Archive for the ‘Lake Chapala’ Category
Sept. 14, 2007 — Our town of San Juan Cosala has been digging out from the mud and rocks that came down from the mountains on Wednesday, September 12, before dawn. San Juan Cosala is a town of maybe 5000 people, on the north shore of Lake Chapala, between the larger towns of Ajijic and [...]
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Sept. 25, 2007 — San Juan Cosala has an boarding school which has been in existence for many years. In the recent waterspout storm, it took on a lot of mud and the kids — about 140 of them, boys and girls both — were evacuated for a while to the nearby larger town of [...]
Kelly and I walked to the plaza in San Juan Cosala a couple of hours ago, to see how things were looking since the waterspout dumped huge amounts of water on the hills above the town, before dawn yesterday. He has gone on to the Raquet Club to take pictures there… many of the photos [...]
Sept. 12, 2007 – Today, after the waterspout hit San Juan Cosala before dawn, there were huge amounts of water, rocks, and mud rushing down the streets. We went down to the main highway, or carretera, where this picture shows mud, large equipment, people and trucks. We went several blocks along there, getting our shoes [...]
Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007 — Almighty God, You who know all things, May those who lost their homes last Wednesday be able to have new homes, and may those whose homes were damaged receive what they need for repairs. May everyone who has been lacking in the basics of life receive the food, water, and [...]
Sept. 13, 2007 — It began raining gently as we prepared for bed last night. Then it picked up a bit,and there was a little distant thunder. Kelly was soon sound asleep, but not me. The rain, with always such a sweet and welcome sound, had become enemy as well as friend. I lay awake [...]
Sept 14, 2007 — Here are all the links to blogs and groups of photos that I know of. If you find more, please add the link in a comment to this post. Thanks! My husband Kelly has a lot of photos at flickr. Here is a link to all his waterspout-related pictures, both San [...]
Sept 20, 2007 — When Kelly and I bought our house here in San Juan Cosala, by Lake Chapala, a year and a half ago, I wasn’t at all sure I wanted to be in Mexico. We had been living for close to ten years in an unusual small town in Colorado — Crestone — [...]
Sept 14, 2007 — These photos were taken by my husband Kelly yesterday, September 13, as San Juan Cosala (by Lake Chapala) dug out from the mud and mess in the aftermath of the waterspout the day before, and we walked around our town. I doubt I’ll forget the word for mud: lodo. Below is [...]
Sept 19, 2007 — It’s been a week now since the waterspout hit San Juan Cosala and filled many parts of the town with mud, rocks, and other debris. There was a tremendous outpouring of help at first, but it’s inevitable that it will taper off. Many of us foreigners who live here by Lake [...]
