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Jimena finally makes local news
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/12/donations-sought-hurricane-victims/?metro
Though I am in no position financially to help, I have informed friends and family on the East Coast who were completely unaware of this tragedy.
Living in hurricane zones they are angry that our "World News' agencies will spend 5 minutes on human fluff stories, but cannot delegate even 5
seconds to informing the nation of the hardships endured by our Southern neighbors.
I actually saw the above link on my Yahoo homepage.
Wish I could help instead of just rant.
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There you go. It was the ICF that got it posted. The guys involved with the survey on another thread. Retiring responsibly abroad.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by landyacht318
Wish I could help instead of just rant. |
You do what you can do, bro. Nobody expects any more than that. Thanks.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
There you go. It was the ICF that got it posted. The guys involved with the survey on another thread. Retiring responsibly abroad.
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Fund raisers...big payroll? devoid of altruism? ulterior motives? ever been to Baja?
I wonder what it was about this effort that so impressed Doug?
Maybe it's all good. We'll see. There are other initiatives in the works that will offer transparency.
Stay tuned.
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This probably belongs on the survey thread, but since you brought it up, I was wondering about the healthcare, assisted living, medicare connection.
some of the other questions seemed spurious.
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I think it really would be nice if the San Diego Union REALLY covered the story---but at least they mentioned it.
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This is meant as an innocent question. I am curious how and to what extent the coverage has been in mainland Mexico? What kind of fund-raising
efforts are happening in Mexico? Does Baja turn to the mainland for help?
Just some honest thoughts...and not trying to infer anything.
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A wild guess here. Did California learn about Katrina and New Orleans? It's true to a certain extent that Baja has been the bastard stepson of Mexico.
But in the end, it IS still Mexico.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
I think it really would be nice if the San Diego Union REALLY covered the story---but at least they mentioned it. |
the UT has very few reporters left. they really don't do local or regional news anymore, mostly they run wire stories and cover local sports and a
liitle local politics, but no substantive reporting anymore. if the hurricane was not prominent on the wires, then UT probably did not realize it
happened. but there is hope that the online paper, Voice of San Diego, will replace the void that the UT has left, or perhaps the LA Times will
create a San Diego version... one can only hope that some form of local news returns to the city
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
A wild guess here. Did California learn about Katrina and New Orleans? It's true to a certain extent that Baja has been the bastard stepson of Mexico.
But in the end, it IS still Mexico. |
I'm more concerned with the charity/fund-raising aspects of Mexicans for those affected in Baja. During Katrina, many of those displaced were moved
to San Diego where they received services.
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Maybe we could house the Mulegenos at the Superdome.
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another article, author info at the end
Monday, September 7, 2009
Disaster Relief Begins in US after Hurricane Jimena beats Baja
California Sur
By Patricia Rains
MexiData.info note: On Monday, September 7, the Mexican government
published a notice in the Official Daily of the Federation declaring the
municipalities of Los Cabos, La Paz, Comondú, Loreto and Mulegé,
in Baja California Sur, emergency areas due to the damages caused by
hurricane Jimena.
In the wake of Hurricane Jimena, an estimated 35,000 people in central
Baja California, Mexico, are homeless and stranded without food, water
or power. Rescue efforts and communications are hampered by destroyed
airports, roads, bridges, power lines and cell phone towers.
Hurricane Jimena, a Category 3 storm, made landfall September 2 at
Magdalena Bay on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur. It skirted
northward and crossed the peninsula toward Mulege and Santa Rosalia,
where it hovered for days over the west central Sea of Cortez. Central
Baja California suffered massive flash floods and mudslides, and Highway
1 is severed in many places. Flooding occurred as far east as Guaymas,
Sonora. Unusual for a cyclonic storm, the remnants of Jimena moved south
down the Sea of Cortez before petering out.
Without airports and roads, damage assessment couldn't begin until
Sunday, September 6, when the Ciudad Constitución runway was
repaired. Baja California Sur governor Narcisco Agundez Montaño and
officials of the Baja California Civil Protection agency and Mexico Red
Cross (Cruz Roja) inspected some of the devastated areas and flew over
others. Baja California Sur was declared a natural disaster and funds
were released to speed recovery. Lacking electricity, shelters in
central Baja California Sur were already overwhelmed with displaced
families and had run out of water, food and basic medical supplies.
Severe damage occurred at Isla Magdalena, Santa Maria Bay, Puerto Lopez
Mateos, Puerto San Carlos, Punta Abreojos, San Ignacio Lagoon, Ciudad
Constitución, Villa Insurgentes, Comondu, Loreto airport, Mulege,
Santa Rosalia and San Ignacio, according to the Baja California Civil
Protection agency. Highway 1 is severed in many places, and large
bridges are washed out. The US State Department warned tourists not to
attempt to drive down Baja California.
Relief efforts are just getting underway. (See list below of most
requested items and relief aid contacts.) One death is confirmed in
Mulege, but more are expected to be reported as relief workers reach
isolated areas by air and sea later this week.
The following reports were compiled from emails, ham radio messages,
YouTube video, websites, web blogs, and Spanish-speaking TV newscasts.
After flying over Puerto Lopez Mateos, members of the Baja Bush Pilots,
a private organization, reported that half the cannery buildings were
destroyed, all wood homes were flattened, and a quarter of the
population is homeless. Earlier reports said 750 homes were lost in that
town, and that the desalination plant at the cannery was destroyed, so
the municipality had no water. Earlier reports said the two isolated
fishing villages on the barrier island of Isla Magdalena no longer
existed.
A Telemundo news team traveling with the Baja California governor
reported that the last message from Puerto San Carlos on Magdalena Bay
came from a police officer just prior to the hurricane's landfall,
saying the town of San Carlos could not be evacuated because the isthmus
roadway had been breached by flood waters.
Following Jimena's path, Punta Abreojos village and Laguna San
Ignacio (whale park) took a direct hit by Jimena's eye wall as a
Category 2 hurricane. Shari Bondi in the Pacific coast fishing village
of Bahia Asuncion reported that her village fared well but that Abreojos
village and San Ignacio Lagoon were badly damaged.
Up on Baja California's central mesa, in the large agricultural
towns of Ciudad Constitución and Villa Insurgentes, 70% to 90% of the
buildings (homes, businesses) were reported as destroyed or not
habitable. The mayor's office in Constitución requested medical
supplies, food and water.
The airport at Constitución has been repaired and opened on Monday,
September 7, so emergency supplies are being air lifted there,
coordinated by the Baja California Civil Protection agency, the Baja
Bush Pilots, and the Flying Samaritans. Emergency supplies will be
distributed to outlying villages as roads are repaired.
Puerto Escondido reported no injuries, all the marina moorings held, a
few API moorings dragged. A few attended boats chafed through their own
mooring lines or dragged anchor but were assisted by the marina staff
and fellow yatistas. A few unattended boats did drag ashore, mostly into
mangroves. Loreto airport was damaged and closed, but officials said
power may be restored to Loreto on Saturday, September 12. The highway
south toward Constitución was washed out, many bridges gone, but
recent reports say it is passable to La Paz.
Mulege: a 75-year old man drowned when floodwaters filled his home.
Mulege residents are reporting worse damage than from Hurricane John in
2006. The highway bridge was 6 feet under raging torrents when the flash
flood crested, but that bridge is still standing. All Mulege homes along
the river were flooded, about half were destroyed. The fire station had
2 feet of water inside, and throughout the town many roofs are gone and
home walls collapsed. All Mulege grocery stores were flooded, and locals
are asking for emergency food & water. Mulege shelters are overwhelmed
by homeless Jimena victims, so people are sleeping in cars.
All homes on Punta Chivato were flooded and damaged, some destroyed. A
pilot living at Punta Chivato reported that one unpaved airstrip has
been repaired for emergency landings.
Santa Rosalia's downtown area was devastated by flash floods (water,
mud and debris) that scoured the central canyon, washing cars and
drowned livestock out to sea. The older Marina Santa Rosalia was
destroyed except for two slips. The Singlar marina reported to be OK, no
boats or docks sunk. Yatistas said it rained heavily for 48 hours
straight. One person is reported missing from a fishing village north of
Santa Rosalia, according to the Baja California Civil Protection agency.
AIRLIFT ITEMS FOR SHELTERS & HOMELESS
Basic first aid and OTC medical supplies, cooking pans & utensils, camp
tents, plastic tarps, rope, flashlights & lanterns with batteries, cloth
shoes, clothing, light bedding. After the roads open, heavier items will
be sought for donation and carried by truck.
CONTACTS: Civil Protection Agency of Baja California Sur: contact
Professor Jose Gajon de la Toba, 011-52-030-546- 100, or email him at
procivilbcs@ live.com. mx <mailto:procivilbcs@ live.com. mx>
Mexico Red Cross (Cruz Roja) in Mexico City: head of the Cruz Roja
National Relief Coordinator is Isaac Oxenhaut: 55-362-7089, email
desastre@cruzrojo. org.mx <mailto:desastre@cruzrojo. org.mx> However, as
we go to press, the Cruz Roja website has not been updated since the day
before Hurricane Jimena struck.
Baja Bush Pilots: In southern California and the southwest US, Baja Bush
Pilots has coordinated with Cruz Roja and the Baja California Civil
Protection agency, and is now flying down emergency medical supplies. To
help with their airlift efforts, email Jimena disaster relief
coordinator Jack@BajaBushPilots .com <mailto:Jack@BajaBushPilots .com>
or visit www.BajaBushPilots. com <http://www.bajabush pilots.com/> .
——————————
Capt Patricia Miller Rains (PatRains@MexicoBoat ing.com
<mailto atRains@MexicoBoat ing.com> ) is Publisher of Point Loma
Publishing (www.MexicoBoating. com <http://www.mexicobo ating.com/> ). She
also writes a column, "El Reporte" – on Mexico and Central America,
in the biweekly The Log http://www.thelog. com/ <http://www.thelog. com/>
Minds are like parachutes...they only function when open!
\"The price of apathy is to be ruled by evil men.\" - Plato
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
This is meant as an innocent question. I am curious how and to what extent the coverage has been in mainland Mexico? What kind of fund-raising
efforts are happening in Mexico? Does Baja turn to the mainland for help?
Just some honest thoughts...and not trying to infer anything. |
Would be interesting to know the answer to your question ----and yes, just a curiosity thing.
And Dianamo, even with the misinformation in that article, it does offer more coverage and relief information.
[Edited on 9-14-2009 by jdtrotter]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
This is meant as an innocent question. I am curious how and to what extent the coverage has been in mainland Mexico? What kind of fund-raising
efforts are happening in Mexico? Does Baja turn to the mainland for help?
Just some honest thoughts...and not trying to infer anything. |
Would be interesting to know the answer to your question ----and yes, just a curiosity thing.
And Dianamo, even with the misinformation in that article, it does offer more coverage and relief information.
[Edited on 9-14-2009 by jdtrotter] |
You can set your search preferences, in google for example, to safe search off, do not filter my search, language select spanish, and in the advanced
settings you can choose specific dates, this month or date ranges.
There you will see that many many articles were written as well as personal blogs, many if which I linked in the Jimena thread, noting the details:
more than 75,000 lost power who had it before
many thousands, 25-50,000 were moved to temporary housing
more than a 1,000 power poles and lines down and many large towers
Try it
[Edited on 9-14-2009 by gnukid]
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Mulege--KXLY Spokane Coverage
Below is a message that one of the Bush Pilots posted to their message board last night. Please note there should be news coverage on KXLY-SPOKANE
(www.kxly.com) starting tonight, Wed at 5:00pm pacific.
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Yesterday, after filming the planes from Idaho unload their clothing items, we spent 2 hrs flying the area documenting the damage of Mulege and Santa
Rosalia from the air. Today, we spent many hrs walking and talking with the locals. we toured the hosp, walked the river, the runway, interviewed
Jorge Yee, Javier, Maribel and many others. Much tape was used so we wouldn´t miss a beat. My TV anchor will be flying back to Spokane tomorrow and
should start showing the segments wed eve at 500 on KXLY spokane. You can see it on kxly.com. I hope this taping we help bring additional relief to
the area by getting more of the msg out. Mulege is a mess, to say the least. Prepare to cry.....
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Hopefully word is starting to get out, slowly but surely.
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I missed the KXLY story
I live in the coverage area, but I was working late and missed it...
Did anyone see the KXLY story on Mulege / Jimena ??
djh
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i don't think it even airs till tonite. today IS wed.
i hope to see it on web access as archived video manana.
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Thanks, Mike....
Geeze.... big DUH on my part... sorry.
I'll tune into KXLY tonight.... Wednesday,
That would be Wednesday, today,
right between yesterday, which was Tuesday,
and tomorrow which is Thursday...
Anyone seen my dentures and spectacles ?
NURSE RATCHET !!!!
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