I have to give you that much, but still, how much coastline is covered by city compared to how much is covered by nothing except maybe the odd ranch or beach house?
It looks like landfall was La Manzanilla, which is neither an odd ranch nor a beach house. It's a small community of maybe 2k people. That and San Patricio were closer to landfall than Barra de Navidad. San Patricio has a population of ~7.5k people.
There were worse places, but still . . . given the intensity of the storm . . .
Well that is an intellectual response.... who pissed in your corn flakes this morning.Please STFU.
Well shit. Wunderground is predicting 15in of rain for Houston over the weekend.
Can't frickin wait.
That's texas.
Well that is an intellectual response.... who pissed in your corn flakes this morning.
I have to give you that much, but still, how much coastline is covered by city compared to how much is covered by nothing except maybe the odd ranch or beach house?
weather.com hasn't updated in about an hour. Hmm. Nor has anyone else.
Well shit. Wunderground is predicting 15in of rain for Houston over the weekend.
Can't frickin wait.
Well, it might have been because it weakened to a tropical storm dashing the hopes of news outlets for all those valuable clicks.
My uncle lives in Barra de Navidad in Jalisco, Mexico. Right on the Pacific coast, just a few miles NW of Manzanillo. Just got word that while he and his wife are safe, his house, shop, and vehicles are destroyed, as well as his restaurant and the hotel the restaurant is a part of. They said waves crashed OVER the hotel and restaurant at one point. So awful. They seem to go through catastrophic events like this every 15-20 years or so. Last time it was earthquakes that destroyed everything.
Ugh. Hope I can get home from work before this starts rolling through. :|
Interesting. I had never heard that, and it seems the kind of thing worthy of news reportage. Thanks. I remember Bangladesh sending us one million dollars for Katrina. These are important gestures and help us keep ourselves and our role in perspective.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...7342e4-4cee-11e5-84df-923b3ef1a64b_story.html
Looks like we need to be prepared to return the favor. Wow
Congrats on dodging a bullet, dude.Just got Internet back- we were told puerto Vallarta got spared for the most part... Actually where I was at there was a ton of rain but absolutely no wind... It was pretty bizarre.. Supposedly we're going to be heading back somewhat soon as soon as the roads are opened again depending on storm surge... Really feeling lucky if we really get through this with out any further damage... Internet is really slow so haven't confirmed that's what happened or how bad the damage is in other areas
Although it's worth pointing out that as suckage goes, losing power from too much rain due to the strongest hurricane ever recorded is pretty mild suckage.Damn. I'm in the "5-8 inch" zone on that map. Anytime it rains that much the power goes out around here, just because. This sucks.
I do not believe in Murphy's Law! :twisted:Good to know you guys made it through OK! It's just dumb luck this hit kind of in the middle of nowhere.
NO! It is only the strongest hurricane in the eastern Pacific, and does not include typhoons in the western Pacific, or Atlantic storms.
Kyle, glad you guys were OK! It'll make a Texas story for the future
In similar news... Stay dry you Texas Texans!
Fixed.
Not bad here in DFW, we're getting steady rain which is great for water reserves and isn't really flooding anything. Houston might be a bit fucked, but nothing they aren't used to for the most part. Most of the lakes around here were still pretty topped off from the watershed spring.