En Breve "Los Cabos Is Destroyed"
The president of Mexico declared the storm Odile to be the most destructive in the modern history of Mexico. I flew to BCS for positioning to go north for Medical just in time to Odile to have it's wa...
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Odile hit Cabo and La Paz, then went North along the Pacific coast to big laguna near Guerrero Negro. Then it turned North-East, destroying the village Bahia de Los Angeles on the way. Then it crossed the sea, hitting Sinaloa coast and weakening as it was heading into AZ.
Desert towns like Bay of LA sometimes don't get any rain for YEARS, so they were not prepared. Homes built on sand without a foundation simply disappeared, see about 1.33 min into the video http://tlmdo.co/1sqWolB . All that was left was a nice level spot, like there was no home there at all. Gringo homes on cement foundation moved/leaned some, fridges, boats and garbage floating around. First minute of video with cars half-buried in sand shows Cabo area, not only it was destroyed but also looted.
Area from Loreto to Sta Rosalia was not affected more than "usual". Mulege of course got its almost-annual floods, it doesn't take much to flood it, considering location. In Loreto it rained maybe a little more than usual, waterfront was flooded but it's all clean now.
East coast of Sea of Cortez up to Mazatlan just got rain. A lot of it though. Enough to flood some streets.
Winds itself were not a problem in all those areas. Some toppled palms here and there, though they were likely toppled by flood waters, same as power line poles.
Desert towns like Bay of LA sometimes don't get any rain for YEARS, so they were not prepared. Homes built on sand without a foundation simply disappeared, see about 1.33 min into the video http://tlmdo.co/1sqWolB . All that was left was a nice level spot, like there was no home there at all. Gringo homes on cement foundation moved/leaned some, fridges, boats and garbage floating around. First minute of video with cars half-buried in sand shows Cabo area, not only it was destroyed but also looted.
Area from Loreto to Sta Rosalia was not affected more than "usual". Mulege of course got its almost-annual floods, it doesn't take much to flood it, considering location. In Loreto it rained maybe a little more than usual, waterfront was flooded but it's all clean now.
East coast of Sea of Cortez up to Mazatlan just got rain. A lot of it though. Enough to flood some streets.
Winds itself were not a problem in all those areas. Some toppled palms here and there, though they were likely toppled by flood waters, same as power line poles.
