La Vida PresenZIHada

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As of today, since April 18, 2020 Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 1,805 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (same as yesterday), 139 that have resulted in fatalities, 38 that are currently active, and approximately 1,505 that have recovered. That's more like it. Numbers coming down as I predicted. Suspiciously, the cases that were seen recently in Troncones (La Unión) never showed up on their dataset, so I have to guess they showed up instead in Zihuatanejo's. Figgers.

Seemed a bit more summerlike today. Midalake even reported a light rain in Ixtapa. The additional humidity felt good to me. Nice breeze much of the day, too. Something about living with perfect early summer-like weather every day just feels so fulfilling and satisfying.

Okay, I think we're all ready for those reindeer to fly away now.

Ya, the humidity is down today.

Lets keep that zero "no new' case thing going!!!

HA! We also laughed about the reindeer and Santa when we passed yesterday evening!

Little did I know when I posted this photo yesterday of the iconic palm trees in Plaza Olof Palme that this morning the municipal government would sneak out like a thief in the night and cut them all down. Lupita and I are both furious. So are our neighbors. Greedy politicians have gone too far.

All one can hope now is that the plan is to replace them when bombing stops.

All one can hope now is that the plan is to replace them when bombing stops.

I don't believe most readers here realize they weren't just six palm trees. They were irreplaceable.

La Plaza Olof Palme de Zihuatanejo, un mensaje de paz.

Plaza Olof Palme

Unfrigging believable!!! What a shame!

What a damn shame. This is so sad.

All one can hope now is that the plan is to replace them when bombing stops.

I don't believe most readers here realize they weren't just six palm trees. They were irreplaceable.

That's awful! The same mentality with the border wall.

Screw that 1200 year old cactus; it's in the way of my political ambitions.

I had always believed that Mexicans, given the culture and history would have much more respect for nature than white people. But the lesson I'm learning is hardly anybody anywhere much gives a shit.

So we continue on our path to environmental destruction and extinction.

BTW did you know the population of monarch butterflies is down 99% in just the past couple years?

I just walked by. That is really sad.

I just walked by. That is really sad.

What is really sad is the DISRESPECT the destruction of those trees represents to Zihuatanejo's residents, especially those with a memory of and an appreciation for why the washingtonia palms were planted there in the first place. Planting some coconut palms does not make up for it. It only demonstrates the mayor's own cynicism.

That is sad news as it is indeed way more than the loss of 6 trees...

That they were unceremoniously cut down is quite distressing. Keep the faith Rob, you and Lupita represent most of us who love Zihuatanejo from afar.

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Curly!

I just completed a Contact form on line to the Mayor office. I think other than a few items he is doing a pretty good job. Keep people busy and trying to keep their minds off of the Pandemic while trying to involve the locals is responsible practice.

My request was that he and his council try to remember what made ZIHU what it is and do not let it become something like some many other coast cities. Keep the nature, Keep the family atmosphere, Keep the beaches clean, Keep the trees and the Birds that live in them. People will want this more than ever when this pandemic moves on.

Rob and his bride do all they can to promote this but a few kind words to the Mayor will not hurt....

https://zihuatanejodeazueta.gob.mx/contacto

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