Raining Again in Medellin!!

papiChulo says on May 22, 2008, 11:57:

wot u never heard of spring rain? typical aussie... 4 days in a row raining and they think the world is comming to an end.... ;) (joke)

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tejasmarcos says on May 22, 2008, 11:57:

quite normal this time of the year. sunny in the morning until 11:00 a.m. or so, cloudcover till noon or 1:00 p.m. - then rain, rain, rain.

get used to it if you plan on living here amigo!

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bickerss says on May 22, 2008, 11:59:

4 days of rain in a row - I live here it is a hell of a lot more than that!!!!!!

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tejasmarcos says on May 22, 2008, 12:01:

more like 7 days. before that it was a bit of a hot spell. the rain should dissipate sometime in june for a few months. in the summer of 2006 (june, july & august), it did not rain one time - dry as a bone here...

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bickerss says on May 22, 2008, 12:05:

I hope so!! I despise rain!!!

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tejasmarcos says on May 22, 2008, 12:17:

every 10 years or so they have droughts here as well and include fun things like rolling blackouts - joy!

* last summer was pretty rainy (2007) and did not seem like summer at all.

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joeylove007 says on May 22, 2008, 19:19:

All over Colombia was one of the wettest years on record last year . It rained almost everyday last May in Medellen when I was there. Lousy socially when your there to met some ladies. Carry a popup "sombrella"

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tejasmarcos says on May 22, 2008, 19:24:

should make for alot of wet paisas, joeylove.....

;)

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gringoloid says on May 22, 2008, 19:30:

what's tricky is that moss that grows on the sidewalks here ......yesterday i was walking down a steep hill in poblado and yep, slipped and went down.

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ColombianoGringo says on May 22, 2008, 19:33:

Last time I was in Medellin was in summer of 06. It rained the whole time I was there and my cousins told me it had been like that for the previous few months. Still, it didn't last long during the day. The only real downside was that we didn't get to go paragliding.

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Lisa Zee says on May 22, 2008, 19:37:

That sounds like Oregon, or Portland. I was there in Rionegro last July and August, and it rain mostly at night, very pleasant.

Here in S. California we have not seen rain in months!....Global Warming.....

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Catfish35 says on May 22, 2008, 19:37:

It is the City of Eternal Spring my man! Its just that what they were saying is that its a natural spring as Artisan well..like a spring from the ground that just keeps producing loads and loads of agua!! jaja

"So many guns, and so few brains". sam spade

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tejasmarcos says on May 22, 2008, 19:38:

CG - are you sure? were you here in june, july and aug 2006? it was dry and hot as shell here that summer. it was a rainy spring, but once the rain stopped (sometime in june), it never rained again until the end of the summer.

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papiChulo says on May 22, 2008, 23:22:

well the nice thing about days of rain is indoor sports.

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goin_south says on May 22, 2008, 23:25:

betta start doing some raindances, Lisa ;-)

Where do we go from here?

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angelcanada says on May 23, 2008, 08:25:

Its winter time my friend, but it will be gone in a few weeks..

MY NAME IS ANGEL. I AM COLOMBIAN AND LIVED IN CANADA AND THE USA FOR 18 YEARS. I RETURNED TO MEDELLIN AND WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SERVICES AS INTERPRETER/ ESCORT AND DRIVER. I CAN ALSO HELP IN FINDING SHORT TERM APT. RENTALS.

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ColombianoGringo says on May 23, 2008, 08:38:

tm, it was in early June of 06.

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tejasmarcos says on May 23, 2008, 08:43:

CG - hopefully it will do the same thing this year and dry up this summer. I want to do some traveling....

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ColombianoGringo says on May 23, 2008, 08:45:

I'm not sure when I'll be back in Medellin. I go to Colombia many times a year, but I only have an uncle and some cousins in Medellin,.

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mranderson says on May 23, 2008, 08:51:

just got my moto last night and had to ride it home in the rain. Is it going to rain again tonight??

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tejasmarcos says on May 23, 2008, 09:16:

come on mr anderson - what do you think? just get used to parking under bridges like the rest of the paisas ;)

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Medellin Traveler says on May 23, 2008, 15:03:

El agua en El Poblado se salió de madre

No por ser una zona estrato alto, la comuna 14 está exenta de inundaciones, quebradas crecidas y derrumbes. La histórica mala planeación y otros factores están a punto de ocasionar una tragedia.

Ver calles inundadas, quebradas desbordadas o derrumbes en cualquier sitio, cada vez que cae un gran aguacero en El Poblado, se ha vuelto una costumbre para los habitantes de esa zona de la ciudad y para las miles de personas que, por cuestiones de trabajo u otros intereses, la visitan con alguna frecuencia.

Los múltiples y constantes derrumbes que se presentan en la zona cada vez que hay fuertes lluvias, las reiteradas inundaciones en la parte baja del sector y desde hace un tiempo los violentos arroyos que se forman en las lomas, son síntomas claros y contundentes de que la situación del manejo de aguas lluvias en El Poblado ha empeorado dramáticamente.

Ya son comunes derrumbes donde antes no los había. Ya hay sitios que se inundan con más facilidad y, tras un mediano aguacero, las quebradas del sector bajan violentamente y su cauce no alcanza a detener la furia del agua en su descenso.

Si bien las emergencias se han vivido desde hace mucho tiempo, el invierno que arreció en las últimas semanas deja claro que la situación se está saliendo de las manos. Los fuertes aguaceros desde el pasado domingo han originado verdaderos caos en el sector de El Tesoro, Las Palmas, Patio Bonito y en algunas de las tradicionales lomas del barrio.

Las causas de este desequilibrio que está poniendo en evidencia la naturaleza son varias y algunas de ellas obedecen al desorden y la falta de planeación con la cual ha ido creciendo esta zona.

En El Poblado, a la poca estabilidad de sus tierras debido a la fuerte pendiente que presenta en muchas de sus áreas, se le tiene que sumar una historia nefasta en el manejo de su cuenca hidrográfica, que ha sido violentada de múltiples formas durante todas las épocas.

Así como su evolución urbanística y de infraestructura vial es una colcha de retazos, el manejo de aguas en el sector ha obedecido a intereses particulares y a gobiernos temporales y nunca a una política seria, responsable y continua.

En El Poblado, las quebradas se fueron canalizando sin las condiciones técnicas necesarias, sus cauces se han irrespetado y descuidado, se ha construido donde no se debía, se han talado bosques nativos que mantenían el equilibrio y las calles no tienen adecuados sistemas de drenajes.

En algunas épocas, bajo planes de ordenamiento territorial laxos y amañados, se otorgaron decenas de licencias de construcción que no respetaron principios básicos de retiros, bosques naturales y manejo de aguas. La grave situación actual es la herencia histórica de una mala planeación y una densificación desenfrenada.

Pese a ser de estratos altos y a la fortaleza y calidad de sus edificaciones, El Poblado está hoy en día totalmente vulnerable a las lluvias y a merced del agua que en cualquier momento, Dios no lo quiera, puede ocasionar un gran derrumbe, una borrasca incontrolable o una inundación catastrófica.

Antes de que sea tarde, la comuna 14 necesita una intervención ambiental urgente que empiece por el respeto al POT, cultura ciudadana y un plan serio de obras físicas en sus quebradas que ayude a frenar la violencia de las aguas cuando llueve. La naturaleza está cobrando una vieja deuda causada en varias décadas de cosas mal hechas.

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dwmte7 says on May 28, 2008, 05:11:

some years back when we still had the big house in poblado--which by the way had an equally big basement--it rained so long that the basement filled, became like an underground swimming pool and as the city drains became over taxed and clogged, the water backed up in the house and the floors, everywhere where about 1-2 inches in water. what a mess. i stored many of our mfg goods in the house (furnishings) and they were all sitting in water.

dwmte

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Lowell says on May 28, 2008, 06:10:

Mr. A, buy a ponco.

Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?"

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