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David K
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Jeeze, hope everyone is OK! |
Sure everything's okay... you are 'down under' having a great time in kiwiland!
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Bajagypsy
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So happy to hear that everyone made it unscathed Shari.
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Pescador
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Must have been a cow that drowned in Mulege and it is on the beach at Punta Chivato along with lots of palm trunks and branches. Someone thought they
saw part of the dock from the landing at Serenidad as well, but have not confirmed that.
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Russ
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Punta Chivato road report
Closed ---- Workers coming in had to walk a half K and were picked up on this side of the majon (estuary). Report from Mike Morris. He feels we'll
need some heavy equipment to open it this time.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Mula
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Roads into Lopez Mateos are closed - both from Insurgentes and the back way through Benito Juarez.
Those who are in the know - say it may be 2 to 3 days before the water goes down.
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larryC
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Any news on the road conditions into or out of Agua Verde? I planned on going there this week but that might not happen.
Larry
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
Outback charge controllers, X-240 Outback transformer for 240v from inverters, 6500 watt Kubota diesel generator.
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EngineerMike
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This report just in by email this a.m. from Mulege, Bob & Sharon Tussy who were there fishing their brains out till the deluge:
"Hi everyone, just checking in, internet is back up and we are having breakfast right now at Equipales. Lots of displaced people, we are lucky we got
the hotel room when we did as everything in town is sold out. And so many of the Mexican people again lost everything that they owned." I heard
Mely's aka Doney's is also open.
Main highway conditions are not certain yet with various washouts reported, so trips down w/supplies, assistance, & working on one's own stuff
should wait for an all clear on roads. Additionally there is the issue of lodging. If you don't have lodging lined up, don't go till you do. No
reason to further tax the resources that exist.
One suggestion- whenever you find an old style phone that just has a phone jack, no 120 volt "cube" that plugs into electricity: BUY IT. Then donate
it to someone in a flood/hurricane zone, with a heavy duty waterproof zip lock bag marked "PARA URGENCIA." These older style phones are harder to
come by, but you'll find them at yard & estate sales; they are boring & not wireless, but they work off just the phone company signal. That's
what's needed when the power is out to communicate. Cell phones loose charge, cell towers have a limited window unless they have generator backup
which most don't in MX. Hope this helps.
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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roundtuit
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Trucks are rolling both north and south on hwy 1 near Posada Concepcion (11:00 am)
Never learned from a book-Only from mistakes, mine and yours
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micah202
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here's some information passed from people in the LaPaz/Ventana area....
...sounds like chaos down there,,I hope all are well.
Road south of Puerto Escondido/Ligui washed out but was passable this morning. Friends left Tripui this am for LaPaz in a pickup truck. Very rough
just south of Ligui and headlight deep water in Insurgentes but they made it!! They will be returning tomorrow and will update the report then.
Road north of Puerto Escondido to Loreto is out. Large sections of road missing between Juncalito/the Mirador and Clam Shack. OK from Nopolo/Loreto
Bay to Loreto. They are working on it. We have heard estimates from 2-5 days to repair. Will report when it is open.
fuelpusher2@yahoo.com
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Many of the roads and bridges between Insurgents and Santa Rosalia have been destroyed. After spending 30 hours stuck between two washed-out bridges
I'm finally in Loreto. There's another destroyed bridge and a flipped fuel tanker truck blocking the road north from Loreto. If driving expect many
delays. If it rains again do not even attempt. Lots of flooding and estruction. Ben, Oct.17
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[Edited on 10-18-2012 by micah202]
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EngineerMike
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Just spoke w/Saul Davis.
Power is back on in Mulege Centro, but sketchy, 187 volts on the 240 volt circuits, and power crews working all over.
Telephone is out in sections due to poles & lines down; on in town center generally.
Water is not on yet. This a.m. crews reinstalled the new 100hp pump donated by Rotary International recently (they had taken it off the well head),
but have other work to restore water service. Should be on in town maybe later today. For other areas will depend on line breaks.
Saul says the rumor of road out between Mulege & Sta.Rosalia is either not true or repair was made quickly. He is not sure trucks are running
from Ensenada as there is little traffic. Once buses are running regularly that will be proof road is fully passable.
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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Bugman
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I went to Agua Verde by panga from Loreto on Oct. 7th and the road appeared to be open at least to Rancho Cosme (right were road comes off the cliff
to the beach). The locals in town told me that the road was still badly washed out before town though and they anticipated a few more weeks to get it
open. I can only imagine this latest rain has set that timetable back a bit. Things definitely looked stressed there. I hope they get the road open
and things get back to normal soon.
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Destiny
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I've uploaded a few photos to Flikr if you would like to see photos of the other side of the river..Roughly at about Don Chanos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76737280@N08/
[Edited on 10-19-2012 by Destiny]
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reneske
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pictures
It says that is a bad link. Cannot view anything. Could you please try again?
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redmesa
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Use the whole address including the @N08/ ...copy and paste it in the address line.
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mulegejim
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
Must have been a cow that drowned in Mulege and it is on the beach at Punta Chivato along with lots of palm trunks and branches. Someone thought they
saw part of the dock from the landing at Serenidad as well, but have not confirmed that. |
Jim, if someone could confirm the dock some here would be interested in salvaging some of the dock to rebuild a new one. Check your U2U. Thanx, Jim
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ecomujeres
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Reneske: copy and paste the entire link that Destiny has, including the part beyond the underlined. Works that way.
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Mulegena
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Mulege: The north river road is open
Thank you, Destiny, for the photos which were taken shortly after sunrise the morning after. My husband in his old Chevy 4x4 was the first person to
break out of Don Chano's and trailblaze his way out to El Patron and up to Loma Azul and come back to tell the tale.
The malecon did indeed suffer some nasty bumps.
So happy to report that the heavy machinery got to work straight away, and within the day had carved a new route onto the damaged malecon. The north
river road is now open to all forms of traffic. Its narrow in some spots and kinda bumpy, but its open.
The lighthouse, of course, is an island. This happens with every flood. The strong winds and current will fill in the little peninsula to the
lighthouse within about a month.
"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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Estrella
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Many Thanks-was finally able to open the pictures!
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paranewbi
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One suggestion- whenever you find an old style phone that just has a phone jack, no 120 volt "cube" that plugs into electricity: BUY IT. Then donate
it to someone in a flood/hurricane zone, with a heavy duty waterproof zip lock bag marked "PARA URGENCIA." These older style phones are harder to come
by, but you'll find them at yard & estate sales; they are boring & not wireless, but they work off just the phone company signal.
EngineerMike; Would this include the old dial roto thing we use to have as kids...with the big head piece you can rest on your shoulder ala 60's? I
may have a line on some of those.
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EngineerMike
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Paranewbi- yes. those are "pulse" dial instead of "tone" dial, but they work off only the phone company's line power, don't need a 2 or 3 prong 120
volt power source. Great gifts for somebody who has land line phone service in a flood plane vicinity.
After Jimena, working phones were scarce in Mulege and we had to make an appointment for a call time to get info to anybody. I wonder if the Fire
Dept has a flood phone; maybe that's where I'll donate the one I just bought coupla weeks ago. Thanks for the idea!!
Director, Mulege Student Scholarship Program
Oasis Rio Baja #M-3, & Auburn, CA
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