"Strongest hurricane ever" bears down on Mexico

[Eleazar]

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/world/2015/10/23/hurricane-patricia-strongest-ever-measured/74446334/

[Eleazar]

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[Pablo]

Well, that's pretty terrifying.

[ModSocks]

That thing looks huge. Mexico seems to get hurricanes a lot. What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

[Beef Supreme]

What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

Mexico, apparently.

[Hydrae]

That thing looks huge. Mexico seems to get hurricanes a lot. What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

I have to wonder if Baja helps to keep those away. :shrug:

What I want to know is how much of that rain may make up here to Texas. We could certainly use it (although we are getting quite a bit right now and more tomorrow. Yay!)

[Halfcan]

Hundreds of dollars worth of property damage expected.

[eDave]

That thing looks huge. Mexico seems to get hurricanes a lot. What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

Water temps, jetstreams, and such.

[2bikemike]

That thing looks huge. Mexico seems to get hurricanes a lot. What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

Typically the colder water. But with El Nino the storms have a better chance of staying together.

On another note my daughter and I did a cruise that stopped in Manzanillo and we toured Colima and some Mayan ruins around Comala. We really enjoyed that area more than any of the others we saw. This is the area that the is supposed to bear the brunt of the storm.

[vailpass]

Hundreds of dollars worth of property damage expected.

ROFL

[Sassy Squatch]

Hundreds of dollars worth of property damage expected.
LMAO

[eDave]

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[eDave]

This could will be a significant humanitarian crisis. As the globe warms, places like the Gulf coast, the Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America, and the Caribbean are simply going to have to adapt to different weather patterns.

[stumppy]

Hundreds of dollars worth of property damage expected.

The economy will be devastated for years to come.

[Rain Man]

Hundreds of dollars worth of property damage expected.

When I went to Madagascar, I made reservations about a year in advance at a hotel. You know, because I wanted to beat the summer crowds in Madagascar.

A few months later, a hurricane hit the island where I was going to be staying. The hotel was sending out updates afterward that sounded serious, with things like "80% of all structures were destroyed".

When I went there, I noticed that 80% of all structures were made out of bamboo and palm frond. It probably took them a month to rebuild.

[Pennywise]

This could will be a significant humanitarian crisis.

And a significant increase of immigrants as if it isn't bad enough.

[eDave]

Typically the colder water. But with El Nino the storms have a better chance of staying together.

On another note my daughter and I did a cruise that stopped in Manzanillo and we toured Colima and some Mayan ruins around Comala. We really enjoyed that area more than any of the others we saw. This is the area that the is supposed to bear the brunt of the storm.

This one blew up so fast because it passed right over a very warm patch of ocean. Boom!

[2bikemike]

This one blew up so fast because it passed right over a very warm patch of ocean. Boom!

Yep it will be devastating, IIRC Manzanillo is one of their busiest shipping ports.

[InChiefsHeaven]

I thought they were called Hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific...

*EDIT* I guess that's only in the western Pacific...

[Hydrae]

I thought they were called Hurricanes in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific...

*EDIT* I guess that's only in the western Pacific...

and Cyclones in the Indian ocean

[Red Dawg]

There are still people in Mexico? I thought they were all in the U.S.

[WhawhaWhat]

The water must be extra warm this year.

[Dartgod]

Man, that blows.

[Ming the Merciless]

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[ROYC75]

ROFL


Lol , Oh man, that's just wrong. FUNNY AS HELL.

But wrong.

[Ming the Merciless]

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[Mr. Laz]

That thing looks huge. Mexico seems to get hurricanes a lot. What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

Some times they bounce up the coast, it happened on the east coast.


Dont' know why it couldn't happen on the west.

[Donger]

Climate change, however you say that in Mexican.

[Amnorix]

Some times they bounce up the coast, it happened on the east coast.


Dont' know why it could happen on the west.



I don't know what the pattern is along the West coast. Along the East coast, it's the same story 95% of the time. Either:

1. it's running along the East coast, landing somewhere between Florida and the Carolinas, and then it runs right up the coast, weakening as it comes north, the water cools, and weakening faster if it's more over land, slower if it's more over the water. Then at some point it veers off eastward into the Atlantic ocean, or

2. it hits somewhere in the Texas/Louisiana'ish area, and runs up from there, trending slightly east but mostly north. By the time it gets here it's nothing but some rain, sometimes heavy rain. Because it's been over land for so long, though, it's never hurricane strength by the time it gets here.

[Baby Lee]

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Hope Solo in trouble again?

[ChiTown]

Hope Solo in trouble again?

ROFL:clap:

[Mr. Laz]

I don't know what the pattern is along the West coast. Along the East coast, it's the same story 95% of the time. Either:

1. it's running along the East coast, landing somewhere between Florida and the Carolinas, and then it runs right up the coast, weakening as it comes north, the water cools, and weakening faster if it's more over land, slower if it's more over the water. Then at some point it veers off eastward into the Atlantic ocean, or

2. it hits somewhere in the Texas/Louisiana'ish area, and runs up from there, trending slightly east but mostly north. By the time it gets here it's nothing but some rain, sometimes heavy rain. Because it's been over land for so long, though, it's never hurricane strength by the time it gets here.

I dunno, maybe the jet stream allows it to bounce up the east coast and might drive it inland on the west coast. :shrug:

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[gblowfish]

Man, that one looks bad. The storm surge will do a lot of damage. Wreck a lot of beaches and resort property. It's going to be ugly. Hope everybody learned a lesson from Katrina and got the Hell outta there.

[Donger]

That thing looks huge. Mexico seems to get hurricanes a lot. What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

"There are two main reasons for this disparity. The first is that hurricanes in the northern hemisphere form at tropical and subtropical latitudes and then tend to move toward the west-northwest. In the Atlantic, such a motion often brings the hurricane into the vicinity of the East Coast of the U.S. In the Northeast Pacific, the same west-northwest track carries hurricanes farther offshore, well away from the U.S. West Coast.

"The second factor is the difference in water temperatures along the U.S. East and West coasts. Along the East Coast, the Gulf Stream provides a source of warm (above 80 degrees Fahrenheit, or 26.5 degrees Celsius) waters, which helps to maintain the hurricane. Along the West Coast, however, ocean-surface temperatures rarely rise above the lower 70s F. (the low 20s C.), even in the middle of summer. Such relatively cool temperatures do not provide enough thermal energy to sustain a hurricane's strength. So the occasional Northeast Pacific hurricane that does track back toward the U.S. encounters the cooler waters of the Pacific, which can quickly reduce the storm's strength."

[eDave]

And a significant increase of immigrants as if it isn't bad enough.

How utterly pathetic and small that you have chosen that as your primary concern. Let me guess; Christian?

And they would be environmental refugee's BTW. Not illegals.

So yes, Obama caused this hurricane so we could bring in more illegals under the guise of environmental refugees so we can fill all these job openings in Phoenix and get some decent service for a change.

[bevischief]

Hopefully Congress is on vacation down there...

[ModSocks]

Thank you everyone for taking the time to answer my question.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Hundreds of dollars worth of property damage expected.

ROFL ROFL ROFL Fucking HILARIOUS!!!

[Baby Lee]

How utterly pathetic and small that you have chosen that as your primary concern. Let me guess; Christian?

And they would be environmental refugee's BTW. Not illegals.

So yes, Obama caused this hurricane so we could bring in more illegals under the guise of environmental refugees so we can fill all these job openings in Phoenix and get some decent service for a change.

Would you like some salsa with those chips on your shoulder?

[eDave]

Would you like some salsa with those chips on your shoulder?

I don't care for discompassionate people.

[Baby Lee]

I don't care for discompassionate people.

I don't care for people putting words in other people's mouths.

Oh, and don't pull that holier than thou shit. You have no problem with people who are dispassionate about the same things you are.

[ChiefRocka]

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[Kaepernick]

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It is like a movie CGI but... Real.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

How utterly pathetic and small that you have chosen that as your primary concern. Let me guess; Christian?

And they would be environmental refugee's BTW. Not illegals.

So yes,Hussein Obama caused this hurricane so we could bring in more illegals under the guise of environmental refugees so we can fill all these job openings in Phoenix and get some decent service for a change.

Fixed

[eDave]

It is like a movie CGI but... Real.

It is beautiful in it's own way. Damn Nature! You scary!

[Chromatic]

Hundreds of dollars worth of property damage expected.

hahahaha poor people amirite

[eDave]

hahahaha poor people amirite

GET HIM BL!!!!!

[Baby Lee]

hahahaha poor people amirite

GET HIM BL!!!!!

I'm so tired of you guys appropriating cultures to belittle them under the guise of Halloween.

Obama's been saving your skin, and Ms. Hillary will take up his torch.

But you hate that don't you? Just like you hate federal funding for head start. God forbid a child have a safe place to play in the 21st century, Yeeesh.

Go ahead and pump your oil, and drive your big rig to your lake house at your whites only resort, . . . and thanks for cancelling Firefly and introducing new Coke!!!

[Chromatic]

I'm so tired of you guys appropriating cultures to belittle them under the guise of Halloween.

Obama's been saving your skin, and Ms. Hillary will take up his torch.

But you hate that don't you? Just like you hate federal funding for head start. God forbid a child have a safe place to play in the 21st century, Yeeesh.

Go ahead and pump your oil, and drive your big rig to your lake house at your whites only resort, . . . and thanks for cancelling Firefly and introducing new Coke!!!

what

[Baby Lee]

what

It's called compassionate extrapolation.

[Chromatic]

What's fucking crazy is that this thing was just another tropical storm 2 days ago. Then it went over unusually warm waters and became a Category 5. Category 8 if we're going by wind speed.

Nuts.

[Bwana]

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[srvy]

There are still people in Mexico? I thought they were all in the U.S.

They're working on that.

[kcxiv]

My mom is down there right now. Says she's in a safer area though.

[Simply Red]

Mexico, apparently.

:clap:

[Bob Dole]

Bob Dole hopes they had time to get the Love Boat out of harms way.

[ChiefRocka]

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[FlaChief58]

There are still people in Mexico? I thought they were all in the U.S.

Those resort toilets aren't cleaning themselves / Kelly Osbourne

[eDave]

Those resort toilets aren't cleaning themselves / Kelly Osbourne

Have you been through a hurricane? If so, how does it compare to ChiefRocka's video?

[ChiefRocka]

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[ChiefRocka]

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[FlaChief58]

Have you been through a hurricane? If so, how does it compare to ChiefRocka's video?

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

[ChiefRocka]

Its sad that it takes tragedies like this one to bring out the humanity in people.

(Those that are in it, of course)

[Red Beans]

DCeILneKbz0

I have a friend who owns a coffee shop near Manzanillo. I hope he and his family make it through. That looks crazy already...

[eDave]

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[kcxiv]

Good news last i heard, mom says she's good but the rain is insane.

[kcxiv]

Its sad that it takes tragedies like this one to bring out the humanity in people.

(Those that are in it, of course)

For alot, not all!

[Rain Man]

Good news last i heard, mom says she's good but the rain is insane.

Good news. Crazy tRain is a good song.


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.

[Otter]

Wow, that thing is like Rosie O'Donnel's ass coming in upside down. Had no idea it was that big.

[Valiant]

That thing looks huge. Mexico seems to get hurricanes a lot. What keeps them from forming and hitting SoCal?

Mexico is America's metal mobile home.

[BeMyValentine]

Did anyone survive?

[Sassy Squatch]

http://40.media.tumblr.com/7a0040f247323f43ad5624a60fd50969/tumblr_inline_nwoyolq5EI1tabgr9_1280.jpg

Katrina on the left. Holy fuck it's big.

[kcxiv]

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Katrina on the left. Holy fuck it's big.

and the mountains in mexico destroyed that hurricane pretty fucking fast. My mom slept through the fucking hurricane. I was stressing because she was not replying back, got a call at 4am saying, sorry , i fell asleep. lol

[TLO]

Wow, that thing is like Rosie O'Donnel's ass coming in upside down. Had no idea it was that big.

LOL

[Bwana]

So how's the flooding in TX? Is that over yet or not?