Charlie and I just returned from our local grocery Arumburu, a trip that ordinarily might take us 15-30 minutes but today because of the impending hurricane took 75. Lines were long with people buying what looked to be on average 2-3 days of provisions. No signs of panic, no pushing or shoving, no excited voices, just people getting ready for what in Baja in September and October is expected: hurricanes. From what I gather, Hurricane … more
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Hurricane Odile to Bring Life-Threatening Conditions to Baja California
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Hurricane Odile to Bring Life-Threatening Conditions to Baja California
Major Hurricane Odile will bring life threatening conditions and Baja California Sur.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that it’s been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane. “The southern tip of Baja California will experience the worse conditions from Odile Sunday night and into early Monday as 100-200 mm (4-8 inches) of rain floods the area. Sustained winds of 80-130 kph (50-80 mph) are expected and wind gusts approaching 160 kph (100 mph) will cause widespread power outages and structural damage.”
Vocabulary from Jon Lee
Words of the day: No me lo digas = You don’t say. apoyo = support, or back-up (apoyar, the infinitive) rodillera = kneepad (or brace) espardrapo (or cinta athletica) = tape lesionado = injured May you never need these last three.
Dr. Jeff Masters’ WunderBlog : Dangerous Category 4 Odile Threatens Baja; Edouard Becomes a Hurricane | Weather Underground
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Dinner with Charlie on the deck of Harker Boards at sunset (so what happened to the sunset?)
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‘Look Up’ – A spoken word film for an online generation. Subscribe for more videos: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_Gary_Turk ‘Look Up’ is a lesson taught to us t…
A video that Charlie shared with me, after our bike to Harker Boards and dinner on their deck. A good reminder to us both, and all of you.
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Our go-to to lunch (i.e., what we generally eat when we eat in): steak or chicken tacos with grilled red or poblano pepper, avocado, and Manchego cheese on a corn tortilla
