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vandenberg
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It's a category #5 now?
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Hook
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The NHC discussion terms it at the upper limits of Cat 4. Maybe the gusts put it over the top?
This thing is SOOO slow moving. Not good.
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Cypress
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Something bad is heading towards Baja.
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Bajahowodd
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My understanding of the category rating is that is must be sustained winds to qualify. And they have predicted it will speed up forward progress.
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jannyk
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<<The most powerful hurricane anywhere on the planet so far this year is Hurricane Jimena, according to data from this afternoon's hurricane
hunter mission. Jimena's 155 mph winds beat out the South Pacific's Tropical Cyclone Hamish (150 mph winds) as the most powerful tropical cyclones so
far this year. The Hurricane Hunters have completed their mission into Jimena, so we will have to rely on satellite estimates of Jimena's strength
until Tuesday afternoon's hurricane hunter flight to see if the storm intensifies to the 160 mph threshold needed for it to become a Category 5
hurricane.
Jimena is expected to make landfall Tuesday night or Wednesday morning along the Mexico's Baja Peninsula. The hurricane is in an environment with low
wind shear, 5 - 10 knots, and warm Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs), 30°C. Shear is expected to remain low, and SSTs will decline to 28°C with a
corresponding decree in total oceanic heat content between now and landfall, and these conditions should mean that Jimena will be a Category 3 or 4
hurricane at landfall. The computer models have come into better agreement with their latest 12Z runs, giving confidence that a landfall north of Cabo
San Lucas will occur, and that town is now outside of the NHC cone of uncertainty. Cabo San Lucas has a 13% chance of receiving hurricane force winds,
according to NHC's wind probability product. Serious flooding due to heavy rains will occur across all of the southern Baja Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jimena is of similar intensity and is following a similar track to Hurricane Juliette of 2001, which brought 17.7" of rain to Cabo San Lucas. Juliette
killed 7 people and caused $20 million in damage to Mexico, mostly due to flash flooding and mudslides from the heavy rains.
After Jimena makes initial landfall on Baja, it will cross over the Gulf of California and make landfall on Mainland Mexico. Depending upon how up
along the coast this second landfall occurs, Arizona may receive moisture from Jimena late this week that will be capable of causing flooding
rains.>>
From:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Web Cam at Villa Del Arco in Cabo San Lucas.
http://www.cabovillas.com/campage.asp?id=1
LIVE from the CABO SURF HOTEL
http://www.allaboutcabo.com/cabocam.htm
[Edited on 8-31-2009 by ELINVESTI8]
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oldjack
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Thanks for the webcams.... anyone know of webcams in the East Cape area...???????
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Paulclark
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Castillo de Arena -- East Cape The rain started at 3:00 MST and we have had about 1/2 in so far. No wind---
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danaeb
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..and cabo azul
http://www.caboazulresort.com/CameraView.aspx
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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Bob and Susan
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and today at Playa Frambes...
of course tomorrow we're screwed
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Bajahowodd
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Bob & Susan- It probably won't be pretty, and I'm sure you would rather be doing something else, but it really appears that with the exception of
the loose furniture, you'll likely get by quite well.
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Bajahowodd
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Here's my hope. I grew up on Long Island, just outside NYC. As a youngster, going to school. I can't tell you how many times, as night would fall,
with predictions of an impending blizzard, snow would start to fall. I fell asleep with the abiding hope that the next morning there would be two feet
of fresh snow and school would be cancelled. But alas, it seems that every next morning, the snow had turned to rain, with a couple of inches of slush
on the ground and school was open. I'm really hoping that school is going to be open for all you guys down there when this is all said and done.
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pacside
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bob and susan,
looks beautiful there today. your raised design just may qualify you for genius status after this one...hang tough. we're hosed i'm sure.
pacside
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Bob and Susan
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actually today was really nice...
95 with a little breeze and CLEAR
of course the people in town are working hard
the stores were PACKED
they'll be empty of supplies tomorrow
everything here will go inside
we bbq'ed fish today that's why the bbq is still out
pictures later of all the damage
before....and AFTER!!!
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Santiago
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"Te lo agradeceria mucho, pues lo voy a necesitar. Esta por caernos un huracan de nombre "Jimena" manana por la noche."
My builder sent me this today but I'm having a hard time understanding what he's trying to tell me about Jimena. Can someone make sense of this?
Thanks
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Can someone make sense of this?
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Yeah...Your welcome.
Learn Spanish. Doncha think it's about time? If this event doesnt make it clear for you, nothing will.
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Pescador
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I want to thank you much, and I am going to need it. The hurricane "Jimena" is due to fall tomorrow in the night.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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I bet he was asking for money...and he will need it...so send it. We went to the bank today too cause it may not be accessable later....and everyone
needs extra cash to stock up for the aftershock when supplies run out.
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Osprey
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Most of the time I love all the modern communication possibilities but right now my head hurts with all the posts and my 21 Favorites under "Weather"
on the computer to let me know how many ways I might die in the next 40 hours or so. While I was piling more and more patio stuff up on the bodega I
found 2 bottles of Oso Negro "Storm A Way" gin.
I think I'll be fine now. Or not. Ni modo.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Most of the time I love all the modern communication possibilities but right now my head hurts with all the posts and my 21 Favorites under "Weather"
on the computer to let me know how many ways I might die in the next 40 hours or so. While I was piling more and more patio stuff up on the bodega I
found 2 bottles of Oso Negro "Storm A Way" gin.
I think I'll be fine now. Or not. Ni modo. |
Tie yourself to the tree, Jorge. The biggest tree.
When it's over, write a story. Only then will all this mayhem make sense.
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