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Old 10-23-2015, 10:37 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Over 230mph wind gusts.

Wilma's pressure was 982

Patricia is 980.

Just imagine... this might have all been a normal thing in the 1700s or 1800s. Just wish we had more records. Either way... Impressive for sure.

I learned the Earth will produce and create anything, we just don't have the knowledge and tools to know it.
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Old 10-23-2015, 10:45 AM
 
Location: ☀️ SFL (hell for me-wife loves it)
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Quote from goodmockingbirds' link:

2h2 hours ago
Josh Morgerman ‏@iCyclone
This is a shelter in San Mateo. No interior rooms, all glass. We explained why this is bad & suggested alternative. unquote.

I took a look at that 'shelter.' Did you see the glass windows and chairs all stacked up inside?
Those people best take his advice and leave, or they'll most likely die.

Also, thought pressure was 880, not 980? (to Cambium)

And I understand wanting to study hurricanes, but to race for the eye such as Josh Morgerman is doing, is just crazy imho.

*And thanks Physcoma for explaining the storm surge.

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Old 10-23-2015, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma USA
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Must-read tragi-comic Twitter post with pic

https://mobile.twitter.com/chrissher...7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Old 10-23-2015, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Cleverly concealed
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Yes, the pressure is 880 mb. I would think the wind would weaken somewhat before landfall. But 200 mph, 150 mph, whatever, that's destructive if you're near the eye. 10-20" of rain will be a major problem in the mountains. The next report should be available at 1400 EDT.
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Old 10-23-2015, 11:32 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma USA
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The core starts inching onto the coast

http://smn.cna.gob.mx/satelite/goesO/pn/go_norte_ir.jpg
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Old 10-23-2015, 11:42 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma USA
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Landfall predicted between Manzanillo and San Patricio

https://mobile.twitter.com/NowMediaS...11438450700288
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Old 10-23-2015, 11:56 AM
 
Location: Oklahoma USA
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The webcams I posted earlier seem to have gone down, or the website itself is overloaded

Here is a live stream from the "hurricane channel" on YouTube with a beach somewhere (?) , a street scene in some presumably imperiled place, plus satellite imagery



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RP5Y4lISF0s

Watch live at YouTube link, I cannot imbed
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Old 10-23-2015, 12:13 PM
 
Location: Cleverly concealed
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I don't know how long it will be active, but here is a web cam in La Manzanilla, an hour or so west of Manzanillo.

La Manzanilla Beach cam

Patricia is holding steady at 879 mb, sustained wind of 200 mph.
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Old 10-23-2015, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Oklahoma USA
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Some lady vacationing in "Nuevo Vallarta" tweets back and forth with the BBC:

https://mobile.twitter.com/moorlandgirl

They were going to be evacuated.

Were just advised its too dangerous to evacuate

She wishes she had gone to Cancun instead

They will be "sheltering in place" by barricading themselves in a bathroom.
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Old 10-23-2015, 12:20 PM
 
Location: Somewhere below Mason/Dixon
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God help those people. There are hundreds of thousands of people living in that area, this will be Mexico's Katrina (likely worse) I think we Americans need to remember the significant aid Mexico sent to Louisiana when this happened in our nation ten years ago. We need to be ready to help in the coming days and weeks. It looks like landfall will occur very soon. The only good thing here is the height of the Sierra Madre mountains will weaken the storm rapidly as it moves inland. In the US we are used to these things running inland 100-400 miles and maintaining tropical characteristics, that mountain range will prevent that from happening in Mexico.
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