Winds reached more than 50 kilometers per hour in Ajijic and more than 70 kilometers per hour in Chapala
Miguel Martínez street in the municipal headwaters with the fallen guamuchil and flood damage.Photo: Jazmin Stengel.
Jazmín Stengel (Chapala).- The first rains in Chapala left five fallen trees, damaged power line, and the obstruction of the water well number 3, according to reports from the director of Fire and Civil Protection in Chapala, Antonio Lorenzo Salazar Guerrero and the Municipal System of Potable Water and Sewerage (SIMAPA).
Winds of over 50 kilometers per hour in Ajijic and more than 70 in Chapala were recorded for almost 15 minutes during the first rain of the season on May 14, after 7:30 at night, according to Civil Protection and Firefighters of Jalisco.
Of the five fallen trees, two were in Atotonilquillo, one at the entrance on the Santa Rosa – La Barca highway and the second at the exit to Juanacatlán, damaging a light pole and telephone cables, which have already been repaired.
Another tree almost 15 meters tall fell in La Floresta subdivision of Ajijic, which blocked the road for almost an hour.Residents and Firefighters and Civil Protection removed it completely.
In the municipal capital, the tree collapsed on Emiliano Zapata street and took down the perimeter fence of the neighboring land and another one on Miguel Martínez street, where a guamuchil grafted on a camichin fell on the niche of the Virgin of Guadalupe and the gate of an adjoining house, taking down two walls and a metal sign on the door.
Firemen and Civil Protection promised Eliba, owner of the property, that members of the Urban Development Department would come to assess the damage, but a week after the incident they still have not shown up.
In addition, water well number three, located on Teófilo SIlva Street, was so clogged with sedimentary materials that only four liters of water per second could be extracted, instead of its normal 25 liters per second.
At press time, SIMAPA personnel were re-drilling the well to stabilize the water supply in the Las Redes and Barrio Nuevo subdivisions, located northeast of the municipal capital.
The effects of the rain were also felt in other areas. Damage to a shade netting structure was reported at School1066 of Las Redes Chapala, caused by the strong winds of the Urban Planning personne removed the shade becauseFirefighters and Civil Protection considered it dangerous.
«Having a municipality rich in green areas, also entails risks,» explained Lorenzo Antonio Salazar Guerrero. Commander Of the Chapala Bomberos, adding that neither Fire and Civil Protection, nor the Director of Ecology have conducted a total study of trees in the municipality, to identify how many of them are sick and at risk of collapse.
However, upon receiving a report, the Fire Department and Civil Protection does go to the site to diagnose the tree and determine its condition.The director of Civil Protection has asked the people of Chapala to report any type of anomaly in trees in their gardens or public spaces.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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