October Rains

418POSTS

8 years ago

I see the October rainy season has returned. http://lovefm.com/2017/10/23/hopkins-vi … nderwater/

I will be back in Placencia the end of November, and was wondering how other parts of Belize are doing.

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sittee4 Active member

53POSTS

8 years ago

Roads around Hopkins and Sittee under water. Mostly passable in vehicles with ground clearance, with care. What will be left when the waters recede?

Will The Old Serial expat

418POSTS

8 years ago

Thanks. That picture in the link looks like the main intersection near the Police station in Hopkins.

One section of the road through Sittee floods most years, but I imagine that the flooded section this year reaches further west.

terrific Serial expat

582POSTS

8 years ago

The iguana creek bridge into Spaanish lookout has 3 feet 9 inches under water at 10.30 am Tuesday the 24th

Will The Old Serial expat

418POSTS

8 years ago

terrific wrote:
The iguana creek bridge into Spaanish lookout has 3 feet 9 inches under water at 10.30 am Tuesday the 24th

Yikes. Hopefully no damage to the bridge itself when the water recedes.

I recall several posters here were making their first visit to Belize this month. It was mentioned that October was near the peak of the rainy season hopefully they are OK and this wont uuuumm dampen their enthusiasm for Belize.

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SusanBelize Active member

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8 years ago

They never compensate for runoff of rainwater on new roadbeds. Belize City is low-lying anyway because it's in the delta of a couple of rivers, complicated by the substrate being unstable. There have been substantial buildings sink due to soft ground. One site was supposed to be multi-family housing which was finished west of the city and I don't know if they demolished it or not but it became unlivable.
So it goes in Belize

Will The Old Serial expat

418POSTS

8 years ago

SusanBelize wrote:
So it goes in Belize

Yes, agree.
I have had coffee conversations with local friends about subcontracting government projects to Mennonites if you wanted it done right. They all agreed and we all know it will never happen.
But I still love the folks and the country!

Monkey Town brew Serial expat

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8 years ago

Monkey River road was terrifying last Wednesday. I can't imagine how bad it is now. We have immigration Friday. I think we're gonna have to catch a boat.

Will The Old Serial expat

418POSTS

8 years ago

Just a thought. Can you have a boat take you directly to Big Creek Port?

Looking at google maps, the Immigration office is less than a quarter mile from the water.
IF the boat is allowed to tie up for a short time and IF there are no fences blocking walking access, this should be faster and save you the cab fare from Mango Creek.

Monkey Town brew Serial expat

294POSTS

8 years ago

#10

It's a good question. I'm not sure. I'm gonna find out. It hasn't rained for two days, so hopefully I can take the road tomorrow. I guess we're gonna find out if the road is passable.