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baja829
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Light rain all night in Campos, South of San Felipe - first time in over a year! It's wonderful, but we need a lot more. I know, be careful for what
you wish for! The desert is bright green, smells so good and skys are clearing. BUT, from above messages, there's more to come.
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Cypress
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Pacific Hurricanes vs Atlantic Hurricanes? Looks like the Pacific storms are smaller in size. They don't impact as large an area as the Atlantic storms.  Guess that's relative, if you're in the eye of the storm, splitting hairs about one or the other is the last thing on your mind. 
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Juan del Rio
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Heavy Down Pour in San Juanico
Heard this morning that it was an extremely heavy downpour early in San Juanico like you'd experience in Hawaii or Fiji. Initial reports indicate some
roads washed out. From my experience with Tropical Storm Juan last month, the local’s get the roads open pretty quickly.
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Russ
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Just heard that the Punta Chivato road is again closed at the estaury. Closed after the rains. Passable this morning but water is flowing thru there
now and erroided more of what was just repaired. One 4x4 made it thru but with damage.
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Paulina
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Bahia de Los Angeles
Taken from an email I received this morning "......You missed one hell of a rainstorm yesterday, it flooded the whole town, the tacate store, the taco
stand, the telephone store, the road to the office (Diaz) and the road thru town.
A friend of mine measured 3 inches at his house but I heard it rained harder in town. I/m still drying out my house from the leaks in the roof and it
isnt even 1 year old...."
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Russ
Just heard that the Punta Chivato road is again closed at the estaury. Closed after the rains. Passable this morning but water is flowing thru there
now and erroided more of what was just repaired. One 4x4 made it thru but with damage. |
Hey, Russ, do locals use the old road out there that completely bypassed the estero? Or is it in too bad of shape?
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comitan
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From the satellite picture it looks like La Paz is going to get some serious rain tonight.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Russ
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Chivato road update: A few brave trucks are making it thru now. The water is receiding a bit now. Hopefully by the morning it will be down enough to
get some work done on it.
Hook, John really wiped the old road out. John did more road damage than any storm in the 15 years I've been here. We pay some pretty nice taxes. Wonder where it goes? No water, phone, power,
road
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Russ
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Wouldn't trade it for any other place!
[Edited on 10-25-2006 by Russ]
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Bajachief
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Taxes
Kinda like how many "taxes" are paid by the mexicans living inb the U.S.
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MrBillM
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Rain in San Felipe
The miniscule rain in the San Felipe area was NOT from "Paul", but rather from the Upper Level low-pressure area that was forecast to "Steer" Paul
towards the Mainland. It was pleasant, though.
I forecast rain because earlier in the day I had gotten out the Pressure Washer and cleaned off my solar panels. After that, we watered the trees and
plants. Just as well. The rain didn't provide much irrigation.
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Bruce R Leech
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HY 1 is closed south of Mulege. they don't know when it will open.
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renegademike
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Cabo Report 12:am local time: Its been raining pretty steady for the past 3 to 4 hrs. not raining real hard tough, just a nice steady rain. By the
looks of the water vapor charts on the Central pacific hurricane center satellite imagery the rain should pick up in intensity. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/epac/loop-wv.html
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/cphc/
I just returned some movies to the video rental on main street and the flooding didn’t look to bad. The wind is not blowing that much . The Bisbee's
Black & Blue tournament is due to start first thing this mourning so it could be a problem for some of the smaller boats. If the port Capitan does
not close the harbor in the mourning it looks the tournament is a go. All in all it just looks like we will be getting some much needed rain and some
light local flooding but it could have been allot worse.
[Edited on 10-25-2006 by renegademike]
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Hook
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The Bisbee's has been cancelled for today according to their own website.
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BajaNews
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Hurricane Paul weakens to tropical storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20061025-0320-hurr...
By Mark Stevenson
October 25, 2006
SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico – Hurricane Paul weakened to a tropical storm, easing the threat Wednesday to resort cities and surrounding villages at the
tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.
Paul's top winds fell to near 45 mph and the storm was expected to weaken further before slipping just south of the twin resorts of San Jose del Cabo
and Cabo San Lucas, known jointly as Los Cabos.
By early Thursday, Paul was forecast to hit mainland Mexico around the state of Sinaloa, unleashing rain that could cause dangerous flooding, the U.S.
National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Paul's maximum sustained winds had reached 110 mph on Monday, making it a Category 2 hurricane. It was the third hurricane to threaten the Pacific
coast's resort areas this season.
Early Wednesday the storm was 75 miles west-southwest of Cabo San Lucas and about 245 miles west-southwest of Mazatlan on the mainland. It was moving
northeast about 9 mph.
A tropical storm warning was in effect for the tip of Baja.
A 23-year-old Mexican fisherman died Monday after he slipped off rocks being battered by the rough sea in the coastal community of Todos Santos, north
of Los Cabos, said Baja California Sur civil defense director Jose Gajon.
Off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, officials were searching for the body of an American man who was swept away by the waves while he was walking along
the beach with his wife and sister.
Gilberto Guzman, manager of the SolMar Hotel, identified the missing tourist as John Skoor, 65, of Moses Lake, Wash.. Guzman said “an enormous wave”
swept Skoor and his sister out to sea late Monday. Hotel staff were able to save the sister.
Known for their rugged beauty, San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas are popular with sports fishermen and celebrities and famous for world-class golf
courses and pristine beaches flanked by cactus-dotted deserts.
Streets were already flooded with ankle-deep water in Cabo San Lucas, where authorities closed schools and opened eight shelters Tuesday. Later police
drove through neighborhoods, calling on people to take refuge.
City government spokesman Jorge Castaneda said at least 1,000 residents were being evacuated, most from shantytowns in areas at high risk for
flooding.
Guadalupe Herrera preferred to stay in her wooden shack. “If we leave our house alone, we will be robbed,” she said.
Tourists were taking the wet weather in stride.
“I'm used to this kind of thing. I spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy so it doesn't bother me,” said Keith Howard, 55, of British Colombia, who was
walking in cloudy San Jose del Cabo. “I don't plan on going fishing though.”
Dave Snow, 47, and Shauna Grady, 39, of Boulder, Colo., walked the rain-soaked streets of San Jose del Cabo early Tuesday after Paul forced them to
postpone their stay in Cabo Pulmo, an exposed stretch of coast to the north that is popular among divers.
“If it had stayed at hurricane level, it would have been scarier,” Snow said. “It seems pretty mellow now.”
In Cabo San Lucas, hotel guests played board games in lobbies or read in their rooms.
“It looks as though the storm is dissipating and we're not going to get much of anything at all,” said Sandra Scandiber, owner of the small Los
Milagros Hotel in Cabo San Lucas. “I don't think today is going to be a beach day, but tomorrow just may be.”
Mexico's Pacific coast was struck by two hurricanes last month. Hurricane John battered Baja California, killing five people and destroying 160 homes,
while Hurricane Lane hit the resort town of Mazatlan, causing relatively minor damage.
Both Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons, which end Nov. 30, have been normal this year, Feltgen said, adding that the U.S. has been fortunate to
not be hit by any of the five hurricanes in 2006. The Atlantic had a record season last year with devastating storms, including Hurricane Katrina,
which slammed New Orleans and the U.S. Gulf coast.
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BajaNews
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Joe and Melissa Curcio, of Nashville, Tenn., look out on large waves crashing onto the beach at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, as
Tropical Storm Paul nears.
At this spot early Tuesday morning, John Skoor of Moses Lake, Wa., was washed out to sea and drown while taking a walk along the beach. Tropical Storm
Paul downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm status Tuesday, though heavy rains are still expected this evening. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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BajaNews
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A man posts a printout from the National Hurricane Center showing the predicted path of Tropical Storm Paul as of Tuesday morning on the door of a
fishing supply store in downtown Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, as Tropical Storm Paul nears.
Residents of this resort town were relieved Tuesday to see nearby Paul downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm status, though heavy rains are
still expected this evening. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Third time lucky for Mexican resort as storm misses
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domestic...
Oct 25, 2006
LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) - The Mexican beach resort of Los Cabos escaped serious damage from a cyclone for the third time in two months on
Wednesday when Tropical Storm Paul skirted it and blew toward the mainland.
Rescuers working in the rain evacuated more than 1,500 people on Tuesday night from shantytowns near the Baja California resort. High waves killed a
Mexican fisherman and swept away a U.S. tourist, who is presumed dead.
The storm, at one point a moderate Category 2 hurricane, lost strength and changed direction, moving away from Los Cabos. The resort is made up of the
towns of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo.
American tourists sipped rum with their breakfast at one sunny hotel terrace. Bartender Antonio Lemus was awed at the area's good fortune of barely
escaping a triplet of powerful storms this hurricane season.
"Three times we were on the verge, and at the last minute they dissipated or swerved," he said. "They're saying around here the hand of God touched
Cabo San Lucas."
Last month, Hurricane Lane threatened Los Cabos before dodging the region and carrying fierce winds and rain into the western state of Sinaloa.
Two weeks earlier, Hurricane John, with winds of 115 mph (185 kph), barreled toward the tip of Baja California and sent hundreds of tourists fleeing
to the airport before it lost strength and veered to the northeast, instead hitting state capital La Paz and killing at least three people.
LASHING RAIN
The edge of the latest storm lashed Los Cabos with rain and winds on Tuesday night. Die-hard vacationers waded through calf-deep rainwater clutching
plastic beer cups to reach nightspots like the Cabo Wabo bar, which were buzzing despite the weather.
Police banged on flimsy doors in poor neighborhoods in danger of being flooded to evacuate the most vulnerable.
Women clutching toddlers and small bundles of basic possessions ran to buses that carried them to schools converted into makeshift shelters.
John Bryan Skoor, a 65-year-old from Washington state, was swept off a beach at Los Cabos by a wave and is presumed dead, a U.S. consulate official
said.
A Mexican fisherman was also killed in the storm, state officials told Reuters.
By Wednesday morning, Paul had passed east of the Baja California peninsula and headed across the Sea of Cortez toward the coast, where it was
expected to strike the farming state of Sinaloa. Paul's winds reached 45 mph (75 kph).
A tropical storm warning was in effect for Sinaloa on the western mainland, where three people were killed by Lane last month.
"This general motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours taking the center of Paul into mainland Mexico within the warning area later
today," the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.
Damage to tomatoes, one of Sinaloa's main farming products and a staple in Mexican cuisine, led to a shortage after Lane hit in September, causing a
spike in the country's inflation.
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Juan del Rio
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Cantavina....
for those of you who may have stayed at the La Pinta, my friend Donn sent this to me. The "Welcome Committee" in action during Paul:
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Bob and Susan
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wow!!!
we were just there and it didn't look like that!!!
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