Speaking of Weather...

Take a look at this graphic from the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Tropical storm Manuel is coming up the west coast of Mexico while tropical storm Ingrid is projected to hang a left and turn inland from the east coast. This could be interesting...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_ep3+shtml/174920.shtml?tswind120#contents

The Canadian Consulate issued this warning yesterday:

INFORMATION FOR CANADIAN CITIZENS

You are receiving this email because you are registered with the Government of Canada's Registration of Canadians Abroad Service. Please share the following important information with all the Canadian citizens in your area.

Tropical Storms INGRID and MANUEL have both developed off the east and west coast of Mexico respectively and are expected to make landfall within the next 36 and 24 hours. Both storms are to produce wind speeds of at least 55km per hour. Please note that the storms will join in central Mexico.
Storms of this size have the potential to bring heavy rainfall, increasing the risk of localized flash flooding and landslides in mountainous and/or coastal regions.

The key to hurricane or tropical storm protection is preparation. We encourage you and your family to review your personal safety practices.

By taking sensible measures before, during and after a hurricane, many lives can be saved and property damage averted.

A hurricane preparedness plan includes three basic elements that are important in the threat of any severe weather event: 1) maintain a disaster or emergency supply kit; 2) secure your home and property; and 3) have a safe place to go in the event of an evacuation or prolonged utility outage.

Stay well informed by listening to the latest warnings and advisories on the radio, television, or web sites. Hurricane Centres will issue and update these when necessary. It is also important to follow the advice of local authorities and emergency response personnel.

Note that the contact information for Protección Civil authorities is as
follows:

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We are definitely watching Manuel.  It's aimed at Colima now but they keep moving it north

Tropical Storms Ingrid and Manuel: Extreme Rainfall Threats for Mexico

Extremely dangerous Tropical Storm Ingrid is near hurricane strength as it heads northwards over the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico's Bay of Campeche. Ingrid is embedded in a very moist environment, making it the most dangerous Atlantic Tropical Cyclone of 2013 thus far, due to its rainfall potential. The storm is already bringing sporadic heavy rains to the Eastern Mexican coast near Tampico, but the storm's heaviest rains remain offshore, as seen on Mexican radar. Satellite loops show that Ingrid is steadily growing in size, and the storm's heavy thunderstorms have cold cloud tops that reach high into the atmosphere. The Hurricane Hunters found 70 mph surface winds in Ingrid Saturday morning. Moderate wind shear of 15 - 20 knots is interfering with development, but ocean temperatures are a very warm 29 - 29.5°C (84 - 85°F).

At the same time that Ingrid is making landfall, Tropical Storm Manuel will be bringing similar rainfall amounts to the other side of Mexico. This morning's 2 am EDT run of the experimental GFDL ensemble model predicted that a large area of Mexico is at high risk of 8+ inches of rain due to the combined effects of Ingrid and Manuel. The greatest danger is on the Pacific side in Oaxaca State, where the combined effects of the circulations of the two storms will pull a flow of very moist air upwards over the mountains, creating torrential rains. The Mexican Weather Service has already received a report of about 8 inches of rain in eastern Mexican state of Oaxaca due to Manuel's rains. The massive rains that will fall in Mexico from this one-two punch of extremely wet tropical storms will cause an extremely dangerous and expensive flood disaster in Mexico.

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2522

I hope we get buckets of rain. The air has been so still lately, not much breeze. .

not domingo por favor-i wanna ride the beezer

Get the candles and flashlights ready

I am ready. Went to the market and got cash from the ATM, extra water, a new flashlight, limes and a bottle of tequila.  

Lady Otter Latté wrote:I am ready. Went to the market and got cash from the ATM, extra water, a new flashlight, limes and a bottle of tequila.  

  sounds like a seasoned storm watcher

Si.  

i have a lime tree and never run out of tequila or mezcal

A person with a lime tree is a valuable asset to the community. Now we all know where to seek shelter from the storm if necessary.

Aye...it cures the scurvy that be in all of us.

Hurricane, Tropical Storm Combine To Kill 20 In Mexico

Hurricane Ingrid and Tropical Storm Manuel triggered rain, landslides and floods on Mexico's east and west coasts Sunday, killing at least 20 people and forcing thousands to evacuate before landfall.

Manuel made landfall on the Pacific side while Ingrid, a category one hurricane, was expected to reach the coast on the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, but they had already swollen rivers, flooded streets and damaged bridges.

State-run energy firm Pemex evacuated three oil platforms off the Gulf coast of the northeastern state of Tamaulipas and shut down 24 wells, the company said on its Twitter account.

On the Pacific coast, Manuel was weakening after making landfall near the Colima state town of Manzanillo, packing top winds of almost 50 miles (85 kilometers) per hour as it moved northwest, the US hurricane center said in a 2100 GMT advisory.

The storms were blamed for at least 14 deaths in the southwestern state of Guerrero and six in the central states of Puebla and Hidalgo, officials said.

In Guerrero, more than 2,000 people left their homes while 21,000 households were without power, state civil protection official Constantino Gonzales Vargas told AFP.

Of the 14 fatalities, six people were killed on Saturday when their van's driver lost control due to a lack of visibility and a slippery road on their way to the resort city of Acapulco, he said.

Six others died in landslides and the collapse of walls in three Guerrero towns. Two more people drowned when they were swept away by a swollen river in the state capital Chilpancingo.

Water rose as high as three feet (one meter) in parts of Acapulco, dragging cars away, while the road leading to the international airport's terminal was closed.

The city's port was shut to navigation and a warning was issued against recreational use of beaches. Two men who sailed away were reported missing.

Manuel was 15 miles (20 kilometers) north of Manzanillo and was expected to dissipate on Monday, but it was expected to produce life-threatening surf and coastal flooding, the Miami-based hurricane center said.

As Hurricane Ingrid crept toward the east coast, three people, including a 16-year-old boy, were killed in a landslide in Tlatlauquitepec, a mountain town in the central state of Puebla.

In the central state of Hidalgo, a nurse and her driver drowned when their car was swept away by a overflowing river as they headed to a mountain area heavily affected by days of rain, civil protection officials said.

Another woman died when a landslide struck her home.

The hurricane had already forced the evacuation of 6,000 people in the east coast state of Veracruz after two rivers overflowed their banks.

The US National Hurricane Center said at 2100 GMT that Ingrid's outer rain bands were nearing the Gulf coast and that it could slightly strengthen early Monday before reaching the coast.

The storm's center was 110 miles (175 kilometers) east of Tampico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour.

The forecasters also said Ingrid was expected to trigger a storm surge of as much as five feet (1.5 meters), with "large and destructive waves."

http://news.yahoo.com/tropical-storm-ingrid-becomes-hurricane-us-forecasters-211009349.html

Manzanillo?? That means Melaque is getting Walloped again...

Keep your head down Sparks

We got neither wind or much rain. It must have gone around us

sparks wrote:We got neither wind or much rain.   It must have gone around us

Glad to hear that!

So when is this rain going to stop?