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bajajudy
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From NHC Adv #18
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 500 PM PDT...0000 UTC...THE RAGGED EYE OF HURRICANE MANUEL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 108.0 WEST. MANUEL IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/H...AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MANUEL WILL BE NEAR OR OVER THE WEST-
CENTRAL COAST OF MEXICO WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA THIS
EVENING.
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE THAT MANUEL IS NOW A HURRICANE.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...115 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE HURRICANE
MOVES INLAND.
MANUEL IS A SMALL HURRICANE...AND THE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD TO 20 MILES...30 KM FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES...75 KM FROM THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
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Lauriboats
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My local news this morning, so sad.
News10 Sacramento
Hurricane Manuel has killed 80 people and is now moving up Mexico's Pacific coast, bringing along with it evacuations, looting and incredible
flooding. These pictures show the extreme levels to which the water has risen.
STORY & GALLERY: http://on.news10.net/1fbOd9l
[Edited on 9-19-2013 by Lauriboats]
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Looters carried massive flat screen televisions, stereos, and even stainless steel barbecues from the big Costco store on ave Costera.
The cops should have emptied their automatic weapons into them, and let folks carrying sacks of beans and rice, food stuffs pass.
I get bad vibes when I must travel and shop in Acapulco.
This is the same type of attitude that has a macho spending every dime he has on a massive stereo system for his peeckup and then not giving a damn
about driving around with one headlight and no rear lights whatsoever. They'll spend THOUSANDS of pesos for cerveza and then conveniently forget about
their debts.
Equal opportunity griping 
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
Looters carried massive flat screen televisions, stereos, and even stainless steel barbecues from the big Costco store on ave Costera.
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There's no sense in letting a good disaster go to waste.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Yeah! A real moving target can't be beat for authenticity. Cops lined up...
A shot is fired
Arms rise holding signs
8.5, 8.0, 8.0, 8.5, 9.0
Highest and lowest scores are thrown out.
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toneart
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While it is still a threat, any local reports on Hurricane Manuel's impact on Baja would be appreciated, even if it turns out to be a non-event.
I hope it spares the state of Colorado too. They don't need any more flooding. Stay safe.
Thank you.
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by toneart
While it is still a threat, any local reports on Hurricane Manuel's impact on Baja would be appreciated, even if it turns out to be a non-event.
I hope it spares the state of Colorado too. They don't need any more flooding. Stay safe.
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We had some rain,no wind.
I believe that he totally missed Baja
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mulegemichael
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ohhhh...david e...how racist can you get???....so none of your whitey guys do the same thing???/....oh my...why do you live in baja?...geez man, that
is really really a weird, thing to say...and i'm not a tree hugger...for the most part.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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mulegemichael
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oh by the way, david e, ever been in l.a. during stressful times?...i think we saw a lot of that going on up there and they weren't necessarily
mexican "machos"...what a strange, narrow, slanted, view on what's going on during stressful times down here.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Mulegena
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Yes, poor Mainland Mexico is stressed beyond its capability to cope and meet the rescue need efforts.
Food and water are being airlifted in as access to helicopters permits. One helicopter crashed, its pilot and co-pilot are still missing.
Thirst & hunger, stress emotional and physical take a toll very quickly. If there's been looting it's been primarily of food and water; anything
else, well, so be it.
There's standing brown water everywhere and more rain expected. People are living in it; kids are swimming in it! The Mexican national evening news is
devoted to covering the flooding with on-site reporting in each affected state. It hasn't been addressed by news coverage yet, but my fear, cholera.
Needless to say, the magnitude of this national state of emergency makes the problems that Mulege faces and has faced in years past seem small and
insignificant.
Here's a link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24170297
Donations for emergency relief efforts are being requested.
I'll see if I can find the contact information and I'll post.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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It is amazing that the USA will give away billions of dollars in bullets, bombs, and mines, yet fore go acting to save lives and improve our image in
Mexico. A ship loaded with staples would cost millions of dollars to send to Acapulco. Supervision would be needed by the military to ensure some
Mexico rico would not steal the cargo and then sell it. But it could be done. Bags of arroz, frijols, and masa stamped in Spanish, "From Your Friends
In The EUA" would do more for bettering relations than anything I can think of. Then again, such action would probably start a stock market
speculative effort where people could bet against it.
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