Rainy Days & Sundays Never Get Z Down

The rain and wind from the then tropical low pressure system that is now Tropical Storm Newton began Saturday afternoon in earnest right after siesta time. Sometimes hard, sometimes soft. Sometimes it took little breaks. We were concerned about flooding and the effects of the strong winds, but when the weather event is happening there's not much to be done other than keep an eye on things, make sure plants aren't blowing off the roof, and make sure the water drains properly from the rooftop.

Even though there was nary a soul out on the streets Saturday night, it didn't stop the bad boy bars from blasting their music at obscene levels. I guess they took advantage of the fact that once the rain began there was no evidence at all of any municipal authority. Saturday night and all of Sunday our flooded streets were devoid of any sign of any government authority looking after the town with the exception of our underpaid, underfunded and under-equipped Protección Civil who work miracles with what they have. Yet somehow the bigwigs managed to show up for the big whoop-tee-doo to officially announce the start of the Punta Garrobo megaproject. They do love their megaprojects. All that money to skim from!

Somehow a few tourists managed to make the best of it at the few restaurants that opened. I caught a group of folks under the palapa at Casa Arcadia being serenaded when Lupita and I ventured out after the rain lightened up early Sunday evening. Here's a video of the beach and the bay out in front of the Plaza del Artista.
http://www.facebook.com/zihuarob/videos/1128488633872396/

Here's a shot of the canal at its mouth where the wall is broken and we fear it will collapse and block the water and cause even worse flooding.

By the time we ventured out and went to the footbridge by the old Palacio Federal, now the museum, the water in the canal had subsided quite a bit from what it must have been a few hours earlier.

Hard to believe this was Sunday evening at the zócalo!