Saturday, June 23, 2012
4.2 Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico-Tonala EARTHQUAKE, June 15, 2012 at 01:53:36 AM
4.2 Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico-Tonala EARTHQUAKE, June 15, 2012 at 01:53:36 AM
4.2 Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico Earthquake. Image and Data Credit USGS.
The USGS has reported a 4.2 magnitude earthquake has struck Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 01:53:36 AM . The epicenter was located approximately:
37 km (22 miles) ESE of Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico126 km (78 miles) W of Tonala, Chiapas, Mexico
184 km (114 miles) ENE of Puerto Angel, Oaxaca, Mexico
587 km (364 miles) SE of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
...at a depth of 35.2 km (21.9 miles). There were no significant injuries or damage reported at this point, Friendly Forecast will update this report as events unfold. You can read the full Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico earthquake details here.
Did you feel it?
Tropical Storm Carlotta
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Tropical Storm Carlotta
Tropical Storm Carlotta : 5 Day Forecast Map | Weather Underground
As I write this, Carlotta is still a tropical storm, moving about 10 miles an hour NNW, with wind speeds up to 65 miles per hour. If you read the discussion part of the link, she is expected to become a Cat 1 Hurricane tomorrow morning, and we in Huatulco will get heavy rain and wind for most of tomorrow, with the peak of the storm passing us late tomorrow afternoon and evening.
As news of Carlotta spread today, the marine community put emergency measures into action. Local authorities have a hurricane readiness program that involves all municipal, state and federal authorities. The ramps in Santa Cruz and Marina Chahue were busy with pangas being hauled, NO RAMP FEE, and some of the big catamarans have moved to Chahue for the duration of the storm.Wonder why they are moving their boats??? Buoyweather is predicting over 4 meter waves tomorrow, that's right, over 12 foot waves!
Lancheras hauled their pangas to the lot in front of the Municipal Building in Chahue, behind Guelegetza Park. There are far more lanchas than remolques (trailers), so the pangas are blocked up on old tires and fuel tanks and some of them tied to the huge huanacastle tree next to the parking lot.
Update tomorrow.
As news of Carlotta spread today, the marine community put emergency measures into action. Local authorities have a hurricane readiness program that involves all municipal, state and federal authorities. The ramps in Santa Cruz and Marina Chahue were busy with pangas being hauled, NO RAMP FEE, and some of the big catamarans have moved to Chahue for the duration of the storm.Wonder why they are moving their boats??? Buoyweather is predicting over 4 meter waves tomorrow, that's right, over 12 foot waves!
Update tomorrow.
Huatulco, Oaxaca Mexico Friday, June 22, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Huatulco, Oaxaca Mexico
Better late than never. I just happened upon this draft blog that I had started a couple of years ago when we were still on the Pacific side of Mexico! Yikes! I never actually wrote anything - just uploaded the photos and forgot about it. But I thought that it was really worth sharing because of the wonderful textiles we saw being handwoven there. And yes, I did buy some.We were in the Huatulco Marina waiting for a weather window to cross the notorious gulf of Tehuatepec which was a 4night/5 day passage. This area of Mexico is very narrow and relatively flat so the winds from the Caribbean funnel through and intensify. Thus, a long, calm period of low winds is desired.
While we waited, we often visited the nearby town of Las Crucetas which was walking distance. Around the central plaza we spotted this woman hand-weaving a wool rug or blanket on a very rudimentary loom. This was set up as a demonstration for an attached retail store. As the Mexican government has invested in this area to accommodate tourists, there is a lot of activity and good restraurants.
We also explored some of the back roads (actually we were looking for a place to buy Jonesy some clip-on sunglasses) when we came across a small weaving enterprise. Here it was men who operated the the slightly more modern looms. The materials here were cottons. I purchased some colorful and textured placemats for our table plus a couple of pillow covers for the cockpit cushions.
Just the sight of all that fiberly goodness got me tingling! I could have just pulled up a stoll and sat and knit all day just soaking up the textile fumes.
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| A weaver making a tablecloth |
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| Cones of cotton thread |
There are a lot of very high-end resorts near here and I have to wonder how many folks ever set out on foot to explore beyond the central square or even their all-inclusive resorts? They certainly are missing a lot of the more interesting things that we see and I know that we have to be missing a lot too. Just yesterday on a long van ride (collectivo) to the port city of Porto Barrios I got to see fields of rubber trees in sizes from mature to nursery stock , trucks carrying the large bunches of palm oil dates to the processing plant, banana trucks headed to the port, and a pig market/selling gathering by the roadside.
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| Spotted Eagle Ray |
The bays of Huatulco are full of marine life. Here are two photos taken in the Marina. The first is a small spotted eagle ray who was swimming by our boat. The second is a spotted trunk fish by the walkway. The water, although murky looking, was obviously clear enough to photograph these amazing creatures.
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| Spotted trunk fish |
White-throated magpie jay
Orange-breasted bunting (blue!)
Pale-billed woodpecker
Kiskadee
Yellow-winged Cacique
Parrots
West Mexican Chachalaca
and many, many hummingbirds
As part of the landscaping of the marina (which was all still under construction at the time) there was a short papaya tree. Usually, the blooms and fruit are way up high in the tree, but as you can I could actually reach these hefty and future yummy fruits.
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| Papayas on the tree |
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| Papaya flowers |
That's it for now. We're still enjoying our summer camp session here at Mario's Marina. Life is good.
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