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Downtown San Felipe Floods
From a friend in San Felipe about an hour or two ago.
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J.P.
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WOW that's the last place I ever dreamed that would Flood.
 
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Loads of rain in the San Felipe area today (as you can tell from the image...).
Over 2" so far at my house in El Dorado and it's still raining heavy (I'm not there, but my weather station reports every minute - the internet is still working).
Similar figures from Chuck's weather station in Los Viajeros Norte.
A little less at Villa Marina, 8.5 km south of town.
This comes on top of the rain from a few days ago, so the ground was already very wet.
[Edited on 2013-8-29 by Riom]
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This has been a natural arroyo for ever. A bad storm will rip open the wall and road to get to the sea. The other is at the north end of the Malecon
past Bar Miramar.
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The chubasco and flash flood of 1967 pretty much destroyed San Felipe, roads, graveyard (caskets littered the beach). With the reconstruction came the
paving of the main street at the end of Hwy. 5.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
The chubasco and flash flood of 1967 pretty much destroyed San Felipe, roads, graveyard (caskets littered the beach). With the reconstruction came the
paving of the main street at the end of Hwy. 5. |
THATS what the submarine was for!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
The chubasco and flash flood of 1967 pretty much destroyed San Felipe, roads, graveyard (caskets littered the beach). With the reconstruction came the
paving of the main street at the end of Hwy. 5. |
THATS what the submarine was for! |
LOL! Right! I guess we are still looking for a photo of it, yes?
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The picture is of the first street inland from the malecon. How much further inland did the flooding go?
Bob Durrell
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WOW! Just stayed in that hotel (costa Azul?) about a week ago! Unimaginable....
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Riom
Loads of rain in the San Felipe area today (as you can tell from the image...).
Over 2" so far at my house in El Dorado and it's still raining heavy (I'm not there, but my weather station reports every minute - the internet is still working).
Similar figures from Chuck's weather station in Los Viajeros Norte.
A little less at Villa Marina, 8.5 km south of town.
This comes on top of the rain from a few days ago, so the ground was already very wet.
[Edited on 2013-8-29 by Riom] |
Riom-- you have a great weather station, thanks for the report and links. Love the cam @ Villa Marina!!
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Dang, not a pretty picture
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Which chubasco wreaked havoc on San Felipe...some time around 1997?
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that is so sad, all those people and businesses having to deal with all the damage and the mess this storm has caused.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
Which chubasco wreaked havoc on San Felipe...some time around 1997? |
Was that one 'Nora'?
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Getting ready to head down for the Ceviche Festival. Hope town dries out. Looks like a lot of rain but that's not un common. Anxious to see how
our place survived
But we will be able to get around regardless.
Ill post pictures Saturday when I get settled in
[Edited on 8-31-2013 by BajaNomad]
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grace59
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
The picture is of the first street inland from the malecon. How much further inland did the flooding go? |
I have a friend who lives on the highway just north of town about a mile or so...yesterday she posted a video to Facebook that showed water flowing
on the highway toward town like a river....you could hear the flow as it went by The entire roadway south bound was covered. The roads in El Dorado area look like they are a mess. Waiting for things to go down to have a friend
check on my house.
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!
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I am sure the road to our house is washed out.........want to get down there and take care of the business of cleaning it up. I saw the pics of El
Dorado Ranch roads and it looked near our house. hummmmmmm. I have a friend going out to look at it today.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by nbacc
I am sure the road to our house is washed out.........want to get down there and take care of the business of cleaning it up. I saw the pics of El
Dorado Ranch roads and it looked near our house. hummmmmmm. I have a friend going out to look at it today. |
Wow, another friend just posted pics of her neighborhood in El Dorado. She lives in Palos Verdes South and her road and Saltillo seem to be a mess
 We are further down in Los Medanos. Hoping that everything there is OK. Just have
to wait until someone can get back there to check on things. Which neighborhood are you in??
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!
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I will be Palos Verde south tomorrow , Ill try to get some pictures posted of the area
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Looks like the seawall on the Malecon may have impounded water behind it(?)
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