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[*] posted on 9-4-2008 at 01:01 PM


We now have a road grader cleaning up in Villa Maria Isabel's park...management has jumped in and addressed the concerns of the tenants...almost back to normal...
Town is normal again...breakfast at Pancho Villas on the north river road...Hot and humid...hope that is the worst storm this year...
Like I said...almost normal




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[*] posted on 9-14-2008 at 11:56 AM


Just watching the footage on Galveston and thinking about building on stilts....sure didnt work there. There are many places where nothing but the stilts are left.

Of course, it is hard to imagine a surge of this magnitude hitting Mulege but a flash flood could probably have the same affect.




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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 11:35 AM


When i lived in Puerto Rico for a few years back in 1981, I rented a house that was a concrete bunker. It was located in the ocean front 200+ housing development of Dorado Del Mar. It had poured thick concrete walls, flat concrete roof, hurricane louvered windows and tile floors. Nothing could hurt that home. Only the furniture and throw rugs could be damaged. This was a typical house design throughout the island of Puerto Rico. In fact i do not have any memory of a house on stilts there. Thought the home was an odd design until we went thru our 1st hurricane.

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[*] posted on 9-15-2008 at 02:36 PM


A house on stilts will survive a flood similar to what occurs along the river in Mulege. A beach front home on stilts facing the ocean will be lifted off it's foundation when the storm surge/tide/waves etc. rise above floor height.
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