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"Strongest hurricane ever" bears down on Mexico
Thousands flee as fiercest-ever hurricane nears Mexico
Doyle Rice and David Agren, USA TODAY 3:36 p.m. EDT October 23, 2015 MONTERREY, Mexico — Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated Friday from Mexico's Pacific coast as the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere bore down on the popular tourist area packing sustained winds of 200 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center predicted the Category 5 Hurricane Patricia would make a "potentially catastrophic landfall" in southwestern Mexico later in the day. The center described the storm as the most powerful ever recorded in the eastern Pacific or Atlantic basins. It warned of powerful winds and torrential rain that could bring life-threatening flash flooding and dangerous, destructive storm surge. "Patricia is one of the strongest tropical cyclones globally ever observed," said WeatherBell meteorologist Ryan Maue, "based on lowest central pressure and maximum surface (and flight level) wind speed since the dawn of aviation-based reconnaissance in the 1940s." Patricia's winds intensified a whopping 109 mph during Thursday, rising from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane. It was the fastest intensification ever recorded in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to meteorologist Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University. Roberto Ramirez, director of Mexico's National Water Commission, said Hurricane Patricia is powerful enough to lift up automobiles and destroy homes not sturdily built with cement and steel. The storm will also be able to drag people caught outside when it strikes. Those on the coast will be in the most danger, especially people living in the state of Jalisco, which has a l population of more than 7.3 million, he said. In a Category 5 hurricane, a high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse, according to the hurricane center. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last for weeks to possibly months, and most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...ured/74446334/ |
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We've been lucky and have never taken a direct hit by a full on hurricane and certainly nothing like mexico is about to experience. We have been hit with a few tropical storms, they're bad enough
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10-23-2015, 06:09 PM | #63 |
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Its sad that it takes tragedies like this one to bring out the humanity in people.
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10-23-2015, 09:43 PM | #66 |
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Good news last i heard, mom says she's good but the rain is insane.
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10-23-2015, 09:44 PM | #67 |
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My cleaning guy at the office doesn't watch the news, I guess. He's from Puerto Vallerta, and I asked him if his family was okay with the hurricane coming. He said, "There's a hurricane?" "Yeah." "Is it big?" "Yeah." "I probably should call my wife." Hopefully his family's okay. He goes there frequently to visit them, so I was surprised that he didn't know.
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Wow, that thing is like Rosie O'Donnel's ass coming in upside down. Had no idea it was that big.
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10-25-2015, 12:00 PM | #71 |
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Did anyone survive?
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10-25-2015, 12:08 PM | #73 |
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and the mountains in mexico destroyed that hurricane pretty ****ing fast. My mom slept through the ****ing hurricane. I was stressing because she was not replying back, got a call at 4am saying, sorry , i fell asleep. lol
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So how's the flooding in TX? Is that over yet or not?
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