Tony's popular veggie stand -- we may have to take a kayak to get there, but it looks like he'll be able to salvage itCell phone service was back on yesterday and I was able to get in touch with my friends to see how they are.
Ale has one dry room in her house and her tinaco isn't working, but instead of bemoaning her situation she has been out taking photos of the destruction in Guaymas, including shots of the church, San Fernando, without its dome, destroyed by the wind. I'm wondering if they're having services outside in the park this morning, since the sanctuary is full of rubble.
My maestra Lolita and her family is OK, and she has more than one tinaco for water storage, but she also owns a hotel with all its water demands. Her house is a block up the street from the church, high enough and well-constructed enough to have escaped serious damage. Alma, my doctor friend from the Ranchitos, stopped in for coffee with her husband and her mom. She's worried about the hospital where she's head of pediatrics, that the water situation is going to bring in more sick children and at the same time make treating them more difficult. She told me how to contact the water truck, which will come out and fill our tinaco, but since it's not well-filtered, it may only foul the tinaco and clog it up. At Marina Seca, British John dug out his mast yesterday and will be able to save it, though the spreaders and radar are lost. He has a glimmer of hope that his car is not ruined after all, though water rose as high as the seats. Jan made a run to Hermosillo and found a generator which will make their all-electric house more habitable; they'll need it when their new house is built, anyway. She brought back a couple of loaves of wonderful bread from Costco, so I'm looking forward to a peanut butter sandwich!
I'm hoping to see Brenda at Lolita's for Spanish conversation class on Tuesday, when we'll have a wealth of topics to discuss. Think I'll beef up my vocabulary a little before then. Words like inundated, mud, destruction and rubble...
My neighbor Joanne brought over a box of hand wipes, which I plan to make good use of, since handwashing is going to become a luxury.
We salvaged the generator from our old RV a few months ago, and the Capt set it up with British John's help, so we can run the fridge and fans a few hours a day, charge our laptops and the little charger that runs a 12-volt fan we use at night.
Still no shower, but thanks to Dr. Bronner's liquid soap and a plastic bowl, I can take a very refreshing Bronner bath once a day.
So our cup overfloweth in spite of some setbacks. With no Internet, television and other distractions (not even deadline, since I can't use my US phone), I've been giving a lot of thought to what can be learned from recent events. At the top of the list is the importance of friendship.