Incredibly cool video of Hurricane Odile moving right up the middle of the Baja Peninsula
así llego Odile a Baja California Sur
Hurricane Odile arriving and tracking up the Baja….amazing at how it stayed right up the middle causing both sides of the peninsula all the way up to experience devastation….first time ever
así llego Odile a Baja California Sur
Friends and family, Whew, what a week. Hurricane Odile put La Paz out of commission for most of the week. Water, electricity, Internet, cell service, and basic services were all down. No one was working, stories were closed, and people were scrambling to find fresh water and food. Charlie and I spent three nights roughing it in our Calle Golfo California house before the stench of moldy food and unwashed bodies (our own) drove us … more
Charlie will explain by commenting on this post. [Ok, so he won’t. Turns out that you can only create a discussion thread by “reblogging” a post with comments. The experimental among you might want to give it a try.]
Judy Peterson, founder and chair of Fundación Ayuda Niños La Paz gave Charlie and me a tour of Colonias Laguna Azul, one of the impoverished “colonias” on the outskirts of La Paz (see photos here).The colonias were hit hard by Hurricane Odile, and will be among the last to receive power and water. Most of the people live in ramshackle cardboard-and-sheet metal houses with open roofs and walls. The houses we visited lost almost everything … more
No confundas la cómoda de tu hermana, con… acomódame a tu hermana….Confucio Digs – I’m lost on this one. The caption is “A saying of Confucius.” But I have no idea what the phrase means.
Espero que sigan bien ya que pasó la tormenta Odile. Y son muy buenas las fotos que sacaste. Me parece muy bonita y cómoda tu casa, Miguel…pero prefiero una habitación en La Miserable. Acomódame a las chicas allí por favor ja ja. Si entiendes este post, has progresado mucho con tu español. Si no entiendes… just don’t ask for a translation at La Miserable. digs _____________ MD Translation (with a little help from Google Translate; … more
Espero que sigan bien ya que pasó la tormenta Odile. Y son muy buenas las fotos que sacaste. Me parece muy bonita y cómoda tu casa, Miguel…pero prefiero una habitación en La Miserable. Acomódame a las chicas allí por favor ja ja. Si entiendes este post, has progresado mucho con tu español. Si no entiendes… just don’t ask for a translation at La Miserable. digs _____________ MD Translation (with a little help from Google Translate; … more
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Le Miserable, a mezcaleria, directly across from nuestra casa. Serving only mezcal and beer. No extra charge for the worm. “There is a saying attributed to Oaxaca regarding the drink: "para todo mal, mezcal, y para todo bien también” (“for everything bad, mezcal; for everything good, the same”).“ Visions of 1977 Grove Acres. Yikes!
I know who the other 37 of you are, nearly all of you choosing user names that are more or less transparent, but new members ulfie22, grazhoppah, msaxolotl and b1uddykd remain enigmatic outliers. Please let me know who you are so my curiosity can be quelled.
