Photos Today – Las Tunas Todos Santos Baja

Just a couple of quick photos of the neighborhood from my second floor. Both were taken this morning around 7 am MDT while moderate winds were still blowing. The strongest winds were obscured by darkness – not good for photos.

Sept 2 - 7am MDT - My Neighbor's Palapa and Palms in the Wind

Sept 2 - 7am MDT - Looking West Towards Pacific Ocean

Todos Santos Is All Good

I drove around town looking to see what damage the storm might have done. Basically none! Streets are dirty with leaves, mud and some small tree limbs. Cafelix lost his big metal sign – the metal post appears to have blown over at the sidewalk level.

Many businesses are closed. There aren’t many people out on the streets, tourists  or local. Town is quiet.  I am not going to post photos since there is nothing to really see.

Right now the sun is out, skies partly cloudy, temps moderate, the wind is still blowing from the south at 20+ mph and there are whitecaps on the ocean. Jimena was odd in that the winds never shifted. Normally when a storm passes on the west side of us, we get southeast, then south, then west winds. The winds have been from the south for the entire storm period. Go figure.

Also odd this storm – the fact that we mostly didn’t lose power, water or phone. I heardthat some localized areas lost power due to their transformers failing but there was not a system wide failure. Kudos to CFE (electric commission), aqua municipal and Telmex.

That’s all for now.

Todos Santos is Doing Well – Jimena Spared Us

Hey, no worries. The storm moved a bit more to the west. The rain stopped and the winds started last night around 9-10 pm. We never lost electricity in Las Tunas nor internet access. Que milagro!

No flooding in my area. Winds were likely 40-50 mph with gusts up to 65-70 most of last night – that much wind makes a fair amount of noise. Still windy now but less so. Looking around my neighborhood I see no signs of damage. I’ll check out Todos Santos proper later today and post photos.