FW: storms in Mexico

[Mike Quinn]

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From: Monarch Watch [mailto:monarch at ukans.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:04 PM
To: dplex-l at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Fwd: storms in Mexico


>Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 18:05:26 -0800
>From: David Marriott <pheobis at hotmail.com>
>Subject: storms in Mexico
>
>Dear Chip and Lincoln,
>
>Please post the following information on dplex and to other 
>concerned individuals:
>
>Last Friday night and early Saturday morning there was a fierce 
>storm that hit the mountains near Valle de Bravo and Capulin.  Very 
>strong winds over 100 kilometers per hour, with snow and ice, 
>destroyed many homes and trees.  The highway between Toluca and 
>Valle de Bravo was closed all day Saturday.  I have never seen 
>anything like it.  It looked like a total disaster zone.  Snow and 
>ice levels reached 8,000 feet.
>
>I met the Secretary of Ecology of the State of Mexico, the Director 
>of Administration to the Funacomm group, the president of Valle de 
>Bravo, and other important people during a meeting at the bottom of 
>the La Herrada monarch sanctuary in Los Saucos.  Things do not look 
>good.  The Secretary of Ecology had tears in her eyes and the local 
>people were p´raying.  It was a very sad moment.
>
>A partial report of the conditions of the monarchs and the sites 
>will be available to me tomorrow in Angangueo from biologist Eligio 
>Garcia Serrano of INE (Instituto Nacional de Ecologia).  People can 
>contact him directly at m.monarca at prodigy.net.mx.  Information may 
>also be obtained from Bosque Modelo Mariposa Monarca at 
>bmmonarc at evonet.com.mx.  Full reports from the Federal Government 
>will be available next Monday or Tuesday.
>
>Near Angangueo, the storm was not too bad.  On Sunday, the snow was 
>1.2 meters at Chincua and - 8 c. degrees.  Snow level at El Rosario 
>was 7-10 cm. with a temperature of - 4 c.  Mortality rate was about 
>7%.  I fear that the mortality rate at La Herrada and Cerro Pelon is 
>very high but I will not know until Wednesday or Thursday.
>
>I will be in Angangueo Wednesday - Friday morning at Hotel Margarita 
>and at La Cueva del Leon in Valle de Bravo from late Friday night - 
>Monday morning.  Concerned individuals may send a fax to me at 
>001527260172620900.  Please put attencion a David Marriott c/o 
>Marisa de Leon, Hotel La Cueva del Leon.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>David F. Marriott
>Executive Director, The Monarch Program
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