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sunchaser
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
Looking north on Manuel Pineda in Colonia Zaragosa across the arryo to Loreto at 11:00 a.m. this morning. I guess I won't go to the Pescador after
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thanks for the pix. Our building site is just to the right of the pix on the corner of Nicholas Bravo and the arroyo. Is it safe to assume that the
levees held up?
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Bajabus
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First comprehensive account of riding out the storm in Pulmo
Dear friends and family,
I thought that sitting out a hurricane would be fun. It was not. As far as I can tell, the eye of the storm passed directly over Cabo Pulmo. This was
a Category 3 hurricane when it made landfall here, with winds around 150 mph. As of this morning, the storm has passed and it?s raining
intermittently. Nobody was injured. Everyone has suffered property damage. (I was here solo as Diane was in Marin dealing with our house up there.)
I spent most of Thursday making preparations, then most of yesterday (Friday) waiting for something to happen. By late afternoon it started getting
very windy, but I felt I had taken all the reasonable precautions. When the rain went horizontal, water began dribbling down the patio walls. I went
around placing kitchen towels, eventually breaking out the bath towels too. Little did I know!
The wind was blowing hard from the NNE, so the main patio was a refuge of sorts. I moved the patio furniture inside and closed the flop-up kitchen
windows. I left the half-wagon wheels open, thinking to relieve the pressure differential inside the house. Our semi-enclosed bedroom was fine, other
than a bit of water drooling down the walls. I was enjoying the storm at this point, and decided to fix myself a drink. I squeezed a pomegranate from
our tree into a c-cktail shaker, added lots of crushed ice and a jigger of vodka, and gave it a shake. Delicious! I settled into the bentwood rocker
on the patio, and starting recording the experience in my notebook. The wind increased a couple notches and the air became thick with mist (even
though I was on the lee side). So I dragged the rocker into our bedroom area and prepared to retreat into the house. I noticed that the window behind
our bed had sucked open from the back-eddy of wind coming around the corner of the house. After futilely trying to fix it shut (there?s no latch), I
gave up, bundled up our bedding, and brought it into the living room. I also noticed that the bi-fold French windows were jiggling on their latches. I
was going to brave one last run to the garage to get some clamps to secure it better, but got distracted (which I was later to regret!).
I took a seat on the sofa, started getting concerned. Then I heard a metallic clatter and saw the BBQ lid bounce along the patio. I reached out the
door and grabbed it. Then I heard a loud scraping sound as the bent-wood chair and set of iron-base nesting tables clattered across the patio. I had
overturned them and wedged them into the corner of the tiled concrete BBQ base, but the wind had wrested them loose. So I grabbed them and dragged
them inside, too.
The half-wagon wheel window over the kitchen sink slamming shut really got my attention! The skylight lid over the kitchen started bumping and
rattling like a snare drum. Then it stopped (as I was to later learn, it went flying!). All the windows in the house were shaking and rattling on
their latches and hinges, like a possessed demon-house out of a grade B horror flick. At one point I was pushing against the north door thinking to
reinforce it, realizing that all that?s keeping it shut is the knob lock and the strike plate in the jamb! I was honestly terrified.
I retreated to the Bat Cave, our 3?x 5? concrete corner closet with steel door. We designed it into the house to provide secure storage in our absence
and to serve as a safe place in a hurricane. I?m sure glad it was there!
I noticed the storm lightening a bit. The window clatter lessened. I emerged from the Bat Cave to see the entire floor under an inch of water. I
looked around to assess damage and tentatively went out onto the patio. I noticed a solar panel dangling over the roof edge, and saw others in the
yard. Juan Angel (our mariachi sculpture) had been knocked over and decapitated.
Gradually, it went utterly calm. As I was to later learn, this calm was the eye of the storm passing directly overhead. I went up onto our roof patio
and took in a scene of total devastation. The Castro water tank was gone, toppled from its 50? high tower. There were huge waves breaking left off the
Cabo Pulmo point. I got cable cutters and cut loose the solar panels. I thought to jury-rig a temporary shutter over the skylight, but I noticed the
wind picking up again so I thought better of it. I went back downstairs and grabbed the squeegee, pushing the water out of the house. Was I ever
na?ve!
The wind began to build steadily again, this time from the SSW. Before long it was blowing just as hard as before, only from the opposite direction.
Muddy water was blowing in under the door. I watched water streaking horizontally across our ceiling! I beat a retreat to the Bat Cave with some
dinner (cold leftover brown rice with a bit of chicken, washed down with some Clamato juice sitting conveniently sitting there on the shelf). I felt
safe and secure inside the Bat Cave.
As the wind slacked off I exited the bat cave, put my wet bedding on the sofa, and prepared to pass the night. I slept OK, all things considered! I
ventured out at dawn to a scene of total devastation. The front car gate is completely wrecked. The bedroom bi-fold French windows are gone, blown off
their hinges. The bedroom room divider went flying and the armoire had blown over, caught at a crazy angle by the rocking chair jammed into the
bedposts. The paddle fans are toast. All the palapa roofs suffered some damage. The red walk-in gate is hanging there, immoveable on bent hinges. The
BBQ cabinet doors are gone, as are the doors of the cleaning supplies closet. There is muddy water all over the house. On the new house project, our
brand-new-two-week-old garage door got blown in, with water everywhere.
Worst of all, the yard is devastated. Virtually every tree was either up-rooted or had its crown shredded. Giant cardon cacti were snapped off at half
mast. It is truly a heart-rending sight.
Everyone in town suffered similar damage to greater or lesser extent. No one was injured. Lots of broken windows and lost solar panels. Trees blown
over or shredded. Now begins the slow process of cleaning up and drying out.
I had to cancel my planned trip to San Jose today, where I was going to meet with prospective buyers of our home (http://www.CaboPulmoHouse.com). We were going to work out the details of a purchase agreement. Not sure where we stand after this?
All the best from Baja,
Roberto
[Edited on 4-9-2006 by Bajabus]
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked of such a thing."
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ViajeraGal
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To Robert in Cabo Pulmo
HI - my husband and I visited with you earlier thisyear, so sorry to hear of all your damage, etc.!! We departed the area to get out of the heat in
late July, but are very concerned about our casa, too, after reading the reports about Barriles/BV on the BPE.................
I don't know when I will be able to hear about our house, as I am sure it is cut off by the 'slides' north of town............
prayers with you and grateful that all in your area are OK. :
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A woman looks out her door blocked with sandbags at the flooded road in front of her home in La Paz, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, after the city
was hit by Hurricane John earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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A man walks through a flooded street in Los Cabos in Mexico's state of Baja California after Hurricane John hit the area September 2, 2006. Hurricane
John crept up Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday after blasting this tourist port city with wicked winds and torrential rain that knocked
out power but caused no deaths. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar
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Members of the Mexican Red Cross watch as a mudslide runs across a road between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz in Los Cabos, Baja California. Hurricane
John weakened to a tropical storm as it traveled across northwestern Mexico's Baja California peninsula, while local officials gave conflicting
reports about its human toll. (AFP/Luis Acosta)
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A woman stands near a car covered by sand at a road outside Los Cabos in Mexico's state of Baja California after Hurricane John hit the area September
2, 2006. Hurricane John crept up Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday after blasting this tourist port city with wicked winds and torrential
rain that knocked out power but caused no deaths. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO)
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A man walks through a flooded street in Los Cabos in Mexico's state of Baja California after Hurricane John hit the area September 2, 2006. Hurricane
John crept up Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Saturday after blasting this tourist port city with wicked winds and torrential rain that knocked
out power but caused no deaths. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO)
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FARASHA
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Still nothing from MULEGE? Bruce ?? 
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There is steady rain here in San Carlos, Sonora. Light winds (15mph). Last night before it started raining we sat out at a Palapa bar watching the
surf roll in. It was probably 8-10', which is huge for San Carlos.
I took my boat out of the water around 11AM yesterday, and they moved about 80% of the sailboats off the moorings in the Bahia.
Some boats went out fishing in the AM yesterday, which I thought was really stupid. But sometime after that the port captain closed the port.
[Edited on 9-3-2006 by JZ]
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Russ
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From Pt. Chlvato - We are thru the worst now. Wnd gust to 67mph - Averaged around 55 for almost four hours. Now 40 mph - lt. raln. Most everyone s
mopplng up - a few had wndows blown out. Could have been a lot worse.
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Bob and Susan
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Sunday 10:00AM....
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Hey Loreto dwellers. How come no word posted from that area or Mulege ?? Anxious in Sacramento waiting for some news . Loreto Bay still there ? How
many townhouses under water ? Roads ? Any news appreciated.
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Thank you Russ for your report from Punta Chivato. I'm happy for everybody there that "it could have been a lot worse". Try and hang onto your
mood,"tranquillo" and spread some around. I'll have some of the same!
[Edited on 9-3-2006 by toneart]
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Bajabus
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here is a report I just got from Marti Miesen who has a home in the Boca de Los Palmas area on the east cape road, Lou Quaccia just reached her place
and called her with this info:
No damage no mess, however north of us is a mess. Vinoramas got hit pretty hard and Cabo Pulmo took a direct hit. The eye was right on them. On up
the coast is the same. I have not heard about La Paz, but all roads to La Paz are closed right now out of Cabo.
The Army is in Cabo Pulmo right now. I know it looks like a war zone. Solar panels gone, Internet, windows, roofs, doors, trees, and cactus. The
roads on the cape are going to be repaired by Pete McGonagle and others. The Playita Road I guess is passable or will be today.
The road just north of us around the monument is blown out.
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked of such a thing."
Dwight David Eisenhower
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Waiting to leave for San Ignacio till I hear from the area about possible flooding. This area is known for it's flash flooding. It m,ight be best to
wait a few days longer before leaving.
We all want a peaceful world, filled with love and laughter, but we fill ourselves with anger and hate trying to fiqure out how to achive it.
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Glad to hear from Russ at Punta Chivato. We have not been able to talk to anyone in Santa Rosalia or San Lucas cove. All phone lines are out and I
suspect that electricity is non-oerative. Tried San Marcos Mike several times but his phone is ringing but he has not been able to answer.
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At 1PM it stop raining here in SC for the most part, and almost looks like the sun may come out. Some flooding.
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STILL no word from Mulege area?? Glad for Russ that they got away with minimum damage!! Hope that goes also for others out there!!!
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Hello Loreto folks
Without putting yourselves to any trouble, would you please keep ears open for word from the Baustidas or Espinos about conditions in San Nicolas. The
maps seem to indicate that this may have been worse than Marty and we are concerned for our friends and secondarily if we still have a place there.
It is hard to not worry.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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