Lot's of great memories

JaraHurd - 8-27-2008 at 09:35 PM

Wow..awesome story. TWO WEEKS? Yikes! The 24 hour period I spend seemed like an eternity. Wet clothing, chips and water..etc. But I saw a lot and got to ponder a lot. Looking back it was a small but powerful life experience. You are very correct Bajabus about the things in life that stay with you. Doņa Juanita's kindness to us will likely not be forgotten as I pass it on in the (hopefully) many years I have remaining on Earth! J

Sunman - 8-27-2008 at 10:01 PM

Great story, although harrowing at the time, I'm sure this experience will be remembered by you forever (as all good travel adventures seem to). I highly doubt you will ever drive by Dona Juanitas without stopping and paying your respects for her kindness or to simply say hello. I'm sure you have gained a wonderful new friend for life. I can only hope the damages she and her neighbors suffered were minimal and recoverable. Another fine example of the amazing, giving people of Baja. I look forward to your report.

[Edited on 8-28-2008 by Sunman]

JaraHurd - 8-27-2008 at 10:14 PM

thanx Sunman. I will try to do the story justice although I am far from a talented writer. I consider myself a fairly good human but this event was a wake-up call for sure. Makes you feel very small, that is for sure. And in my 46 years I have been through my share of life changing events. I will touch on several points, sure of offend some on this site I am sure. It will be forecoming in the next day or so. My only regret is that I could not truly show Doņa Juana how much we appreciated her help. The sizeable "tip" we left her (she did not want to accept it) was not nearly enough but it was my only way to show gratitude at the time. I am sure nothing I could have given her would have felt sufficient. She is a truly awesome person.

Sharksbaja - 8-27-2008 at 11:53 PM

Yep, the folks from the Mulege area are indeed your friends! Thank you for sharing a most touching ordeal. Please come back.


edit for exhaustion before all the work begins...again:rolleyes:

[Edited on 8-28-2008 by Sharksbaja]

JaraHurd - 8-27-2008 at 11:58 PM

Sharksbaja...I most certainly will be back. I hope you folks in Mulege will recover quickly! Jon