Pompano
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Grass roof construction: Before...and After
This might be good information on your decision as to build with palapa roofs (palm fronds). The photo below shows what happened to a few
closely-built palapas at Coyote Beach several years ago.
The fire went very rapidly from roof to roof and the whole complex went up before we could do much about it. It was almost like a high-tree forest
fire...with it's own fireballs.
I am running the fire-truck hose to drench some embers, but it was too late to save much....luckily nobody was injured in the blaze.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Pompano
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Now...'the After'
This is today...April 12, 2007. Quite a few ex-Santispac palapa dwellers are migrating south to Coyote Bay. Construction has been progressing
nicely... and with NO grass roofs.
I believe these houses will be around a bit longer than the last ones.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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fishbuck
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Did it get ride of the termites?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Baja Bernie
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Pomp
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My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Sallysouth
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Reminicent of the Tripui fire but on a much smaller scale.Hard lesson to learn!
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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Martyman
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I must say though that those palapa roofs look much nicer and are probably cooler?
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tehag
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palapa
Living under a palm-thatch roof — Pluses: cooler, pretty, cheaper, full of life. Negatives: full of life, let the dust right in, don't last very long,
catch fire easily, no longer insurable since Tripuí.
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Sharksbaja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tehag
no longer insurable since Tripuí. |
Try Lloyds of London.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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