Tail end of Tropical Storm Manuel

We thought we had escaped the fury of Tropical Storm Manuel Sunday with almost no wind and very little rain. That was until about 10-11 last night when the heavy rain started. It rained all night and is still raining heavily off and on. The secondary school is closed and Protección Civil is warning people of possible flooding. Manuel is now Invest-91 well north of here. Below are a few photos by Dr. Roberto Pimienta Woo of the Canal on the west end this morning.

Invest-91 -- Once Manuel

Canal photo

Canal photo

Another of Melaque Centro

Protección Civil and bomberos of Melaque

The Melaque Protección Civil del Estado provides emergency medical, rescue, firefighting, animal control, and disaster relief services covering a wide area from Tomatlán to Autlán de Navarro to the Manzanillo city limits. Equipment includes jet skis, a speedboat, 4-wheel drive vehicle, ambulance, 2 fire trucks, front-end loader, and dump truck. Personnel include 20 trained officials, a scuba-diving team, and a network of about 100 volunteers. (some of the info is older so they may have more or less of the equipment listed)

They are located just past the highway 80 Pemex on the same side at kilometer 1.5, Hwy 80, Melaque, Jalisco 48980

Phone numbers are
355-6375
355-6376 if other is busy
or cel 116 ... or use the number on the foto for fire