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bajawife
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Maybe getting some well deserved rest?
fingers crossed!
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FutureBajaRetiree
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Does anybody know how Los Barriles/Spa Buena Vista is doing??? I see messages from La Ribera but haven't seen anybody from Los Barriles or Buena
Vista. Looks like John really smacked the Cabo Pulmo area pretty hard too...hoping Pepe's is still standing and everyone's OK.
I will do whatever I can from Las Vegas to send as much relief as I can...waiting until morning to see what needs to happen next to provide the best
help I can.
Praying for best case scenario! Much love, Linda (Newbie)
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frizkie
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Future Baja Retiree
Could you please tell me where you found out about Cabo Pulmo????
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FutureBajaRetiree
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frizkie
Been watching cnn.com and wunderground.com all day. Most recent satellite pics I've seen looks like the eye went right over Cabo Pulmo area...or as
best as I can tell on the maps/pics. Reaally hoping everyone's fine...I love that area of the East Cape. We were just there a month ago!
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frizkie
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Linda and Morgaine
Thanks for that info and those links.....I have been watching those all day too. Linda, I just thought you had heard something in particular about
Cabo Pulmo. Don't worry too much about PePe tho', it'll take a lot more than a Catagory 3 hurricane to take that boy down. None the less, thoughts and hopes are with PePe and all other amigos at
Pulmo tonight.
I sure hope it hasn't done a lot of damage to the reef...I love diving that reef.
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FutureBajaRetiree
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Funny you should mention the reef...on our first visit to the East Cape (Sept 2004) we went snorkeling there. My husband said that it was so
beautiful that he wanted to learn to dive! So I bought him SCUBA lessons for Christmas that year and he's been bit by the SCUBA bug! Last month was
his first time diving there and he was in HEAVEN! Actually my 15yrold daughter took up diving last year and Cabo Pulmo was one of her first
post-certification dives! I won't do it though...it scares me! I just sit on the beach and visit with the locals.
I sure hope everyone's OK. I'm so worried about everyone on the cape. I just keep having visions of Katrina's aftermath in my head and my heart
breaks for those riding out the storm. I will do all I can to help with relief in the days/months to come. I don't recall any "Shanty towns" (as CNN
called them) in that area of the cape though so maybe the loss of life will be minimal. I did notice some questionable buildings/houses in La Ribera
though when we were looking at possible lots for our dream retirement home....
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HURRICANE JOHN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 19A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112006
1100 PM PDT FRI SEP 01 2006
...JOHN LASHING THE EAST COAST OF THE SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA...CENTER NEARING LA PAZ...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MULEGE SOUTHWARD ALONG
THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...AND FROM PUNTA
ABREOJOS SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF MULEGE TO BAHIA SAN JUAN
BAUTISTA...AND FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA
NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO PUNTA EUGENIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MAINLAND
MEXICO FROM ALTATA TO GUAYMAS.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN AND NEAR THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA....AND NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND MEXICO SHOULD
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF JOHN.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 1100 PM PDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JOHN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 109.9 WEST. THIS POSITION
IS ABOUT 40 MILES...65 KM...SOUTHEAST OF LA PAZ MEXICO.
JOHN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...16 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF JOHN SHOULD MOVE NEAR OR ALONG
THE EAST COAST OF BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH...165 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. JOHN IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
JOHN REMAINS A SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 962 MB...28.41 INCHES.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE PATH OF THE CENTER OF
THE HURRICANE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM
TOTALS UP TO 18 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. THE WEST COAST OF CENTRAL
MEXICO COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN WITH
MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF 18 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD
CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES OVER AREAS OF
MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
REPEATING THE 1100 PM PDT POSITION...23.8 N...109.9 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...962 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.
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Shimmer
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early mmmorning report from Todos Santos.........some/little rain and winds blowing 40-50. I can tell that the other side of the mountains are
radical right now. be safe... be well.
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BajaNews
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Hurricane John Lashes Mexican Coast
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2386638
Hurricane John's Center Roars Ashore North of Los Cabos in Mexico; Glistening Resorts Spared
By MARK STEVENSON
The Associated Press
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Hurricane John roared over the sparsely populated eastern tip of the Baja California peninsula late Friday but appeared to
spare the glistening resorts of Los Cabos and impoverished local residents huddled in shelters.
The Category 2 storm made landfall near the isolated hamlets of Boca de la Vinorama and Los Barriles, about 40 miles northeast of San Jose del Cabo.
It was moving northwest at 10 mph.
Forecasters expected the hurricane to lash the state capital of La Paz with top sustained winds of 105 mph before weakening slightly as it crosses the
narrow stretch of land and heads out to sea.
John wasn't likely to affect the United States; cooler Pacific waters tend to diminish storms before they reach California.
Luis Armando Diaz, mayor of the municipality encompassing both resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, said: "Fortunately ... we don't have a
frontal impact."
But, he added, "that doesn't remove the possibility that we could still be affected."
Some of the thousands of tourists most Americans who hadn't been able to get flights out of Los Cabos emerged from hotel shelters.
In Cabo San Lucas, a passing group of American tourists, was asked what they planned to do after the hurricane passed. "Party!" they shouted.
But there was almost nowhere to do so. While stores reopened two hours after hurricane-force winds first lashed the peninsula, most bars and
restaurants remained shuttered. Some streets were flooded, but the water was no more than ankle-deep.
Locals expressed relief, though thousands who had been evacuated to shelters were discouraged from returning to their homes late Friday, as a
precautionary measure.
"We thank God, because the storm didn't do us any damage," said Los Cabos resident Natividad Garcia, 67, as she waited outside a hotel for a relative
to finish work.
Known for the rugged beauty of their unique desert-ocean landscapes, the two resort cities of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip
of the Baja peninsula are studded with high-end golf courses. The resorts are extremely popular with sports fishermen and celebrities. Rooms at some
of the higher end hotels go for more than $2,000 a night.
In San Jose del Cabo, a brief bout of heavy winds toppled the signs of shops and sent metal gates flying in the air. But there were no reports of
major damage.
Richard Carter, 42, of Oakland, Calif., waited out the storm in his hotel room, dismissing as needless the call for guests to move to the building's
shelter.
Guadalupe Amezcua, a 50-year-old tourist from Mexico City, set up camp on one of many mattresses on the floor of a convention hall, where windowless
rooms provided protection from wind.
"This is like an adventure for us, but I've learned now: Never travel during hurricane season," Amezcua said as she folded her clothes.
"We came for the sun and now look!"
Miles away from the glittering coastal hotels, 46-year-old bricklayer Francisco Casas Perez sat outside a schoolroom where he and his 14-year-old son
spent the night. They were evacuated from their tin-roofed shack in Tierra y Libertad, one of the squatters camps that dot the sandy flats around Cabo
San Lucas.
"We've been asking God to not let it hit too hard," he said. "We could lose all our possessions."
The Mexican Navy and police evacuated residents, sometimes forcibly, from Tierra y Libertad and other shantytowns, many of which are built next to
usually dry riverbeds.
Casas Perez went voluntarily to the shelter, where people slept on thin pads stretched side-by-side over the concrete floor.
"The hurricane is no game, especially where we are surrounded by water on all sides," he said.
Olga Lidia Aguilar, 32, was evacuated from her tar-paper shack in the shantytown of Lagunita.
"We feel safer here," she said as she and her five children waited in line for free tuna salad and tortillas. "Our house could just blow away in the
wind."
Up to 8,000 tourists remained in Cabo San Lucas on Friday; hundreds more foreigners are full-time residents. Most visitors are American.
The National Hurricane Center warned that John could fuel storm surges of up to 5 feet above normal tide and bring 6 to 10 inches of rain, possibly
causing "life-threatening flash floods and mudslides" over mountainous areas.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Kristy weakened early Saturday as it churned farther out in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 46
mph, and forecasters at the U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami said it could eventually be absorbed by John.
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3-day forecast as of 11pm Friday:
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Through 11pm Friday:
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HURRICANE JOHN ADVISORY NUMBER 20
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP112006
200 AM PDT SAT SEP 02 2006
...JOHN PASSING NEAR LA PAZ...STILL A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA
PENINSULA FROM MULEGE SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST...AND FROM
PUNTA ABREOJOS SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST. PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
AT 2 AM PDT...0900 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS CHANGED THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE EAST COAST
OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF MULEGE TO BAHIA SAN JUAN
BAUTISTA. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA NORTH OF PUNTA ABREOJOS TO PUNTA
EUGENIA...AND FOR THE COAST OF MAINLAND MEXICO FROM ALTATA TO
GUAYMAS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
WITHIN 36 HOURS.
INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN AND NEAR THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA...BAJA
CALIFORNIA....AND NORTHWESTERN MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS
OF JOHN.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 200 AM PDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JOHN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 110.2 WEST OR VERY NEAR LA
PAZ MEXICO.
JOHN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK THE CENTER OF JOHN SHOULD MOVE NEAR OR ALONG
THE EAST COAST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. JOHN IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS JOHN INTERACTS WITH LAND
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES...140 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE PATH OF THE CENTER OF
THE HURRICANE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM
TOTALS UP TO 18 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND THE WEST COAST OF MEXICO FROM
LA CRUZ TO GUAYMAS. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES OVER AREAS OF MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
REPEATING THE 200 AM PDT POSITION...24.2 N...110.2 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM PDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 800
AM PDT.
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flyfishinPam
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3:30am in Loreto and heavy rain and wind woke me up. surprised I still have a satellite signal. Power went out about an hour ago but not for long as
its back up now. From the looks of the reports we may get pounded here later this morning. Rain just stopped, seems like we're gettign rain bands at
this point. Looks like the eye is north of La Paz from the sat image and the storm is moving very slowly at 8 mph. Reports say it will hug the coast
of the baja all day and still a category 2 with winds at 100mph. I will probably have to take down this satellite antenna above my palapa roof when
we have daylight. will try to go back to sleep now.
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Skeet/Loreto
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Bajablue: I too picked up the "400 Mile Road from CNN" but being an EX watcher of that Media-Blog, I considered the Source.!!
Skeet
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Frishe: I too share your concern as the First Place I took my new Diving Certificate and two Tanks of Air was to the Small Airstrip at Cabo Pulmo,
slept in my Plane,dove at the reef, still have a Photo of a Transparent Fish taken with a regular Camera contained in aclear Plastic box.!! Did not
have any regular underwater Cameras that I could afford.
Hold On Loretanos!!!
Skeet/Loreto
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Russ
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From Pt. Chlvato - 3am wnd 30mph NE - 4am wnd 35mph NE Raln - 5am wnd 3mph WSW drlzzle
[Edited on 9-2-2006 by Russ]
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capt. mike
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man............i wish there was still an air strip at cabo pulmo. i love diving there but what a pain in the arse to get to. was an hour boat ride
getting there from rancho leonero in 1990, then a 2 hour buckin waves boat ride bACK to the resort late afternoons.
anyone know the status at Los Frailes??
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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Bruce R Leech
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about 1/4 inch of rain over night in Mulege
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Bruce R Leech
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comitan are you there? what is going on down there?
Bruce R Leech
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Skeet/Loreto
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Capt. Mike; Pulmo in 1968 was very Different. There was an old Man with a Leaky woodin Boat, named Jose who would take you out to the Reef-Short Trip.
Once was enough for Me. That was when I quit Smoking.Had been on Salems for 9 years, took off, dumped the Pack out of the side Window never to smoke
again!
Dove for Several years having much trouble getting Air-Finally was able to see everything I wanted at 35 FT.
Mike it looks as if there maybe a need for some Help from you Guys in Aircraft.
Let me know if my services can be used- Speak Spanish,Know the Area and the People. Could act as Guide and Interp , I have a Diesel Truck, 18 FT Car
Hauler with Sides, can come across with supplies from Guyamaus.
I will bet you that the Roads will be closed for Weeks{Hope Not}.
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