Sunday, June 17, 2012
Hurricane Carlotta
A store with a living space above it in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, was destroyed by Hurricane Carlotta.
Carlotta's force is being felt in Santa Cruz...waves breaking over the cruise ship dock, pounding the breakwater. Some poor soul lost a panga, and another couple in trouble in the darsena.
I shot this video from the concrete bathroom of a beach bar as Hurricane Carlotta starts pounding the beach community of Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca. Minutes before we had been laughing and joking at the bar as the rain and surf pounded. Then suddenly the hurricane force winds arrived and everyone ran for cover. Notice near the end I yell "porra!" as a tree branch crashes down in front of me. For a moment I forgot where I was and yelled out in Portuguese (porra = damn!).
A resident stands in his shack that was damaged by Hurricane Carlotta in Zicatela, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca
A man walks over the debris of his home damaged by hurricane Carlotta in the community of San Antonio Tonameca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Photograph by: Jorge Luis Plata, Reuters , Reuters
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Residents push a stall knocked down by Hurricane Carlotta in the community of Pluma Hidalgo
Residents push a stall knocked down by Hurricane Carlotta in the community of Pluma Hidalgo, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca June 16, 2012. Carlotta weakened into a tropical depression on Saturday after battering Mexico's Pacific coast and killing at least two children whose house collapsed in a landslide. REUTERS/Jorge Luis Plata (MEXICO - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
CREDIT: REUTERS
PUBLISHED DATE: 06/16/2012
Hurricane Carlotta Leaves 2 Dead in Southern Mexico
Hurricane Carlotta Leaves 2 Dead in Southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Carlotta left two children dead in Mexico before weakening Saturday to a tropical depression over the mountains of the southern state of Guerrero, officials said.In a bulletin issued at 10:00 a.m., the National Meteorological Service, or SMN, said that Carlotta continues to weaken and is expected to continue moving toward northwestern Guerrero, “gradually losing force over the next few hours.”
The update indicates that the weather system, whose danger rating was earlier in the day downgraded from strong to moderate, is moving west-northwest at 19 kilometers (12 miles) per hour. The alert zone extends from Punta Maldonado in the southern state of Oaxaca to Acapulco, Guerrero.
The SMN said the storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers (34 miles) per hour with gusts of up to 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour. Its outer bands, partially covering Jalisco, Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Mexico state, Mexico City and Morelos, have unleashed heavy rains and electrical storms.
It recommended taking extreme precautions against flooding and mudslides, chiefly in Guerrero and Michoacan states.
Carlotta became a Category 1 hurricane on Friday and strengthened to a Category 2, but weakened in the night to a Category 1 upon making landfall before being downgraded Saturday morning to a tropical storm and later to a tropical depression.
The mayor of Pluma Hidalgo in Oaxaca state confirmed Friday night the death of Roselia Jose Franco, 12, and Marisol Franco Ruiz, 7, who were killed when a mudslide fell on their home.
Meanwhile the victims’ mother, Apolinia Franco, was injured and has been hospitalized in serious condition.
On his Twitter account, the mayor said the municipality suffered significant damages in the storm. “Country roads are completely cut off and 60 percent of homes have been partially or totally destroyed,” the official said, and asked the army and navy to come to the aid of the municipality.
At the same time in the municipalities of Huatulco, Puerto Angel, Juchitan, Salina Cruz and Pochutla, among others, citizens have reported flooding, toppled trees and damage to telecommunications networks and power lines.
In Putla Villa, Guerrero state, emergency management officials reported 18 missing persons.
The Oaxaca government also reported damage to several state highways.
For the current hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean, which began May 15 and ends Nov. 30, the SMN has forecast the formation of 13 hurricanes.
The first of the season was Bud, which began on May 24 and at its strongest became a Category 3 on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale but caused little damage.
Deadly hurricane in Mexico weakens to tropical depression By Mica Rosenberg, Reuters June 17, 2012 Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Deadly+hurricane+Mexico+weakens+tropical+depression/6795891/story.html#ixzz1y6BGwcqp
A man walks over the debris of his home damaged by hurricane Carlotta in the community of San Antonio Tonameca in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
Photograph by: Jorge Luis Plata, Reuters , Reuters
Tropical Storm Carlotta weakened into a tropical depression on Saturday after battering Mexico's Pacific coast and killing at least two children whose house collapsed in a landslide.
The government of Mexico previously lifted the hurricane warning from Salina Cruz to Acapulco after Carlotta made landfall in the southern state of Oaxaca on Friday night, dumping rain on mountainous villages along the coast.
Carlotta became a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale before weakening to a tropical storm earlier Saturday.
A mud-brick house collapsed in the town of Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, killing a 13-year-old girl and her seven-year-old sister, said Cyntia Tovar, a spokeswoman for the state's emergency services department. The girls' mother survived but was badly injured and taken to the hospital, Tovar said.
"The damage occurred during the night so we are still gathering information. There was no major flooding but a lot of rain and strong winds," said Tovar.
Farther north, heavy rains lashed the tourist resort of Acapulco overnight. Skies were overcast in the resort on Saturday, but tourists returned to the beaches and hotel pools.
Melquiades Olemedo, head of emergency services for Acapulco city, said no major damage was reported - only sporadic power outages and trees downed by winds that reached 60 kilometres per hour.
The storm is forecast to swirl inland over southern Mexico for the next couple of days, dumping between 100 to 200 mm of rain through Monday, the Miami-based centre said.
"These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," the centre said.
The government of Mexico previously lifted the hurricane warning from Salina Cruz to Acapulco after Carlotta made landfall in the southern state of Oaxaca on Friday night, dumping rain on mountainous villages along the coast.
Carlotta became a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson intensity scale before weakening to a tropical storm earlier Saturday.
A mud-brick house collapsed in the town of Pluma Hidalgo, Oaxaca, killing a 13-year-old girl and her seven-year-old sister, said Cyntia Tovar, a spokeswoman for the state's emergency services department. The girls' mother survived but was badly injured and taken to the hospital, Tovar said.
"The damage occurred during the night so we are still gathering information. There was no major flooding but a lot of rain and strong winds," said Tovar.
Farther north, heavy rains lashed the tourist resort of Acapulco overnight. Skies were overcast in the resort on Saturday, but tourists returned to the beaches and hotel pools.
Melquiades Olemedo, head of emergency services for Acapulco city, said no major damage was reported - only sporadic power outages and trees downed by winds that reached 60 kilometres per hour.
The storm is forecast to swirl inland over southern Mexico for the next couple of days, dumping between 100 to 200 mm of rain through Monday, the Miami-based centre said.
"These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," the centre said.
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Watch a Crucifiction: Semana Santa in Mexico
 | Watch a Crucifiction: Semana Santa in Mexicoby TC |
On Easter in my home country the US a giant rabbit hides chocolate eggs around the house or backyard. Then the kids look for them. They might even find a plastic basket full of colorful plastic straw: Easter hay.
Another thing to do is poke two pinholes in an egg, blow out the contents, and then paint it in pastels. Or is it boiled first? I can`t remember.
So if you think that´s normal, don´t be surprised that in some parts of the world a teenager gets dressed up as Jesus, drags a big heavy cross up the mountain while getting whipped by his friends, and is then crucified.
Semana Santa (holy week) is the week before Easter in Latin America. Here in Mexico it`s a vacation – for many a time to travel, to hit the beach, like Spring Break. But prices are inflated and roads are congested. For the religious or the curious you can stick around your local small town and check out all the festivities.
This year (2012) I was in Temoaya, about an hour from Toluca, an hour or two from Mexico City and the capital of the State of Mexico. It`s a dry, dusty, cactus and agave dotted altiplano. Toluca is in fact the highest city in Mexico, and Temoaya is even higher.
Interesting things happen all week in town, like parties, dances, and town dinners. But I came on a Thursday, jueves santo, the night of the last supper.
In the mountain air of Temoaya at night, youths from town dressed up and reenacted the last supper in the town square. It was a little cold, a little long, and a little hard to hear, but interesting nonetheless. Another Thursday activity in the cities is when people visit seven churches to represent the seven falls of Jesus.
But the real action was on Friday, viernes santo (holy Friday) in Mexico, Good Friday to us north of the border. I wonder which name Jesus would prefer. This was the day he was betrayed and crucified, after all.
At around 11 am the town square was full of costumed participants and surrounded by scores of watchers, including noisy hawkers of snacks and bon-ice. After a lot of pushing around of Jesus, interrupted by short sermons from the local priest, the final judgment was made. The big heavy wooden cross was hoisted onto Jesus` shoulders. The long walk uphill began, aided by frequent whippings from the Romans – friends and neighbors of Jesus in real life, no doubt.
We followed behind in the big, slow moving crowd, walking to a small hill/sand quarry outside Temoaya`s center.
Still whipped along, Jesus dragged the cross all the way up, followed by the two criminals who were to share his fate. One of them was my girlfriend`s cousin, so afterward I could pick his brain about all this. He seemed to have really enjoyed it. He remarked that the view from up there was really nice. You could see all the way to Toluca and the bigNevado de Toluca volcano beyond. But their backs were pretty torn up.
I couldn´t help but remember the final scene in Monty Python´s ¨Life of Brian.¨
They stayed up there crucified a good half hour, the microphone passed between them as they acted out their roles while the big crowd watched below.
Then they came down and in came the paramedics.
At night on Friday is la procesión del silencio (the procession of silence), which is like a funeral for Jesus. The townspeople dress in black, carry candles, and walk through town at night.
Then Saturday is el sábado de gloria (Saturday of glory), which is the big party. Not only is this the day that Jesus was resurrected, cause enough for celebration, but everyone who gave up eating meat, drinking, smoking, or whatever else can do it again. Party!
These types of shows happen all over Mexico and the Catholic world. In Iztapalapa in Mexico City they use metal whips and real nails, and the guy who plays Jesus prepares for a year beforehand!
But at least he isn´t carrying around a basket full of chocolate eggs, dressed as a rabbit.
Fin del huracán Carlota / 16 junio 2012 – 10:00 pm 16 JUNIO 2012
Fin del huracán Carlota / 16 junio 2012 – 10:00 pm
16 JUNIO 2012
Ubicación de los remanentes del huracán Carlota a las 10:00 p.m. (hora de México) del 16 de junio de 2012. Fuente: Centro Nacional de Huracanes.
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El huracán Carlota durante el día de hoy sábado se siguio debilitando hasta que el Centro Nacional de Huracaenes de E.U. en su aviso de las 10 de la noche solo considera que quedan remanentes en las montañas de Guerrero, esta previsto que estos desapareceran durante el transcurso del domingo.
Los remanentes de este huracán continuaran generando lluvias en los proximos días y según se ve en la imagen de satelite de esta tarde del sabado, habia amplias zonas nubladas y con lluvias en Guerrero, Oaxaca, estado de México, D.F, Michoacan y Oaxaca.
El centro del remanente aun presenta vientos maximos sostenidos 35 km/hr. y continua desplazandose hacia el oeste-noroeste a una velocidad de 7 km/hr.
El Centro Nacional de Huracanes de E.U. emitió su último aviso sobre este fenomeno meteorológico a las 10:00 p.m. del sábado 16 de junio.
Fuente de datos: www.nhc.noaa.gov
Imagen de satelite de los remanentes del huracán Carlota tomada a las 7:15 p.m. (hora de México) del 16 de junio de 2012. Fuente: Satellite Services División / NOAA
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Timelapse del paso de los remanentes de lo que fue el huracán Carlota por la bahía de Ixtapa, Guerrero, hoy 16 de junio de 2012.
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Huatulco, Oaxaca, a las 11:00 am del sábado, 16 de junio del 2012, después del paso del huracán Carlota. Foto: @chavaaventuraoax vía twitter
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Arboles caidos en Huatulco, a consecuencia del huracàn Carlota, la mañana del sábado, 16 de junio de 2012. Foot: @rosyramales vía twitter
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Bahìa de Santa Cruz en Huatulco, Oaxaca, en la mañana del sabado, 16 de junio. Foto: @enlacedelacosta vía twitter.
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Brigadas de Fonatur quitando àrboles y ramas de las calles en La Crucecita, Huatulco.
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Calle de Huatulco, al amanecer del sábado, 16 de junio, después del paso del huracán Carlota. Foto: @enlacedelacosta vía twitter
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Ubicaciòn del centro de la depresiòn tropical, remanente del huracàn Carlota, a las 10:00 am (hora de Mèxico) del sábado, 16 de junio de 2012. Fuente: Centro Nacional de Huracanes.
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Los remanentes del huracán Carlota aùn persisten en la zona de Acapulco, pero se degradò a la categoria de depresiòn tropìcal, aun continuaran las fuertes lluvias en algunas partes.
La depresiòn se esta moviendo hacia el oeste-noroeste a 19 km/hr, ubicandose su centro a unos 80 kilòmetros al norte-noreste de Acapulco, sobre las montañas del estado de Guerrero.
Los vientos maximos sostenidos han disminuido a cerca de 55 km/hr con algunas rachas mas fuertes. Se espera que continuen disminuyendo hasta desaparecer en el transcurso del dìa o noche.
fuente de datos: www.nhc.noaa.gov
Imagen de satelite de los remanentes del huracán Carlota a las 10:45 am (hora de Mèxico) del sábado, 16 de junio de 2012. Fuente: Satellite Services Division / NOAA
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Fotos de Acapulco al amanecer – 16 junio 2012
16 JUNIO 2012
Acapulco, Guerrero, en las primeras horas de la mañana del sabado, 16 de junio, bajo los efectos de la tormenta tropical Carlota. Foto: @grimaldo1971 vía twitter
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La bocana en Acapulco. 16 de junio de 2012. Foto: @checogodinez vía twitter
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Playas de Acapulco, Guerrero, al amanecer del sábado, 16 de junio, bajo los efectos de la tormenta tropical Carlota. Foto: @imagendemexico vía twitter
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Acapulco al amanecer del día 16 de junio de 2012. Foto:@webcamsdemexico vía twitter
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Ubicación de la tormenta tropical Carlota y pronostico de la trayectoria de sus remanentes, dado a las 7:00 am (hora de México) del 16 de junio de 2012. Fuente: Centro Nacional de Huracanes.
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En la noche del jueves, 15 de junio, el huracán Carlota entro en tierra firme cerca de Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, y siguio avanzando hacia el noroeste internandose en las montañas de Guerrero, esto motivo que perdiera fuerza y se degradara a tormenta tropical. Se prevé que en las proximas horas solo queden los remanentes, aunque el peligro continua por las lluvias y sus efectos.
El Centro Nacional de Huracanes de E.U. informa que a las 7:00 a.m. de hoy sabado, 16 de junio, que el centro de la tormenta se ubica a 70 km al noreste de Acapulco, aunque los vientos con intensidad de tormenta tropical se extienden hasta 150 kilómetros desde su centro.
Los vientos maximos sostenidos son de 75 km/hr con rachas mas fuertes y se desplaza hacia el oeste-noroeste a una velocidad de 20 km/hr.
Fuente de datos: www.nhc.noaa.gov
Imagen de satelite de la tormenta tropical Carlota a las 6:15 am (hora de México) del sabado, 16 de junio de 2012. Fuente: Satellite Services Division / NOAA
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AVISO ESPECIAL DE CONAGUA
Aviso especial de la Comisiòn Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA) dado a las 8:00 a.m. del sábado, 16 de junio de 2012.
Huracan Carlota en Zipolite, Oaxaca, a las 6:30 p.m. del 15 de junio del 2012.
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Huracán Carlota en Huatulco, Oaxaca, en la tarde del 15 de junio
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Bahía de Santa Cruz, Huatulco, en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca.
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Huatulco, Oaxaca.
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Waiting for Word from Zipolite
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012
Waiting for Word from Zipolite
Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2012
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**Update June 16- 7:05 PST- I have seen a few photos, the place beside La Choza was flatten, there is a lot of debris and damage on the main street, but I know from the past that the people of Zipolite will have it cleaned up quickly. I only saw a few photos you can see them on the Facebook page for Zipolite. I am still waiting to hear how Roca Blanca Posada and Shambhala faired. There are alot of trees down so it will be a bit. https://www.facebook.com/groups/5258919189/
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Carlotta has passed Zipolite now, but we haven't had actual word from anyone. There have been reports that there are no lights or power, I'm sure it's going to take a while for that to get fixed. I'm saying prayers everyone is safe and there is not to much damage. Someone posted that they had talked to their family, and that all was fine, just lots of trees down and no cells or electricity.
Here is a video of Casa De Sol. I believe it's right behind Shambhala so it will give you a good indication of what happened there yesterday.
Here is a good link to other videos and infohttp://aguapasada.wordpress.com/
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