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captkw
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THANKS MULA
I have not seen those "cracker boxs" and understand what your talking about...what a waste of money !! but,, I know the great rezealacly of the folks
around there and hope all the very best in the aftermath of paul......K&T
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mula
Capt. The yellow store on the highway in Mulege's owner is Pauncho.
And re- the new housing south of Mulege: There is no shade. Far from downtown with no public transportation to and from.
The flood plain people don't want to give up their family lots and homes in Mulege to live in a displaced barrio.
There are some of these little houses built on the hill just off the Cadeje airstrip - with no shade and no water. Who wants to live there?
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I know a Mexican Fisherman that had a 2 roon concrete block house on the beach he raised 3 children there after realizing there would never be any
electricity there he moved on a hillside in town and built a 2 room plywood house just like the old one on the beach .The only diffrence he was able
to run a wire next door and power a refig and tv.
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captain4tuna
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Does anyone know how to reach Jorge Yee? Thanks
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EngineerMike
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Thanks to the two Nomads who donated $100 each. I got eh PayPal notice just now, & called Saul Davis to make up food packets right away with the
$200.
For anybody else who wants: PayPal to mike at fleming dot cc (not dot com, just cc) and click Personal, Gift to avoid commission on the donation.
Thanks a million, Mike
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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EngineerMike
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I went out to run some errands and came back to another $350 in donations,
Pot is now up to $550 and Saul is assembling food packets for the needy to distribute tomorrow.
Thanks to all who have contributed from Cabo to Canada!!!!
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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EngineerMike
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Another $175 came in today. total is up to $725 and packets started going out today.
Thanks to all,
Mike
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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willyAirstream
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Capt tuna, i can relay a messge to jorge yee. U2u me.
Tiotoma, i moved must of my stuff and the airstream up hill, but thougt i would drive the willys out when water came, bad move, no time, willys
drowned. 5ft inside my casa in 10 minutes!
Water up to my neck, dog in each hand assting my walk out, took 30 minutes.
Not good.
Thanks for the recent purchases at my online store guys,, it helps.
[Edited on 10-23-2012 by willyAirstream]
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micah202
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EngineerMike
Micah-
On the PayPal page where you send money, below the amount you enter you will see PERSONAL. Click that & make sure GIFT is selected. That
eliminates the commission.
Thanks for thinking of Mulege.
Anybody else who wants to donate for food for displaced families, feel free to also donate & I'll see Saul gets food packets out right away.
EngineerMike, papal address: mike at fleming dot cc (not dot com, just cc like in Carbon Copy for those who remember such anachronisms).
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...hummm,,finally getting around to making a donation..... even with entering a 'gift' ,nasty paypal still takes $4.25 'fee' plus an excessive
exchange from canadian of another 5%....not sure who's getting more benefit from this!
....It's great a few nomads have chipped in!
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EngineerMike
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Another $1,000 came in this morning while I was out doing chores.
Guess I should do more chores, what do you think? We're up to $1,725.
Thanks to all for helping Mulege make it thru this difficult time. There are always a few desperate folks, especially in rural towns in Mexico. There
are also generous people around to lend a caring hand. Go Nomads!!
Mike
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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EngineerMike
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$1,875 as I check in at lunch.
Thanks a Million on behalf of Mulege, Go Nomads!!
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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Cypress
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Mulege after Paul? Mulege after John? Mulege after-------?  You'd think by now
that Mulege would be bomb proof, but you'd be wrong.
[Edited on 10/24/2012 by Cypress]
[Edited on 10/25/2012 by Cypress]
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EngineerMike
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This just in this morning on Cypress' point from folks at Burro Beach on Concepcion Bay:
"Lots of families who were flooded are moving to the new houses (south of town across from the big Pemex) & the Internado and the HS &
Primaria are now in operation out there, too. I think 1 Primaria is going to stay in Mulege.
Leobardo and Silvia (managers of the Internado that was west up Icehouse road) have been working non stop all week moving things to the new Internado.
We've stopped by twice and they are 2 very tired people. Because there was advance notice about Paul, Leobardo managed to get a lot of things to dry
ground, but there was still some loss and lots of mud clean up. To the best of my knowledge, the HS kids returned to the Internado yesterday &
the younger ones will start Monday. There are about 12 kids in the ranches that can't get down yet because the roads were washed out."
There are a few high school students getting room & board at the Internado school, some Secundaria as well. The actual boarding school is a K-6,
but the boarding facility covers higher grades if the kids qualify. The above is from the head of Amigos de los Ninos, who hold the annual art sale
at Burro Beach & Bertha's restaurant to raise money for scholarships. Bobbe & Eduardo are there since Oct 8 so they weathered the storm; no
flooding at "the beaches" as the playas on the Bay are known locally in Mulege.
I heard from Saul Davis, who is a grocer in town, that one guy who had a sort of mini-mart at his house up Icehouse road (and kept getting flooded)
has moved to the new housing development. I'm guessing he'll set up a store there also. Obviously there will be a vacuum in services there till such
things evolve as they do all over Mexico.
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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micah202
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...anyone able to take some supplies down to mulege?
.......maybe someone could throw-in for a roll of mosquito net from a wholesaler??.....................
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "ask@discoverbaja.com" <ask@discoverbaja.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:36 PM
Subject: Discover Baja Hurricane Relief
Mulegé continues to dry out and recover from hurricane Paul. Through the generosity of our members, we have collected clothes, medical supplies,
blankets, air bags and dog food. Now we need help in getting these things to Mulegé ASAP. If you can help, please let us know.
[Edited on 10-26-2012 by micah202]
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micah202
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| Quote: | Originally posted by micah202
...anyone able to take some supplies down to mulege?
.......maybe someone could throw-in for a roll of mosquito net from a wholesaler??.....................
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "ask@discoverbaja.com" <ask@discoverbaja.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:36 PM
Subject: Discover Baja Hurricane Relief
Mulegé continues to dry out and recover from hurricane Paul. Through the generosity of our members, we have collected clothes, medical supplies,
blankets, air bags and dog food. Now we need help in getting these things to Mulegé ASAP. If you can help, please let us know.
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....the loads on it's way now
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micah202
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....how are thiings going down there.....any other needs,or all's good?
...any chance of a few more pic's around town?
....are mosquitoes a big issue---mulege more than elsewhere?
...curious minds need t'know!
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[Edited on 10-29-2012 by micah202]
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EngineerMike
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Just back after cleaning up @ my place for a week.
This flood was very fast moving, but the river level was down due to unusually low tide. At that, flood level was just below that of H.John in 2006.
Velocity was due to the very high elevation at which rain accumulated to flood condition. Paul rained out over the tops of the divide between Pacific
& Cortez, and the Cortez side had a lot of run to the sea to accumulate speed.
On the gringo side of town (in the river floodplain), there were a lot of preemptive fast moves to secure places & stuff. Not enough but many.
Plenty of places flooded w/all contents mudded up. Lots of work for locals cleaning.
Stu's place (Stulege) @ Orchard was wiped off the map. Again. He has applied for new electric meter & extension to his lot, not sure of time. I
didn't get into the Orchard to see who else was overly damaged but sure there are others. Stu has the worst exposure in the whole town, right where
the Orchard's spit sticks out into the river in the most up-river position, direct in the line of flow.
The high school was hammered. Again. The government declared it condemned and moved the school to the new campus built across from the highway
Pemex. Water has been in for a while & electricity. Phone & internet is not, hence the wait to move, but the flood fixed the wait. Current
quote for phone/internet is 2 years which the kids need desperately for Laboratorio de Computacion. I suggested a microwave hop to Tiburon tower
south of town (clearly visible from campus) then back to the central office in downtown Mulege (I think that's where Tiburon projects); see where that
goes, that would work here. School is in session, and they are making the best of it. Nice layout, lots more room than the old floodplain location.
Soccer, basketball & more classrooms than before. The Scholarship Program has been hanging on to about $3000 for new books for the library raised
in previous flood (not wanting to plunk that down till the library was better protected from floods, duh). I set wheels in motion to fulfill that
grant. Instructors are making up a wish list. Comm's are a pain as they have to send somebody into town just to check email or to work on grades on
the SEP server in LaPaz.
In the valley above Mulege I heard Ray's restaurant (which Ray recently sold to somebody else) got knocked down; didn't see it first hand. And was
told there are 3 or more ranch families whose ranches were utterly washed away, buildings & all. No lives lost, just livings. Government
responded quickly overall. Handed out squeegees & other stuff for repair.
Mosquito spraying took place at least one night last week w/two passes by where I lodged. Might have been more nights, I was bushed and may not have
noticed. Mosquitoes were ravenous anyway. Its getting cooler so that should be short lived & mosquito population should dwindle.
No plundering reported, outside of a couple places that were knocked open. Nothing like the bum's rush from earlier disasters, especially John. Not
sure what to attribute that to. Maybe better police prep?
Our food drive here on Nomad's was very well received. Government food grants were about 150-200 pesos per. Saul made up 600 peso packets w/canned
food, beans, cooking oil, etc., and our money put out packets for 39 families. With the wisdom of Solomon, & 2 folks showing up for the last
packet, Saul divided it so actual 40 families received benefit. Many cried w/thanks. Saul had a list of all the materials handed out, all the
accounting, and all the names (or descriptions, where everybody knows who it is but nobody knows the name, like Mudito for the small mute-deaf guy;
Saul apologized for knowing him for years w/out knowing his name, but I guess he never mentioned it).
Then Saul hugged me w/tears in his eyes; that goes out to all who contributed, so THANKS A MILLION!!!!
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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Mulegena
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Thank you, Mike, for the in-depth update.
You're telling me things I don't even know about my own town!
Good job, Mike, and Everyone.
Mil Gracias!
Mulegena
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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