Jimena
After all predictions indicated that Hurricane Jimena had become a tropical storm and was headed West, she hit us with hurricane force TWICE. She came over us in the middle of the night on Wednesday night and then circled over and came over us again on Thursday. We've had over 40" of rain and wind gusts were 60 mph. We lost power, water, and cell phone service.
We started this adventure Wednesday night at a restaurant situated on cliffs above the ocean to watch the waves
and this is when the rain started. By 9 pm the power was off and the heavy rain and winds really got going. We checked out our new construction and were fairing much better than we anticipated. Some seepage through the walls and some ponding water but not enough to worry about flooding. 
At 4 am Thursday morning the eye of the storm was right over us and headed East. PJ had not slept all night. The temperature had dropped to 75 degrees. We attempted to drive the truck several times to check out our town but the rain and wind was just too heavy (sorry we don't know how to rotate this video).
Of course all our rain gear is over in our new garage. By 2 pm on Thursday the eye was passing over us again heading West now. The ground is saturated.
We listen to the boaters net on the marine radio and hear of several boats losing their anchors and crashing onto the beach (the waterfall in the background has never been there before). 
Long-time residents here are saying this is the worst storm they have ever seen.
On Friday morning the rain has lessened and we head out in the truck. Power lines are down and rivers are flowing where streets used to be.
Entire walls are knocked down from the amount and force of the flowing water.
We head down several streets to only have to turn around as it is impassable. Power lines are down and 
electrical and water lines in the road are exposed and broken. We finally make it to our one paved road headed into town and it has a huge crevice in it. 
We 4-wheel drive around it and make it to our main drag through town. 
Our main drag also has a huge cavern through it as it collapsed so there is no way out of town. 
We turn around and head toward the marina and the boat storage yard had boats float out onto the main road and they are now blocking the road. 
Cars and heavy equipment are buried in all the mud that was pushed around. 
The edge of several roads are completely undermined. 
A storage facility is totally ruined. 
Huge boulders block some portions of the road. 
Huge fallen trees also block the road in places. 
Our town is devastated and it is very sad. We find a side dirt road to skirt around the cavern on our main drag and find an American stuck. After many attempts to pull him out we finally succeed.
We drive all the way to Guaymas but traffic is terrible due to all the obstacles in the road so we turn around. We hear that the road to Hermosillo is closed due to bridges being washed out. We are trying to find alternative routes from our place to town and in doing this get stuck ourselves.
We have to walk home about a mile to get the Jeep to try to pull the truck out. In driving the Jeep to the truck along yet another route the Jeep gets stuck also.
Some locals pull us out and we ask them to go with us to help pull the truck out. The Jeep gets stuck three more times on the way to the truck. Eight men are working on getting the truck out and it won't budge. They end up jacking up the truck with a HI-LIFT jack to place large boulders under the tires. Finally the truck is freed.
The power was restored during the night on Friday night. The estimation is that we will be without water for 2 weeks. We will drive town again today to see if we can help with the clean up.
We started this adventure Wednesday night at a restaurant situated on cliffs above the ocean to watch the waves
and this is when the rain started. By 9 pm the power was off and the heavy rain and winds really got going. We checked out our new construction and were fairing much better than we anticipated. Some seepage through the walls and some ponding water but not enough to worry about flooding. 
At 4 am Thursday morning the eye of the storm was right over us and headed East. PJ had not slept all night. The temperature had dropped to 75 degrees. We attempted to drive the truck several times to check out our town but the rain and wind was just too heavy (sorry we don't know how to rotate this video). Of course all our rain gear is over in our new garage. By 2 pm on Thursday the eye was passing over us again heading West now. The ground is saturated.
We listen to the boaters net on the marine radio and hear of several boats losing their anchors and crashing onto the beach (the waterfall in the background has never been there before). 
Long-time residents here are saying this is the worst storm they have ever seen.On Friday morning the rain has lessened and we head out in the truck. Power lines are down and rivers are flowing where streets used to be.
Entire walls are knocked down from the amount and force of the flowing water.
We head down several streets to only have to turn around as it is impassable. Power lines are down and 
electrical and water lines in the road are exposed and broken. We finally make it to our one paved road headed into town and it has a huge crevice in it. 
We 4-wheel drive around it and make it to our main drag through town. 
Our main drag also has a huge cavern through it as it collapsed so there is no way out of town. 
We turn around and head toward the marina and the boat storage yard had boats float out onto the main road and they are now blocking the road. 
Cars and heavy equipment are buried in all the mud that was pushed around. 
The edge of several roads are completely undermined. 
A storage facility is totally ruined. 
Huge boulders block some portions of the road. 
Huge fallen trees also block the road in places. 
Our town is devastated and it is very sad. We find a side dirt road to skirt around the cavern on our main drag and find an American stuck. After many attempts to pull him out we finally succeed.We drive all the way to Guaymas but traffic is terrible due to all the obstacles in the road so we turn around. We hear that the road to Hermosillo is closed due to bridges being washed out. We are trying to find alternative routes from our place to town and in doing this get stuck ourselves.
We have to walk home about a mile to get the Jeep to try to pull the truck out. In driving the Jeep to the truck along yet another route the Jeep gets stuck also.Some locals pull us out and we ask them to go with us to help pull the truck out. The Jeep gets stuck three more times on the way to the truck. Eight men are working on getting the truck out and it won't budge. They end up jacking up the truck with a HI-LIFT jack to place large boulders under the tires. Finally the truck is freed.
The power was restored during the night on Friday night. The estimation is that we will be without water for 2 weeks. We will drive town again today to see if we can help with the clean up.
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