pauldavidmena
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Tropical Storm Marie
It's too early to tell for certain if Marie will impact Baja, but it's never too soon to speculate! WeatherNerds has posted a number of models
predicting the path of the storm, which seems more likely to hit LA than TJ.
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SFandH
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The ocean temperature off the coast of San Diego at the Scripps Pier is 75 degrees. Hurricanes like 80-degree or higher water. SoCal may get a
tropical storm, though.
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As was the case with Tropical Storm Karina, Hurricane Marie, while not directly impacting Baja, is drawing plenty of moisture, especially to southern
Baja, in particular La Paz, as evidenced in this photo from El Independiente.
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Given the current forecast models for this year it is possible that a tropical storm gets close to Pacific coast Baja California and or California.
Also quite posxible a strong Gulf of Alaska simultaneously rolls in from the north and combines to suck in copious amounts of the tropical moisture in
a perfect storm moment. Weather nerd alert.
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"Until a person learns to respect nature and talk to the animal world, he will never know his true role on Earth." Enzo Mallorca
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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David K
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Gracias Don Jorge. That's the gleam in the eyes of the TV weather folks, too.
Everything comes in cycles, every few years.
Remember when a few Hwy. 1 bridges were washed out between Ensenada and El Rosario Valley? That was 2010.
See photo below, posted by BajaCactus on 1-23-2010 of Hwy. 1 crossing the Rosario Valley...
Every 5-10 years, we seem to get 1-2 years of wetter than 'typical' seasons. Notice that I didn't say "normal". none of us are alive long enough to
see what normal weather is... if there is even such a thing! LOL
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The SST on the Ridge outside Mag Bay last Saturday was 84+ degrees. About 10 degrees warmer than usual for this time of year. Often water that warm
will draw storms roiling north along the coast onto Baja or even up into the Sea of Cortez, but so far all have veered west toward Hawaii south of
Cabo. But, not to get complacent. There is still six weeks or so of storm season remaining.
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I grew up in normal weather. Now is not normal. Science clearly shows us the climate has changed due to man’s green house gas pollution.
Give a hoot, dont pollute.
It aint easy being green.
Think global, act local.
Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Save the whales.
Woke!
Hands off!
“Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres.”
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Pronoun: the royal we
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David, the remaining 3 members on this site really don't want to read your anti climate change FOX news talking points. Let's keep this about the big
storm called Hurricane Marie that's currently off Baja....Or if you want we can just keep driving this site into irrelevance.
I'm headed down mañana to check the progress on my new place, get some tacos, surf, and sit by the pool.
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David, your observations are in line with mine. Hopefully we don't lose too many bridges on the highway this year. But in the case that we do, the
locals always have a bypass setup rather quickly, fortunately. 60 years ago there were no bridges to wash out so we are fortunate for the highway we
have now.
Like Ateo, I will burn some dinosaur fuel to go check on my place and have some tacos and cold cervezas on the beach. The security cameras just don't
give me the same "feeling" as checking on it in person.
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Ateo
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HaHa Tio. That was a good one.....
Actually today will be the first trip south of the border in an EV. Yes, I know the battery is full of toxic stuff and I do basically nothing to
lower my carbon footprint other than have solar on my house (which was just a financial decision primarily).
Have a fun trip!
Waves should be nice.
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Marie shut down Cabo Wabo in Cabo San Lucas
Not my kind of tourist destination, but sorry to hear this anyway.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/general/flooding-closes-sam...
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  | HaHa Tio. That was a good one.....
Actually today will be the first trip south of the border in an EV. Yes, I know the battery is full of toxic stuff and I do basically nothing to
lower my carbon footprint other than have solar on my house (which was just a financial decision primarily).
Have a fun trip!
Waves should be nice. |
Ateo: I for one will be interested in hearing how the EV does down there. How far south are you heading and how many convenient places you find to
recharge maybe? Perhaps not on this thread but a new one you start?
[Edited on 9-4-2026 by JDCanuck]
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pauldavidmena
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The week's forecast looks fairly nasty - lots of rain and nowhere to put it.
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We could only wish we had that amount of rain to refill all our dams up here, let alone those very high humidity levels. Does anyone know if BCS has
any plans to build any significant reservoirs to take advantage of these seasonal rains? All we have heard about is the increasingly critical declines
in aquifer levels in the area.
[Edited on 9-5-2026 by JDCanuck]
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pauldavidmena
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I've read that efforts to build reservoirs to capture rainfall have not been successful, but the details escape me. It looks like there's plenty of
rain coming to the region today.
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Would you live downstream from a dam in Baja?
Given the numerous and repeated failures of bridges and road systems in the well-known flood planes in Baja, I would have grave doubts that they
would get the engineering right to add a reservoir to the drainage!
There is quite a difference between a water storage system and a flood control system.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Seems a shame to let all that rainfall go to waste when they are spending so much on desalination plants and drawing down the aquifers so rapidly at
the same time. Where we built we had a few things that made it uniquely challenging. Some of the very best solar capability in NA, steady winds and
very high humidity with very heavy infrequent rainfalls that did a lot of damage to existing homes grouped around the seasonal watersheds or flood
zones.
I did come across the El Novillo dam project for La Paz with a mid 2027 expected completion date to provide water and some flood reduction for the
250,000 homes in La Paz watershed
https://mexicobusiness.news/infrastructure/news/el-novillo-d...
[Edited on 9-6-2026 by JDCanuck]
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pauldavidmena
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On the "Todos Santos Newsfeed" Facebook group, there are quite a few reports of dogs getting spooked by thunder and lightning and running away. It's
fairly common for locals and expats alike to allow their dogs free reign during the day with the understanding that they'll be home at night, but the
weather has thrown a monkey wrench into that idea.
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Massive waves all weekend in Baja where I was.........even empty lineups that usually have 25 guys. I got rolled over the rocks at high tide coming
in and I'm happy to be alive.
Time for some tacos.
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David K
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Ateo, just be nice., remember that we met at one of your gas station jobs.
When I was a kid in the 60s, there was no Fox News, just Walter Cronkite... and that's the way it was... yadda yadda yadda. 😉
You need to be over 60 to relate to that, I think?
So, here in North County San Diego, we got rain this morning! Not a lot, but the streets had water flowing. The rest of the day it was warm to hot,
overcast, and high humidity. Like Hawaii, or Loreto in summer!
Now, have a nice evening.
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