I just had a phone message from Kenny in San Nic. He got word that he had five feet of water in his place and lost a couple of walls. He says that
Chuey Bastida is wiped out and neighbors just upstream had major damage. Still no report on my place. The best I can hope for is a couple of feet of
water and lots of fencing down.
I would still love to have any information about all the houses between the Conusupo and Don Chico's place.
My best to those with troubles...PerrySharksbaja - 9-1-2008 at 12:41 AM
Oh crap perry! I was hoping for the best for you. At least you have someone reporting to you. I sure can thank a Nomad or two for their local info.
Wishing you the best, or rather, the least in damage.
Corky
I heard the news today Oh Boy (Beatles)
vgabndo - 9-1-2008 at 10:22 AM
There is finally some fairly comprehensive news from San Nicolas'.. The theory is that the bulldozer work that was done in the arroyo after John
backfired. The flashflood swept through the south side of the mouth of the arroyo. There are no reports of injuries. We are wiped out. There is
nothing but a slab. I'm still waiting for information about my boat motor and trailer. They were nestled into a little grotto in the Mesquites,
maybe they got hung up and didn't go to the SOC. That's the last best hope.
Doug's place survived. Pat's place lost all the windows. Ed and Maggie's survived but is trashed. No news about Nelson and Jim. Chico lost a lot of
stuff. Kenny had five feet of water and lost a couple of walls. Paul and Valerie the same. Chuey lost everything. Bob and Connie the same as Kenny and
Sue.
We always knew that this was a temporary arrangement. If the weather didn't get us then some form of greed was likely to make the situation
impossible.
Cathy and I have ALWAYS said that we had a lot more HEART invested in San Nicolas' than MONEY. Since my injury at work and my early retirement and
the collapse of the Real Estate industry here at home taking out my little inspection business it has been hard to come up with the rent and the cost
of 3500 miles of travel. We have tons of great memories. Lots of blood sweat and tears. We loved it.
[Edited on 9-1-2008 by vgabndo]
Another memorial shot from March
vgabndo - 9-1-2008 at 10:31 AM
Marie-Rose - 9-1-2008 at 01:00 PM
I am so sorry for your troubles. Your heartache is really felt thru your words.
I am hoping that all is not as bad as it sounds and that you will be able to
go back and rebuild and continue to spend some time at a place you obviously
love.pangamadness - 9-1-2008 at 11:17 PM
Sounds like the other side of the arroyo may be OK ? What about Dale's place any word? Also the place behind Pablos? I got an e-mail in to
Cudberto but no word. Kenny did not know. Thanks for any more update.Mexitron - 9-2-2008 at 04:50 AM
Sorry to hear about your place...you love Baja though and you'll find a way to get back somehow...Diver - 9-2-2008 at 06:31 AM
Very sorry to hear about the problems in San Nic.
I remember being surprised my first time there, that most folks were living at the edge of the arroyo.
I knew the reason was the beautiful palm grove and private beaches.
But hey, look at the bright side, you still have a slab.
4 walls and a roof and you're back in business !
Hope things "pick up" for you Perry, this economy sucks for us construction-related guys.
Best wishes.
.jorgie - 9-2-2008 at 06:48 AM
Take heart Vga......great spot, we are still young enough to keep on keeping..
Good Heart...
Mulegena - 9-2-2008 at 08:23 AM
may help to make your bad luck bearable.
San Nicolas is a very, very special place whether you stay and refigure (notice I did not necessarily say rebuild) or let go. Either way you have
beautiful dreams.
We are continuing the muck-out of our house in Mulege. No sense kicking myself for past decisions-- just get on with it and focus on the love of this
nature that has brought me here.
"And in the end the love you take is equal to..." The Beatles.Diver - 9-2-2008 at 08:30 AM
Quote:
"And in the end the love you take is equal to..." The Beatles.
I loved it then and I love it now; great thought !
Wonderful quote for the time Mulegena.
Pam also sends her best to you.
(We met in Asuncion and again in Mulege' last winter - with our red-headed Zack who wanted one of your puppies.)vgabndo - 9-2-2008 at 12:34 PM
Well, this morning different and equally perplexing news. The latest is that the boat motor trailer and the bodega building are gone, but the casita
is standing and trashed.
600 feet of fences gone. We have some serious decisions to make about starting over on the flood plain. (If at all)
It IS a great place, but the in-shore fishing is gone, and I also understand that the conusupo is moving in next door. We always had a sense of "some"
privacy before and I really valued it.
Sounds like my boat may be in "the octopuses garden in the shade".
Perrywoody with a view - 9-2-2008 at 12:43 PM
the sun will come out tomorrow....so sorry about your place.baitcast - 9-2-2008 at 12:55 PM
I,m so sorry my man,that would be tough to take but like the man said "the sun will surely rise tomarrow" and who knows?
Robvgabndo - 9-2-2008 at 06:15 PM
OOOH, this stings!
My pal Martin hasn't been able to find it even in the debris piles! And it was strapped to a big heavy tilt bed trailer.
motoged - 9-2-2008 at 08:02 PM
Vag,
So sorry to hear of your losses... may you retrieve your Baja dream if not the boat and other stuff...
Looking south to you...
Where you and I "met"...
[Edited on 9-3-2008 by motoged]vgabndo - 9-3-2008 at 08:01 PM
Ged... I'm not sure we have met, but my memory is not so good of late.
We did come pretty darn close though.
Same road crew, different vado.
[Edited on 9-4-2008 by vgabndo]
motoged - 9-4-2008 at 12:15 AM
Vgabndo,
No we have not met face to face, but when I posted some pics two years ago, you recognized that vado the guys were working on ....good eye !!
I consider some posts shared on this forum to be a sort of "meeting"....
Best to you in Baja as well as Shasta...David K - 9-4-2008 at 07:46 AM
Perry I am sorry for your loss and I do know how special San Nicolas is to you... Perhaps things are not as bad as they sound or that the economy will
improve within a short time?
You have beautiful memories and photos, and looking at them is the next best thing to being there! If you would ever like to have a web page to show
them (again), I would be happy to host them.
