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Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Patricia forecast to make landfall between Manzanillo & Puetro Vallarta Friday PM


65 posted on 10/23/2015 7:37:19 AM PDT by caww
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.....the busiest containers' port in mexico seriously threatened by hurricane patricia .....With this type of wind the damage is catastrophic;.....there are very few structures that withstand this” strength of hurricane, Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist and spokesman for the National Hurricane Center, said Friday by phone from Miami..... “The trees are long gone, we’re talking buildings ripped off foundations.”

...."it grew so powerful in a short period of time. Through Thursday, its peak winds went from 40 mph to 130 mph in 24 hours", said Bob Henson, a meteorologist and blogger with Weather Underground.


70 posted on 10/23/2015 7:47:02 AM PDT by caww
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