Tropical Deluge - Round 1

thanks Rob. We here in Troncones are watching the winds and rains. Very strong.

We seem to have more of these torrential downpours than ever before. Rains like today that cause almost instant flooding thanks to all our paved streets whose only drainage is the street itself. This deluge caused the canal “La Boquita” to overflow, but the rain stopped just in time as the water began to rise here on our corner. A few more minutes of deluge and we’d have been seeing if the flood panels in our doorways worked. Whew! That was a close one.

The rain is much lighter now but is expected to continue at least through midnight.

Just after our beach dog walk this morning we had .12 inches.

During dinner, we have had in two very nice rains, 2.08 inches. Its wonderful!

We are on Playa la Ropa, in paradise.

Until the road washes out. It happens. And I’ve seen La Huerta become a lagoon and the beach impassable with two raging rivers (one at each end). All things to keep in mind living in the danger zone.

I hope everyone is keeping safe and dry. I for one am enjoying the cooler weather.

I practiced the end of Horario de Verano today. 5 more days. Ahhhh! Just getting ready.

Yepper, great sleeping weather once the threat of flooding passed. The sound alone of the rain alerts us nowadays.

Here's what it looked like on Avenida Heróico Colegio Militar in front of El Cacahuate last night. (photos thanks to Juanito Zihua)