Please take a look at the above and your follow on-oh, excuse me, calling one an "asshole" is not name calling.

We will doubtful never agree on other aspects of this post.

I am truly sorry for your loss and nothing in my posts was directed at you.

I simply pointed out to Rob that palapa roofs are root cause of fires and they should be prohited. He started calling names, as his practice, and pointed out the palm fronds are a common roofing material for lower income folks. Everyone understands that cost is a factor and many times flammable materials are used simply because they are cheap. My point was to start with zoning/building codes in the commercial district. And the thread exploded from there.

As a general statement for this board, name calling does not accomplish anything. Shooting the messenger or other such attempted solutions are the stuff wars are made of.

I do sympathize with you and hope your rebuild will be as beautiful as the original.

Please point out to me where I called you names, güey. I suggested you remember this is Mexico, not Arizona. The problem is not the material used but the banned cantoya lanterns. Why you choose to blame the victims only you know. Suggesting you are some kind of "messenger" is more wishful thinking on your part than a stretch of the imagination. Personally I, like millions of my Mexican compatriots and millions of our visitors, love the fact that we still use natural materials such as palapa and adobe for building homes both for the poor and wealthy. I can only guess you are a fan of cantoya lanterns looking to avoid some cognitive dissonance. The names you were called that I did not delete were in direct proportion to the lack of respect you displayed for the affected, and I would add for our culture in general.

I simply pointed out to Rob that palapa roofs are root cause of fires and they should be prohited. He started calling names, as his practice, and pointed out the palm fronds are a common roofing material for lower income folks. Everyone understands that cost is a factor and many times flammable materials are used simply because they are cheap. My point was to start with zoning/building codes in the commercial district. And the thread exploded from there.

As a general statement for this board, name calling does not accomplish anything. Shooting the messenger or other such attempted solutions are the stuff wars are made of.

I do sympathize with you and hope your rebuild will be as beautiful as the original.

So sorry for your loss. Godspeed!

"During my stays in the area I have seen palaypa roofs cause two fires."

This, I sincerely doubt!

Why?

This, I sincerely doubt!

Even someone as stupid as me can surely see that without name calling and shooting the messenger.

During my stays in the area I have seen palaypa roofs cause two fires. One was an electrical short circuit which lit up the palm fronds. Another was a palaypa covered cooking area near six beautiful palapa covered homes; lukily (or good planning?) a gas motor driven pump connected to the swimming pool quelled the flames.

I the problem is not "fixed" then you will continue to have fires due to palaypa roofs it they will continue to BURN, BABY, BURN! Have a nice day!

A good start would be some zoning/building codes for commercial districts. Otherwise don't complain about the lanterns and just BURN, BABY, BURN~

Viejo, were you born that stupid or have you spent your life practicing to be come that dumb? Either way you are unfixable, as stupid can't be fixed!

What an insensative statement-----

A good start would be some zoning/building codes for commercial districts. Otherwise don't complain about the lanterns and just BURN, BABY, BURN~

Thanks for reminding us that assholes are present everywhere...

Yeah, I had to just shake my head at that his remarks, too.

A good start would be some zoning/building codes for commercial districts. Otherwise don't complain about the lanterns and just BURN, BABY, BURN~

Thanks for reminding us that assholes are present everywhere...

The site cleanup began yesterday and will continue over the next few weeks, followed by the rebuild, hopefully this time without a palapa roof.

Our next door neighbors just returned from emptying the freezer in their friends unit in the "lower" part of the facility. Their friends are out of country and had rented their unit for the holidays.

They came back with the freezer stuff because the power is out, and reported that except for being dirty, the unit was fine.

Wish we could provide details, but we did see the freezer stuff coming out of their car and going into their freezer for preservation.

Hopefully other units survived.

Just sent you an email regarding the "lower" building and the owners whom your neighbors so kindly assisted. If you could reply, I'd appreciate it greatly!

Thanks, KO, for the report on the fire…what a pity that a little lantern would cause such destruction!

We watched as a few dozen lanterns lifted-off last night from Playa Principal, headed directly towards La Madera. We even saw one land, still burning brightly, in the water.
A friend reports there were some lanterns being launched from Playa La Ropa last night that were the size of large beach umbrellas.

They came back with the freezer stuff because the power is out, and reported that except for being dirty, the unit was fine.

Wish we could provide details, but we did see the freezer stuff coming out of their car and going into their freezer for preservation.

Hopefully other units survived.

Our prayers go out to everyone affected by this horrible trajedy.

We are STILL allowed to replace an existing wood shake roof with a wood shake roof. Total insanity, and we are in the completely, totally, thoroughly regulated US.

Hopefully there were no injuries during the fire. Our thoughts to those that lost jobs during this accident.