Todos Santos, Baja – May 12, 2012 Morning Fog

It’s June gloom in May. Need I mention how whacko the weather has been. Hot – cold – rain drops in May – sunny – cloudy. I have never seen anything like this in my years here and neither have my Mexican friends. Friday a week ago, the wind kept changing – when it blew from the south, the temps rose 20+ F degrees. When it blew from the north, the temps dropped an equal amount. There were dust devil like swirling winds and then dark ominous clouds that actually dropped a bit of rain in the Las Tunas area during Kramer’s pizza night. Unheard of!

So this morning it’s been foggy since dawn, over 3.5 hours now. Water dripping off of everything.

foggy morning todos santos baja

Looking Towards The Ocean From My House

todos santos baja foggy morning

Looking Towards The Mountains From My House

 

 

More Info (In Spanish) On May 10 Bismarkcito Shooting

The May 11, 2012 edition of Sudcaliforniano (La Paz newspaper) had a story on the shooting. It’s in Spanish of course, but you can run it through Google translate to get some idea of the content – granted this will leave a lot to be desired but it’s better than nothing. They are calling it a classic “narco” professional execution. It is fairly well known that narcos vacation in La Paz and many maintain “safe” residences there. Apparently La Paz is no longer quite as safe as it was just a few days ago.

Bismarkcito Shooting

Garrett McNamara’s Ride – Record Breaking 78 Foot High Wave

Ok, it’s not Baja, it’s not even Mèxico. But wow, what a wave, what a ride!

Garrett McNamara’s Ride

Shooting At Bismarkcito Restaurant In La Paz, Baja

I don’t know any more than this, but this is not good for the “city of peace”. Bismarkcito is very popular and has great seafood and taco dishes. Sad, so sad.

La Paz, BCS-The Attorney General of the State reports that at 16: 15 hours he
was advised by telephone that at the Bismarkcito restaurant, located on Avenida Alvaro Obregon (malecon) of this city was a person who had been shot and so immediately moved to the scene the Public Prosecutor agents specializing in manslaughter and Research Experts and others who initiated the investigations and had the crime scene secured.

The lawyer Gamill Arreola Leal, Attorney General in the state, announced this
and said the person was identified as Jose Machado Quinonez, 53-year-old
native of Los Mochis, occupation farmer on the farm of the delegation’s
Pimientilla of Plans, in the municipality of La Paz.

La Paz, B.C.S.- La Procuraduría General de Justicia del Estado a informa
que las 16: 15 horas fue avisado vía telefónica de que en el restaurante
Bismarksito, ubicado en la avenida Álvaro Obregón de esta ciudad se
encontraba una persona que había sido baleada, por lo que de inmediato se
trasladaron al lugar de los hechos el Agente del Ministerio Público
especializado en Homicidios Dolosos, así como Peritos y Elementos de
Investigación quienes iniciaron las investigaciones correspondientes y
resguardaron la escena del crimen.

El licenciado Gamill Arreola Leal, Procurador de Justicia en el estado dio
a conocer lo anterior y sostuvo que la persona fue identificada como José
Machado Quiñonez, de 53 años de edad, originario de Los Mochis de ocupación
agricultor en el rancho La Pimientilla de la delegación de Los Planes, en
el municipio de La Paz.

More info in Spanish (this source calls it an execution with 5 shots fired): Bismarkcito Shooting

2012 Eastern Pacific Hurricane Names

I can’t find the predictions for how many storms and what strength yet, but I think they are out there, I just can’t find them. If you know where I can locate the predictions, please leave a comment.

Below are this year’s names:

Aletta, Bud, Carlotta, Daniel, Emilia, Fabio, Gilma, Hector, Ileana, John,
Kristy, Lane, Miriam, Norman, Olivia, Paul, Rosa, Sergio, Tara, Vicente,
Willa, Xavier, Yolanda, and Zeke.