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chippy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wessongroup
Thanks for the input Chippy.. Ditto's on the good luck... |
Thanks Wesson.
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stanburn
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just walked down to the beach in Manzanillo. Still not much wave activity. It's blowing about 20 knots and I have seen 16 here at the house 5 blocks
inland. The clouds are still really high and doesn't look like rain is close.
I have some construction going on and the foundation trenches are dug with rebar in them and piles of dirt surrounding. We will see how much dirt is
washed back in.
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chippy
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Hey stanburn I think you´ll find out tonite. Same here with the wind 24 mph with higher gusts. I don´t think we will see large surf until tues. am.
Good luck. Stay dry.
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
Barra was hit pretty bad in the '90s. Lots of damage and much of Barra was flooded. Maybe get up to Colima, Chippy. Good luck!! |
Thanks Tone. Believe me I´ve been thinking about heading there or maybe Autlan. I´m just worried I won´t be able to get back for awhile. My house will
handle anything the wind can throw at it, its flooding I´m more concerned with. So I think I´ll stick around and mop up. |
Chippy,
If you need any tips on flood cleanup (I hope you won't need them), I have plenty of experience, being on the Mulege River. Seriously, if it comes to
that, shoot me a U2U. My house has withstood three of them and has cleaned up like new.
I said "cleaned up"; not rebuilt. Rebuilding is not what one should do if a house is destroyed., but if it is still intact, a good cleanup is
all that is needed. I have plaster walls. Those with sheetrock need to tear that out.
If you do retreat to higher ground you should be able to get back pretty quickly after the storm passes. You have time before mold sets in. I think
looting is the main concern, behind keeping yourself and family safe.
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chippy
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Wow ! We just got some rain. Along with with wind,lighting and thunder. It was enough to make me scurry around and put light weight things away.
Things like tarps and plasticos on top of my bodega. My aluminum ladder. After battening down the hatches its all calm and peacefull. No rain no wind.
But I know whats coming. 
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baja1943
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Chippy, are you still there? How about a update?
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chippy
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It was so anti climatic that I forgot to post. We got maybe a half an inch of rain and 32 mph breeze. I did alot of work for that wimpy little storm.
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Eli
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Chippy, it is so much better to button down for a big storm and nothing happens than not prepare and get blown away. Take it from me, I have done
both.
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