The Baja blog

This hurricane really was unpredictable, first it was going to hit between Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, then it turns out to the pacific side, then it turns in direction of San Jose del Cabo, finally it went to the sea of Cortez and finally it hit Baja on the Eastcape, on Los Barriles. 

Los Barriles is a small population, it has a few (but very good) inns, a lot of fishermen and great beaches and beauty in Baja style, a lot of palapas, palm trees and houses were moved by the powerful hurricane, a lot of palm trees were taken out of the ground from its roots, but no human lives were lost. 

Natural rivers grown, and for some time the roads between cities were impossible to use, populations on the eastcape and La Paz lost electricity, phones and water. The hurricane still alive hit La Paz and more populations of the north of the state with less strength but still powerful winds. 

In a short time most populations (except Los Barriles) got the services back, the internet was the last thing we got (yesterday at night) and everything at least in La Paz, Todos Santos, Pescadero, Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo are back to normal, and the government is implementing an emergency plan in Los Barriles. For the experience people here have seems like there’s nothing to be sorry about (human lives) anyway the damages to properties specially in Los Barriles are high, specially since a lot of constructions there has palm tree roofs. 

There’s another hurricane near Baja, is the hurricane Ileana and is a category 3 hurricane, seems that it won’t hit Baja in any point, but so far we have some clouds here in Cabo and yesterday we had some rain in La Paz, nothing to worry about. If you want to know a little bit more about this hurricane you can see this page, if you are coming to Cabo don’t worry, according to every single data we have checked this hurricane will not hit Cabo in anyway or Baja, it will run aside and bring a little bit of rain. 

The hurricane Emilia is now far away from Baja, and the good thing about it is that we have a lot of rain in La Paz and Los Cabos, today I drove from La Paz to Cabo San Lucas and from Cabo to San Jose del Cabo and it is pretty unusual and kind of great to see a green road.