Z Rains Return

Hola
Rains are a fact of life in Zihua. They are essential to rejuvenate the life there. I love to see them. Unfortunately when it rains you can see the short comings of previous corrupt members of the governing bodies. The drainage issues are evident everywhere. An hour of rain and there is a foot (31 cm for you Canucks) in the streets. The brown water isn't from the rain, it is from the mismanaged sewer systems that are flushing onto the streets. Sorry if I sound like Rob, but, for the good of Zihua something has to be done about this.

Right on, Victorio. I made the front page of Despertar de la Costa last week for pointing out that recent streets built by the current municipal government in the "new" neighborhoods high on our hillsides where land invasions have been allowed (and even helped along by some well-meaning but ill-informed foreigners) had no pluvial drainage built in, meaning that the downtown area is likely to become severely flooded even quicker than in previous years. Each year the government panders to all the new voters it's allowed to occupy our ecological zones, building new roads here and there, none with drainage. Before the land invasions were allowed it would take about a full day of extremely heavy rain to cause major flooding downtown (except Cinco de Mayo which has always flooded quickly). Last year it only took between 15 and 20 minutes before we were bailing water out of our home, which is located in one of the better-drained streets of downtown Zihuatanejo.