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AMERICAN RED CROSS REPORT

"Hurricane John Rips Mulege - 9/5/2006


As we are told and from photos, the river in Mulege crested in the town square of Mulege to the North and within several feet of highway 1 to the South. All of the structures, trailers, etc. along the river were either washed away or were severely damaged. We have no information on the Serenidad, one report was that it was washed away and another that it sustained very little damage.

The report from the Red Cross:

That President Vicente Fox was in Mulege (and other areas) yesterday
That he pledged national support for the area

That the water in Mulege is down to normal level

That the roads to Mulege from the north have been fixed or detours have been made

That trucks will be arriving today with relief supplies

That most structures survived the flood however, most in the river sustained heavy damage

That there is major cleanup to be done

That the government is sending in persons to spray for dengue fever as well as vaccinate all the children

And that although Mulege was hit very hard, the major damage was between Loreto and LaPaz.

We have been attempting to contact persons in Mulege who can confirm this information."

I think the American Red Cross wants anyone who has contacts in Mulege, with reliable, current info, to contact them.

Bombero

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"OK FOLKS latest update from the scene Tuesday 1051 PDT

Soldiers say Palo Verde Airport is OK
The phones in Sta Rosalia are working.
Food, electric also OK in Sta Rosalia
In Mulege, water will not be ready until the electric goes on. They think that will be a WEEK.
MAJOR NEED IS MOSQUITO ABATEMENT - LARGE SCALE AND REPELLENT -DENGUE IS A MAJOR THREAT. VACCINE may be needed afterward.
SOME TELEPHONES ON IN MULEGE - NO REGULAR INTERNET OR CELL SERVICE
rELIEF EFFORTS - BEST EFFORTS is GUAYMAS FERRY to STA Rosalia
Serenidad Airport has major rocks/arroyos as of last report
If you have planes flying in with goods to Palo Verde, you can call Gaby Saul at 615-152-0707 to get some trucks up there to bring back
Yesterday Road to Sta Rosalia took 3 hours
Soldiers are in the area; helicopters are reviewing the area.
CHIVATO area OK - water came from mountains, not the sea "

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From Bruce Leach

some one told me to be carful of what I wish for and they were right. Mulege was devestated by John and some many have lost everything. some peple are still mising and we are looking for them. I have been helping to rescue peple sence saterday night with little sleep. Mulege is compleetly cut off from every ware and with out power water and phone service. the stores have very little food and no drinking water. it looks like it is going to be a cople of weeks befor anything changes so it is going to be real tough on a lot of peple here. every form of help is needed sence bouth the hospital and clinc were flooded. we compleetly lost 2 schools including the new high school. als many business and hundereds of homes. the ones tha are left sufered servire damege,also it took out all of the city water wells so it will be a very long time for them to get us water again. many of us are staying in the kindergarden . I hope every one will excuse my spelling I am very tired and dont have spell check here. so far ther have only been a few deaths confermend but rummers are runing ramped. I will not be abel to respond to this untill they have restored phones and electricty in Mulege.

on a personal not we sufered no property damege to eather our house and business in town or at my ranch and all of my family are just fine.

Bruce


Bruce R Leech
Mulege Baja

TS John in Loreto



Posted some storm pics here. Sorry but I can only read the captions by scrolling down on each pic.

http://www.dropshots.com/tehag

Spoke to Federal Highway Police today and learned from them that Hwy 1 north is open to passenger cars and pickups only between Mulege and Sta Rosalia; nothing wider. They expect that restriction to last at least another 24 hours.

Steve: The trucker crawled out the windshield and swam, waded, etc. with some broken ribs a long, long way to the Loreto side of the arroyo and will be OK.

Hi Turtle,
I'm Peter's daughter, Sarah. My Mum and sister adn I are trying very hard to find out what happened. We are in shock and grieving.
Can you help us understand how it happened, how my Dad died?
Thanks.

EMERGENCY RELIEF CONTACTS FOR MULEGE, SANTA ROSALIA AREA:

US Location: Hurricane John "Mulege Relief"
C.O. COMSA
2421 Portico, Blvd. Suite B
Calexico, CA. 92231



Two Mexico Locations: Both are affiliated with COMSA
Hermosillo, Son
Luise Iliana Aguilar
AV 12 No. 79 Entre 2 y 3 Colonia Prados De Buganvilias
CP 83140 Phone 01 662 215 6641 cell 01 662 124 2133
E-mail luisjonas3@prodigy.net.mx ~ peraltailiana@prodigy.net.mx

Guaymas, Son
Salvador Cortes Rodriguez
Calle Curvina y Agua Marina No 61 Colonia Phone: 622 222 5482

International Community Foundation has set up a way to donate for relief efforts:
Click here
for the link. You can donate anonymously if you wish. Particulars on how the relief is being handled will be updated on that link as they happen.
For those without the resources, thanks for your help.
Mike

In Seattle: Alaska Airlines are starting to book flights to Loreto for Thursday. A friend of mine has seats on the first flight to get down there.
Call Alaska Airlines directly. Their website does not show these flights yet.

Alaska flight just left Loreto. Tue 9/5

Hi, My Dad, Peter Clarke died in Mulege, as far as we can tell, on Sunday.
Does anyone have any details of his situation at all? My Mum, Sister and I are all shocked and grieving at this unexpected news of his death. We are trying to understand what and how it happened. Please respond if you have more information.
Thanks.

quote:

Originally posted by Peter's Daughter:
Hi Turtle,
I'm Peter's daughter, Sarah. My Mum and sister adn I are trying very hard to find out what happened. We are in shock and grieving.
Can you help us understand how it happened, how my Dad died?
Thanks.

Sarah... please either email me at typhoonturtle@gmail.com
I just received more info. And I am having a hard time trying to bring myself to informing your mom as the first info was mainly incorrect. The only thing correct was his passing.

quote:

Originally posted by Peter's Daughter:
Hi, My Dad, Peter Clarke died in Mulege, as far as we can tell, on Sunday.
Does anyone have any details of his situation at all? My Mum, Sister and I are all shocked and grieving at this unexpected news of his death. We are trying to understand what and how it happened. Please respond if you have more information.
Thanks.

or MSN IM me at turtleangel04@hotmail.com

News says borders are closed? Media? havent heard from mom in Chivato. Very concerned about her and those in Mulege. Flights down to Loreto is a Great sign. Not sure if road to Chivato is acessable? Have very little fuel and water as the rest. Please keep informed. there email add. is loudrazo@direcway.com satalite.

There is no phone service - no electricity or phone lines. Talked to Dustin for a minute on Skype this morning. He was using a friend's satallite. The road from Santa Rosalia and Mulege is passable. From what I have heard, good to San Bruno and then need 4 wheel drive to Mulege.
Carol

I talked to a couple of people in Mulege last night via land lines. Phones in downtown (north side of river) are working except where the home or store was inundated (next to river). Saul's Tienda has phone service, for example, and homes on the hill above. Even with the several steps up to Saul's store from street level, he got 6-12" of water in the store. Homes across the the street and further toward the river had the same water level but their floors are lower, and those homes don't have phone service back yet.
The south side of the river had no phone service yet (as of this posting, I just tried again).

This message is from firejimmie who has a place on the Oasis Lot #508 next to Cliff's B&B. Wants to know extent of damage to his place, trailer, boat, etc. If anyone could send pictures or post what they find it will be appreciated. Will be going down in a few weeks, but would like to know the extent of damage in order to get the supplies and equipment he needs. If anyone sees Dustin or Lili please tell them they are in our prayers and we are thinking about them.

firejimmie- Per Rafa, water was up to the loft level in Cliff's house. IIRC, that would be over the ceiling in the B&B; Rafa concurred. Best of luck. Water should have been slower moving in your section to some extent (no open roads parallel to the direction of water travel for it to move swiftly) which would mean more mud deposition out of the slower water, but less scouring damage. Rafa said Jim's new trailer across from you moved, but is still under the new ramada.

If anyone has heard from Art and Joann (bought place from Lili and Dustin) please let them know Todd and Carmen are asking. Are they okay? Please tell them to contact us via Skype or e-mail. thestorm39@hotmail.com. Thanks. God Speed to all.