Hurricane Rick's a-comin!

Living here, we monitor the weather sites, and have our own weather station.

Although we don't expect a "serious" event, who the f..k knows what will occur!!

We took a bit of time this afternoon and took down all of our hanging things, glass, plant and just general ornamental stuff. We also have a few banners and other things that hang. We decided to take them down today so that if/when it arrives, we can concentrate on serious things, like potted plants. Our outdoor furniture is easy to grab in the dark in the wind. We used to do it regularly in So Califorina, but it was cold then, and here it won't be. We have a plan.

The weather here is fun!!! We live in the tropics and have planned for extreme weather. It looks like this won't be a BIG one, but we are ready.

We hope to hit the beach early Saturday, at our usual 6am, and go from there, weather permitting. If not, we'll try to get out every morning.

This one might not be much fun, but at least it isn't expected to get stronger than a Cat 1, though I wouldn't be surprised if it strengthened to a 2 as it slows down right in front of us. We're going to get the worst part of the winds directly along our coast since we'll get the eastern side of the storm where the winds are worse.

Notice this slightly more recent map tracks it a little further west than the previous. A good sign.

We held hands on line with BFF's on Kauai when Iniki hit them in the 90's.

Fortunately, she has been advising us for the last 2 days and watching our weather.

We had a LOVELY paddle this morning, no swim due to the half inch of rain the last two nights, we try to avoid heavy potential bacterial dumps.

We have spent the day battening down the hatches so to speak. Everything, as far as we can tell, is now either inside or grouped together in corners so they don't fly around, especially through windows. We realize that we will likely lose a window or two and have shoes and gloves ready.

We have also moved a few things, think dog food/treats and liquor, into our secure apartment so that if we have to hide out, we can. Oh yeah, food and ice too!

Hopefully the world is prepared, weather permitting we will go to breakfast tomorrow morning and then finish breaking down our outside kitchen.

It will be interesting, hopefully others will be as prepared as we hope to think we are.

Each map that comes out shows the predicted landfall of Hurricane Rick closer and closer to Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa and Troncones. Along the coast winds are expected to reach 150 kph with gusts up to 185 kph. Yeah. Expect torrential rains, large waves and beach erosion along the coast facing the open ocean. It's gonna be a long night. Prepare yourselves and stay safe.

There’s a lot of low-lying properties in Troncones. I’m thinking of the beachfront restaurants right in “downtown” Troncones. Then vacation places like Casa Gregorios, Posada Eden, Racqueros, etc. I’m hoping the best for all of those folks.

When we bought our lot in Troncones, I said I wanted it the be meters above high tide and with big lava rocks in front to break any large waves, so that if I read of a hurricane when I was in Canada, I wouldn’t worry. Being in the Troncones house right now, I guess I’ll be seeing how the theory works out in practice.

I’ve moved all of the outdoor furniture indoors into a bedroom and bathroom that aren’t in use. The kitchen counter is bare. (It’s interesting how a comal looks insignificant until one thinks of it flying around a room at 180 km/hour.)

Now to find the flashlights.