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Hurricane Patricia, strongest east pacific hurricane, set to make landfall in Mexico
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EchoChamber
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That's probably the reason.
So this is how it ends.......Nuclear storms.....not Nuclear war
(was trying to think of something clever lol)
superdeluxe
Member
poof
Yeah, governor called to a meeting and has called for shelters to be ready just in case. Things are gonna be bad, but at least I'm glad it's being taken seriously.Nuevo León?
All the way up there!
There was this old joke: "What's after a Cat 5 hurricane? Wi-Fi."
Cat 6 cable exists now.
Insane Metal
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Well... it's a bit late now. It's already weakened quite a bit. They should've done that earlier.
uncelestial
Member
Obviously. But I'm in CA; it seems inevitable given climate change.
Barajas_201
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GAF you're making me worry, is this really dangerous for Guadalajara? The day after Tomorrow level dangerous or worst/less? I'm I already dead? Because I have like no food supplies or medicine and its just raining a little bit and I'm actually chillin here watching GT Time....
DirtyManos
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Jesus, my cousins wife's family lives in Manzanillo.
I can't believe this thing turned from a tropical storm into the strongest recorded hurricane in history in 24 hours.
Never even heard of a time when even the hurricane hunters were too scared to fly in.
Really hope everyone stays safe down there.
I can't believe this thing turned from a tropical storm into the strongest recorded hurricane in history in 24 hours.
Never even heard of a time when even the hurricane hunters were too scared to fly in.
Really hope everyone stays safe down there.
newshinycd
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Looks like the NOAA recon plane is headed back in.
HalfBakedProphet
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he was chastized, he apologized. Let's move on
Last recon showed the strength is roughly the same and satellite is showing very cold cloud tops again which means it's strengthening.
Nah!!
Not really, this is scary. Just came back from the street (i'm in Guadalajara BTW) and shit is getting heavy gradually. There's already water everywhere and if anything goes like this by 7 we'll have floods everywhere.
Gracias. Esperemos que esto no pase a peores.
If i can give the government some compliments is for the Military and the DNII-E plan. They are always there when shit hits the fan and always on point.
Exactly. They'll just "rationalize" this as being gawds wrath over gay marryage or something.
Not much, floods and heavy rain are a reality tho'. More than usual i mean, we all know how shit is the storm drains in nearly everywhere, specially in the zone of Plaza del Sol and M. Otero/L. Mateos.
Get off your ass and get supplies. You may not get hit with 200mph winds but expect wind and rain.
Netherscourge
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Global warming = warmer oceans = faster developing and more powerful storms.
Blizzards might be bad on the US East Coast this winter too because of the same effect.
It's like 1996 and 2010 all over again. Every10 years or so, although it seems to be happening more frequently the past decade.
newshinycd
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Nope. ADT still showing that it hasn't weakened:
http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/adt/20E-list.txt
Prepare for the worst, so that if it doesn't happen, you can laugh it off and continue.
For not preparing leaves you a lower chance.
You'll be able to tell us the effect on Guadalajara within 24 hours. It'll be bad - it depends how much it weakens after landfall. You'll certainly get lots of rain. Probably power cuts as well. Get a supply of drinking water if you can find some.
I thought the East Coast was going to be warmer than average and only slightly wetter.
maquiladora
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I guess listen to what the local weather is advising. Since you are well inland the risk might be of flash flooding, but I do not know the area.
Insane Metal
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Satellite image is showing slight weakening, actually. I don't mean it weakened to cat 2 or something, but it did weaken a bit.
Also, another stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_tPOy3EY4s
Hm. Weird. The satellite images definetely show something different, but I'll trust the data.
I'm preparing with food supply just in case.
I just caught up in the thread and didn't see this posted yet, from the International Space Station: https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/657618739492474880/
Wow, Earth ain't fuckin' around no more. Looks like outer space is the safer place to be.
Jajajaja. ):Nah!!
Cuídense mucho por allá.
Yeah, before the War on Drugs started in 2006, the military was more known by their efforts in emergency situations.
I mean, if we're talking about modern times, that is.
That's an incredible image.
Amazing.
Deaf Spacker
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I just caught up in the thread and didn't see this posted yet, from the International Space Station: https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly/status/657618739492474880/
Holy shit.
Insane Metal
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Wind starting to pick up here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_tPOy3EY4s
Expect heavy rain and wind but nothing to the point of running out of food, water, etc.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to do some shopping in stores near you simply because most of them will be closed all weekend but if you have enough for just this weekend then you'll be completely fine.
maquiladora
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Recon is going back in for another pass.
And_Gignac
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Well, we know how prone Ags is to floodings.. Like, a minor storm can destroy and overrun the water systems. Stay safe AgsGAF <3
Barajas_201
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Nah!!
Hahaha that picture describes me perfectly.
I'll get some instant noodles then.
Very strong El Nino too, that's probably an even bigger factor (dunno if El Nino strength is affected by general warming). 1996 was a strong El Nino too BTW, 2010 was an El Nino year but not a strong one.
XGRaViSmOrSX
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just saw this posted from IG
https://instagram.com/p/9MXFNcqI99/
not gonna be good when this thing hits land.
https://instagram.com/p/9MXFNcqI99/
not gonna be good when this thing hits land.
Netherscourge
Banned
I remember freaking out about Hurricane Sandy, which ripped down a ton of trees and power lines in my town, and that was only a CAT 3.
I can't even imagine what these people are going to be dealing with.
I can't even imagine what these people are going to be dealing with.
sunshine and gasoline
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Amazing.
One heck of a beautiful image.
I hope that the deaths from will hurricane will remain small if not non-existent.
This storm deserves a category of it's own.
I was going to post this myself - it's a crystal clear picture of just how unprecedented this is among Pacific storms. In fact, I think the info in it is a little out of date and that the peak numbers were even a little higher. Pretty clear this would be a Category 6 if it existed.
I hadn't really paid much attention to this, but they mentioned on the news just a bit ago that this storm only formed on Wednesday. Not being a meteorologist, is it a bit unusual for a storm to go from first forming to historical strength in two days?
maquiladora
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It's very unusual. Specially since it went from Tropical Storm to a historic level Hurricane in less than 24 hours.
Netherscourge
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Some of the poor people live in the target areas in huts with thatched roofs and branches for walls. There will most certainly be death.
And the Mexican government sure as hell doesn't have the means to evacuate all these people to safety. Puerta Vallarta is probably going to be a refugee center in a another 24 hours.
superdeluxe
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Sorry, I didn't see that, I've deleted my post.
Deaf Spacker
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I saw that, they're idiots.
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