09 February 2013

Fun times

Well as my friends in the US are weathering a snow storm, we here are experiencing another water shut off due to mud slide

Flurry in town near the Chilean capital remains isolated 60 people

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Santiago de Chile, Feb 8 (EFE). - A flood in the area range from San José de Maipo, Chile close to the capital, maintains tonight about 60 people isolated and trapped several vehicles through mud and water, officials .

According to the National Emergency Office, due to bad weather affecting the Andes, several boulders of snow and mud were recorded mainly in Guayacán and Lagunillas, about 40 kilometers east of downtown Santiago.

An unexpected summer rain to more than 4,000 meters above sea level in the Andes, coupled to high temperatures and melting, caused landslides in several sectors of the small municipality of San José de Maipo.

Meanwhile, the company Aguas Andina reported tonight that according to "their internal protocols of emergency", has established a level of alert because turbidity rates in the water that goes down the sector and warned that several municipalities could face cuts water.

Later reported that the cuts will affect water supply to 22 municipalities for a while at least 24 hours, but gave no figures, the lack of the vital element suffer about two million people.

This is in addition to that which occurred on 21 January when about two million people in the Chilean capital, also of 22 municipalities, left without drinking water after a flood also occurred in the Andes.

Aguas, is the main supplier of water to the city of 6.2 million inhabitants and controlled by the Spanish company Aguas Barcelona (Agbar).

In previous emergencies, the company explained that the Maipo river that descends through the area caters to much of Santiago "and that when the river flow carries mud and water," the court is required.

Since last Wednesday, the Santiago metropolitan region is maintained with "preventive early warning" for Andean and foothill areas by continuous rainfall, despite the austral summer living this country.

This is in addition to that which occurred on 21 January when about two million people in the Chilean capital left without drinking water after a flood also occurred in the Andes Mountains. EFE / Archive

Will provide updates..

Hmm I think I'll take the no water compared to two feet of snow.

Well have a good day,

23 January 2013

Yep.....got water

Yea... water has been restored, that's good, even though we had water on-hand, glad it's back on. Our neighbors came over to get pool water for the toilets....so glad we had our pool. At least it wasn't like the time we were in Maine in the the 'Ice Storm of 98' when we were without power for 10 days.

Well have a great day

22 January 2013

Update to Got water........?

Here is a map of areas with no water

Will keep you update, good thing we have bottled water on-hand

Got water......?????

Well exciting day.... no water.....

Well about 2 million people, including me are with out water. Heavy rains and warm weather have melted snowy packs in the Andes mountains, causing landslides and nearby rivers to flood. The Chilean water utility company Aguas Andinas says that mud, rocks and trees on Sunday forced temporary closure of three purification plants.
Oh well ..who drinks water anyways... more beer..laugh. Suppose to be back on tonight or early tomorrow, will see. Especially because here, they give you a time and...well, will see.

Have a great day......:)

15 January 2013

Happy New Year

Well the new year has begun.

We spent New Year's Eve at the church to watch the fireworks. We got to the church at about 10:00PM, so we played games and had snacks.

The church is a great spot to watch the fireworks because it is right in front of the mountains where they launch the fireworks. By the time the fireworks started the road was really crowed with people waiting for the fireworks to start. It was a great display, it lasted about 35 minutes, seen some awesome.

Then the real excitement, time to go home.....
Well I I said the road was crowded, it seem that Chileans real like to celebrate the New Year so traffic was really bad. We had to hurry to catch the bus as they were going to run till 1:30 AM or so. Well we able to catch the first bus about two blocks from the church. It was not the normal one we catch, which is C01 to Francisco Bilbabo, but this one also went to Francisco Bilbabo. But then we had to catch the next one to home, which is 418 or 429. Well we waited and waited, one of the guys waiting said that the 429 was done but the 418 was coming Well we waited and still didn't see one. The guy who told us that it was coming left, he took a taxi. So we started to walk, we had walked about a 1/2 hour or so. It was funny we met the guy who had took the taxi , he was a bus stop again, but we just keep walking.When all the sudden we saw a a bus at the stop light. Susan was able to get his attention and we were able to get on. Yea, it was crowed but we were able to get on. We got home about 2:30 AM. So next year I think we will skip the fireworks.

Well some new news and pictures.
We had some friends from church over for a swimming party. The day started out looking like it was going to be cold, but it warmed up nice. We had fun and food, and played games. Here are some pictures