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Countdown to Mexico » Blog Archive » Another garden update — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:27:10 +0000

[...] had been growing quite happily when the tropical storm season hit and they were mauled by both a tropical depression and non-hurricane Rick. All’s well that ends well, though, as you can [...]

By: Jan Ambrose

Jan Ambrose — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:16:16 +0000

Wow – Nancy – I had no idea. Glad there was no permanent damage at your place. It’s exciting here sometimes isn’t it?

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:02:19 +0000

Yes, your tent would have needed some pretty good stakes, I’m sure! And we love the rain, it’s that wind we could do without!

By: 1st Mate

1st Mate — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:08:36 +0000

All I can say is YIKES! If we had been camping on the beach in that blow, we’d have been toast! Let’s hope there won’t be any more like that for a while.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:26:32 +0000

Bill, Think you might have posted on the wrong blog…did you mean to leave a comment for Steve Cotton? Thanks for dropping by anyway!

Jonna, More notice would have been nice but I don’t know how you prepare for something like that. It was insane. The weather sites say that we got 15 inches of rain in just a few hours. Wind speeds up to 75 mph. The newspaper this morning has some crazy pictures, four story tall palm trees down downtown, a string of electrical wires and poles leaning over to the ground, the front ripped off lots of buildings, furniture in pools.

Zoe, Yes, Playa Sur is built on fill (that used to be beach right about at Aleman) and since it’s so flat and low it fills up like crazy. When it rains like that we just stay home! Cool about your house, have a fun trip.

John, Glad your weather isn’t as intense as ours, it was crazy. Stay safe!

Lauren, Thanks for the comment on the videos, I am never sure if people like them or not. This was just a tropical depression but people around here said that the wind and rain was worse than it was when Hurricane Lane came through a few years ago.

By: laurencancun

laurencancun — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:21:17 +0000

Glad to see everyone is okay! Birds n all! I liked the video posts, gives you more of a reality… I’ve only ever been in Cancun for 2 hurricanes, and one wasn’t too bad (on the hurricane scale that is)!

By: John Calypso

John Calypso — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:08:00 +0000

We are getting some of that weather here on the east coast (of Mexico) – nothing like you in the wind department though – stay grounded

By: Zoe

Zoe — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:34:41 +0000

We head back to AZ in a couple days to ready our house there for renting. Leased it online two days ago to a teacher..even Skyped with her. Wahoo! But, what I wanted to tell you is that Bisbee is the hummingbird capital of the world and people come from all parts to birdwatch. There is a big birding festival every year, as well. We never have less than 20-30 hummers at our feeders and take such joy in their feisty antics and colorful feathering. You might want to google Cochise county hummingbirds or Bisbee hummingibrds and take a gander at the variety.

Vis a vis the storm, I took all four of our dogs to be groomed in Playa Sur at the very beginning of it, and then wondered if I would be able to pick them up…all was well as they weren’t ready until about 4. But, as quickly as the streets overlfowed…I think Playa Surf would be a more apt name.

By: Jonna

Jonna — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:11:13 +0000

I just read about this storm on a forum and was coming over to see how you fared. Intense. I’m glad the baby hummer is ok, and you guys as well. Tis the season I guess but they are supposed to give you more notice.

By: Bill Olson

Bill Olson — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:45:56 +0000

Hey Steve,

just spending some time on the I tonight and listening to YOU TUBE about … Daniel .. you can find anything.

Did you know that I took the Oregon Archaelogical Societies intro course and have a certificate, plus I joined, so now I can go on their digs and watchover sites in Oregon.

They cancelled our first outing due to …. Bald Eagle nestings.

More later ….
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