eastern pacific Major Hurricane Patricia

[Hurricane Debby]

another short but quite intense tweet vid 

 

https://twitter.com/skyrul/status/657698211126095872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

Wow

[bobbydog]

Didn't realise this was still streaming

 

thats actually Ixtapa, which is not even in the warning zone!

[Atmogenic]

Water entering Manzanillo

 

https://twitter.com/marcelocordova/status/657703259151429633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[Hurricane Debby]

thats actually Ixtapa, which is not even in the warning zone!

 

Oh !! PMSL ! Its way past my bedtime !!

[bobbydog]

Oh !! PMSL ! Its way past my bedtime !!

lol, if you look closely you can see brighton pier😆

[Hurricane Debby]

lol, if you look closely you can see brighton pier

 

That did  make me giggle thank you ! I'm actually really knackered and trying to stay awake but I'm so fascinated in this storm and watching history in the making. I just dread seeing the news and images in the morning.

 

I wish CNN would stop going on about sport, its driving me mad ! Although I'd totally forgotten its the US F1 this weekend and I heard them mention that it may be affected by a weather event. I just didn't hear if that was anything to with Patricia. Can't beat a wet F1 race though !

[Daniel*]

another short but quite intense tweet vid

https://twitter.com/skyrul/status/657698211126095872?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

A real sense of the ferocity of this beast is conveyed by that short video it really does make you feel small to be out in that would be lethal with flying debris it is going to get worse before it gets better sustained exceptional high winds are v disturbing.

Edited October 24, 2015 by Daniel*

[Atmogenic]

Intense RAW footage of Hurricane Patricia making landfall in VALLARTA JALISCO

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLR4HoMnPeI

 

 

some one also tweeted this short vid 

 

https://twitter.com/kissmymistakes/status/657704604780466176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Edited October 24, 2015 by Atmogenic

[RobR]

Seems quite a lot of people didn't evacuate. I heard someone on a US news channel this evening talk about the reason they weren't evacuating is that the buildings are made of brick and concrete unlike in the US and so they could withstand more. Seemed a bold move to me.

[Timmytour]

Seems quite a lot of people didn't evacuate. I heard someone on a US news channel this evening talk about the reason they weren't evacuating is that the buildings are made of brick and concrete unlike in the US and so they could withstand more. Seemed a bold move to me.

Watching some of the coverage makes me think someone should find a way of making houses  out of palm trees.....they really are remarkably resilient

[Woollymummy]

I thought so too! I saw the news reports say it has quietened down a lot, lots of lights are on, that must be a good sign.

[William Grimsley]

Well, all this hype of a Category 5 hurricane. It looks like maybe a Category 1 especially of what I saw last night. All I can see from the live streams right now is lots of flooding and/or loads of lights on. It was certainly less intense than what was expected.

[4wd]

Every storm has to be hyped as the worst ever these days, because global warm doom.

[Paul]

Every storm has to be hyped as the worst ever these days, because global warm doom.

 

Yawn. The storm was 'hyped' as the strongest ever because it had the highest ever windspeeds within it. 

 

Sometimes it's best to drop the agenda and concentrate on the facts!

[Nick L]

Every storm has to be hyped as the worst ever these days, because global warm doom.

 

Right, let's stop reporting facts folks! It doesn't matter that it actually was the strongest storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere.

[William Grimsley]

Guys, it may have been the strongest hurricane because it possibly had 5 minutes worth of 150 mph winds but it didn't cause no where near as much damage as Katrina or Haiyan so it's not the worst Hurricane ever. Fact.

[Liam J]

You have to remember the zone packing the strongest winds was very narrow so the footage you've seen probably wasn't where the core of the storm hit with the strongest winds. 

[Nick L]

Guys, it may have been the strongest hurricane because it possibly had 5 minutes worth of 150 mph winds but it didn't cause no where near as much damage as Katrina or Haiyan so it's not the worst Hurricane ever. Fact.

 

No, William. It was the strongest hurricane on record. Nobody said the worst.

[Liam J]

Guys, it may have been the strongest hurricane because it possibly had 5 minutes worth of 150 mph winds but it didn't cause no where near as much damage as Katrina or Haiyan so it's not the worst Hurricane ever. Fact.

The winds were recorded much higher than 150mph, over 200mph was measured at one point with a central pressure around 880mb which does make it the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere. FACT.

Edited October 24, 2015 by *Sub*Zero*

[Summer Sun]

Thankfully, no lives have been lost so far I certainly wouldn't call flooding, landslides and winds of 165mph (200mph at one point) over hyped this was a very dangerous Hurricane which could quite easily have caused mass casualties

Edited October 24, 2015 by Summer Sun

[Liam J]

Thankfully it looks like Patricia made landfall in a sparsely populated area keeping the worse of the winds away from major towns/cities, could have been so much worse.  

 

 

 

 

 

[milkmaid]

that was an amazing storm the speed it intensified and the way that it behaved was fascinating ,worth watching for that reason  ,thank you for all your help with the links

Edited October 24, 2015 by milkmaid

[Lauren]

Yeah, not really enjoying the disappointed tone from some that there wasn't more destruction....

[doctormog]

I think the fact that the area with the most intense winds was relatively narrow has been a blessing but I would wait until it has cleared the region completely before drawing many conclusions about its impact, especially re. flooding (and interaction with Colima's ash?)

Either way it has been a fascinating situation meteorologically.

Edited October 24, 2015 by doctormog

[bobbydog]

Guys, it may have been the strongest hurricane because it possibly had 5 minutes worth of 150 mph winds but it didn't cause no where near as much damage as Katrina or Haiyan so it's not the worst Hurricane ever. Fact.

no-one said it was the worst hurricane ever. it was the strongest recorded ever. you sound like you wanted devastation from this storm. the FACTS are, it hit less populated areas than previous big hurricanes. evacuation or preparation procedures seem to have worked well. there was no huge storm surge which would have caused casualties and damage. topography played a big part- mountains helped reduce the storm strength more quickly. there is still a major risk from flooding and landslides.

to be disappointed that it didnt destroy thousands of homes and kill thousands of people is a little thoughtless dont you think william?

apparently you still have a lot of growing up to do...