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THE BATTALION
Hurricane
By Mark Stephenson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA PAZ, Mexico — Ignacio
weakened to a tropical storm
Tuesday as it drifted slowly
toward the coast of the southern
Baja California Peninsula, but
forecasters said it still posed a
danger of floods and mudslides.
The hurricane was moving
northwest into the peninsula at
3 mph, according to the
National Hurricane Center in
Miami, which said mountainous
terrain would weaken it.
Forecasters said the storm could
dissipate before the weekend.
A tropical storm warning
remained in effect for the east
coast of Baja from Loreto to La
Paz, and for the west coast from
Puerto San Adresito to Santa Fe.
Sustained winds dropped to
50 mph early Tuesday, 24 mph
below the minimum speed for a
hurricane.
The hurricane left hundreds
of tourists stranded by canceled
flights Monday night and
forced the evacuation of nearly
3,000 people as it roared along
the coast.
Mudslides cut one highway,
and the hurricane’s winds blew
down trees, signposts and
power cables.
There were no reports of any
deaths or injuries, and the fear
that marked the howling winds
near dawn gave way to weari
ness later.
“Some people come in and
threatens
Hurricane hovers
over Baja California
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Sustained winds: 75 mph
Movement: WNW 3 mph
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say, ’Look, I just have to get
back to my job, or my family,”’
said airline ticket counter atten
dant Mauricio Bautista. “But
most people are calm.”
Most airline seats were
booked solid through the end of
the week with tourists seeking
to get out even before Ignacio
struck, and with the La Paz air
port shut down by the storm
Monday.
‘We’re really stuck,” said
Luciano Rea, 30, of Naples,
Italy, as he stood on the rain-
drenched sidewalk outside an
airline ticket office.
Rea had been trying to get a
flight to the United States for
5 A
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
California
three days, without any luck. A
bright spot opened for other
travelers when the airport
opened again at San Jose del
Cabo, about 50 miles south of
La Paz, at the peninsula’s tip.
Meanwhile, La Paz resi
dents evacuated from their
homes late Sunday already
wanted to leave shelters and go
home Monday, after spending
the night on classroom floors
at schools.
The state government
warned of the continued threat
of heavy rains.
State officials acknowl
edged some were already leav
ing shelters to check on the
their meager possessions in La
Paz’s shanty towns.
“The hard part about last
night was how hard the floor
was,” said Paloma Garcia,
who, along with her sons
Angel and Christian, left their
home in the Calandria neigh
borhood to take refuge in a
classroom at a university.
“Now I just want to go home
and see how my house is.”
Through much of the day,
Mexican sailors using motor-
boats struggled against strong
winds to pull sailboats off the
rocks in the harbor of La Paz,
the state capital and a center
for fishermen and tourists.
The National Hurricane
Center said the storm was like
ly to move gradually inland and
weaken over the peninsula.
NEWS IN BRIEF
American sets world record
BERLIN (AP) — An American set a world
record for roller-coaster riding Tuesday, surpass
ing his own mark of 147 hours after six days of
careening rides in a German amusement park,
organizers said.
Richard Rodriguez, 43, followed Guinness
Book of World Records rules requiring eight-hour
periods of riding with no more than 15-minute
breaks, the Holiday Park in the southwest
German town of Hassloch said in a statement.
Rodriguez used two roller-coasters at the
amusement park in his record chase. For the
purpose, one car on each ride was equipped with
a small toilet and with seat padding.
Rodriguez first set a record of 147 hours at
Holiday Park on July 16, then set out to surpass
that mark last Wednesday, organizers said. He
plans to stop later this week after reaching 195
hours.
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