BajaNomad

Couple storms

Osprey - 9-30-2012 at 01:07 PM

Couple Lil Storms, Arm in Arm


The power went out in a downpour Wednesday, September 19 then over the next couple days we got just under 5 inches of rain, first from Hurricane Miriam, then from Tropical Storm Norman. No wind at all but I think that worldwide in the tropics the wind from cyclones breaks things while the rains are killers. We hope and pray for storms that leave life-giving rain but bring little damage from wind – then a few days trying to hold on to your sanity without the leisure and necessities electricity brings us, you begin to wish you were dead.

The trouble seems to be that we all have what we need, we just don’t have what we want. We have all the basics but we lose the internet, phones, television, music, lights, fans, air conditioning and patience. The quietude we used to find so calming, now seems like a dull vacant pall hanging all around when the sun sets to bring on the bugs and the stumbling about to find lights and candles and batteries begins again.

The least we can be grateful for is that we were safe at home to ride out the thing – many villagers and travelers were caught off guard and made to hunker down wherever they found themselves when the arroyos ran like raging rivers and made islands of whole villages for hours or days. We know lots of folks who were here and wished to leave, many on their way here who couldn’t find a way without a long wait somewhere and there is no feeling more hopeless than being stranded in a strange place while traveling.

We are in a very large wet club and we commiserate with our brothers everywhere who choose the tropics wind, rain, warts and all.

mulegemichael - 9-30-2012 at 02:16 PM

well said, jorge, and those of us in our little village of mulege feel we are dues paying members of that "wet club" also.

Iflyfish - 9-30-2012 at 10:20 PM

When it rains it ....... you know! Careful what you ask for. Right now getting stuck in La Ribera, or Mulege for that matter sounds pretty great to me! Your grass is greener, it is dry and warm here in Oregon!

Iflyfish

Osprey - 10-1-2012 at 07:28 AM

Don't want anyone to think we were unprepared for the unknowable:

We placed a small stack of rocks by the gate to repel barbarians who might not know when we had given all our extra possibles to our neighbors.

We had 6 liters of Oso Negro Ginebra, 4 dozen eggs, 50 salchichas, 6 kilos tortillas, 12 cans of Vegall and 12 more cans of Tuna.

Pescador - 10-1-2012 at 07:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Osprey
Don't want anyone to think we were unprepared for the unknowable:

We placed a small stack of rocks by the gate to repel barbarians who might not know when we had given all our extra possibles to our neighbors.

We had 6 liters of Oso Negro Ginebra, 4 dozen eggs, 50 salchichas, 6 kilos tortillas, 12 cans of Vegall and 12 more cans of Tuna.


You can forget the rocks by the gate. I have it as a first hand experience that when the marauders come to feast off of your possessions, they will always leave the cans of Vegall.

When my son was very young, he used to travel with us as we travelled for business all across the united states, so he was very experienced and when he and a friend wanted to go from Denver to Miami, Florida for a concert, we readily approved because of his vast experience. He and his friend did a budget and ended up purchasing a lot of white bread, bologna, and quite a few cans of Vegall. By the time they got back, they were really hungry but had managed to only eat one can of the Vegall. So for Birthdays, Wedding presents, and all the important occasions, we always wrapped up a can of Vegall. They tried and could not even get the Salvation Army to accept that stuff, so the collection on his shelf builds.

watizname - 10-1-2012 at 07:38 AM

Might get a little bored with Osprey's menu, but with that much Gin, I doubt it.;)

Iflyfish - 10-1-2012 at 09:14 AM

OMG! You forgot the vermouth and olives! That my friend is deprivation.

Iflyfish