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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2020-10-09 19:47
As many of you know, I live south of the border in Cancun, Mexico. Hurricane Delta left a bit of a mess behind, so I'm hardly online right now. The cell towers are back up & running but I ran out of high-speed data on my plan and now I'm limited to ... sloooooow speeds. The hurricane landed about 15 miles south of me and the was very compact, so I only had 100mph winds for an hour or so, 70mph winds for a few hours more. Some broken windows, a large cinder block security wall blown over, and new construction across the street (cinder block) looks like a bomb went off - incomplete apartments with large openings facing the wind do not fare well, I discovered. Cinder block or not.
Palm trees and other vegetation that was smashed and broken will take a while to trim back, but this being the edge of a jungle, in a few months everything will grow back and look normal.
The infrastructure in Mexico is pretty resilient since it isn't too complex. My internet will be back after my internet company replaces the antenna on the roof. My email works fine if anyone needs to contact me ... email and regular text messaging is best right now. By Monday everything will probably be petty well patched up.
I don't know of any fatalities in the area.
My penance for living in Paradise
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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2020-10-09 20:46
Architects say that wooden houses built mortise and tenon style with thick timber hold up better than most structures against hurricanes. Some in Galveston, TX. built that way have been standing for over 140 years of hurricane wind battering. The wood has a resilience and spring to it that's lacking in harder materials like cinder block.
Since you're in Mexico, why not tell us Norteamericanos from time to time what's going on in the clarinet world down there?
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2020-10-09 20:54
seabreeze wrote:
> Since you're in Mexico, why not tell us Norteamericanos from
> time to time what's going on in the clarinet world down there?
If/when, I will. Once in a while one of the major universities have a woodwind day (UNAM, Universidad de Monterrey). I want to make it over to one of those someday.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2020-10-09 20:58
seabreeze wrote:
> Architects say that wooden houses built mortise and tenon style
> with thick timber hold up better than most structures against
> hurricanes. Some in Galveston, TX. built that way have been
> standing for over 140 years of hurricane wind battering. The
> wood has a resilience and spring to it that's lacking in harder
> materials like cinder block.
In Japan the mortise & tenon & timber (and double framed and a few other styles) have held up well over the ages to both hurricane and earthquake.
But incredibly expensive nowadays. Ever price out just a 6x6x12 small beam? And those old ones were built out of 12x12x12s. 4x the wood of a 6x6
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2020-10-10 01:04
I know it's slightly off topic, but how did Tulum fair?
A Caribbean gem that get's less attention.
..................Paul Aviles
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Author: ruben
Date: 2020-10-10 10:19
buena suerte amigo! cuidate mucho.
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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Author: ruben
Date: 2020-10-10 10:21
My old friend Philippe Cuper taught a generation of Mexican clarinetists. I was most impressed by their playing: lyrical, sensitive and technically fine.
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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Author: Michael E. Shultz
Date: 2020-10-10 14:42
A one story building with a hip roof (no gables) is the most durable style because it allow the best wind flow around and over it. The more a building impedes the wind, the more damage it suffers.
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2020-10-10 21:13
Paul Aviles wrote:
> I know it's slightly off topic, but how did Tulum fair?
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> A Caribbean gem that get's less attention.
You haven't been here for a while, have you? Tulum is the new hot spot.
Nowhere on this side of the peninsula had extensive damage. Lots of trees, some buildings damaged. The antenna for my internet on the roof is kinda not really working, stuff like that.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2020-10-11 00:51
Well........there is no "Senor Frog" in Tulum. That usually keeps out the serious party goers.
I was in Tulum and Chichenitza in 2008. Prior to that I had no idea just how advanced the mathematics and architecture of the Americas were at a time when Europeans were wallowing around in the Dark Ages.
Glad to hear the hurricane didn't cause major damage to the area.......or you!
................Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2020-10-11 02:29)
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Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2020-10-17 22:18
I'm really glad you're safe after the storm. I had no idea you lived there.
Jen
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