10-31-2023

2. My question for anyone who has a useful reply is:
What would or should happen here in Z, IF a hurricane or other severe weather problem advisory is given in 48 hours or less time, that alerts the population of an imminent weather event on the level of severity as "OTIS " was?

A Cat 5 is complete destruction. Zih would have the same issues. If at all possible, get the hell of town before it hits!!!
You won't have anything left anyway, but you will have your life!

EXCERPT from post by ZRob-->

https://youtu.be/nUg9Lw86tFA

Here I am! We're all okay! Thanks for asking. Oh wait...

" Zihuatanejenses have rarely if ever been so grateful for what we have! Zihuatanejo dodged another bullet! All my friends and neighbors are walking around almost in a daze trying to digest what happened to Acapulco and how close we came to suffering that fate. We barely even got any rain or breeze from the largest hurricane to ever hit Guerrero in recorded history, though we were expecting the worst."

1. I frequently don't put much creedence in the weather advisories for Z, due to the fact that it seems that Z is "protected", & miraculously, [(possibly for it's topography, &/or another reason(s)?], as it typically, more often than not, turns out EXACTLY as you noted, be it in this case a hurricane, or another meteorological event,
either they don't even materialize, or are of a lesser intensity than predicted--->

"We barely even got any rain or breeze from the largest hurricane to ever hit Guerrero in recorded history, though we were expecting the worst."

At any rate, the Otis event is a good warning and reminder, to put credibility in storm warnings, and take the advice and recommendations accordingly.

2a. My question for anyone who has a useful reply is:
What would or should happen here in Z, IF a hurricane or other severe weather problem advisory is given in 48 hours or less time, that alerts the population of an imminent weather event on the level of severity as "OTIS " was?

2b. What is the maximum amount of time that a population in an area could be warned about a probable or imminent Cat5 Hurricane?

UPDATE:
The info in the link addresses the question 2b above.
There is no one fixed amount of time for warning about a hurricane.

https://www.weather.gov/about/warnings-issuance-process

Adding on a side note:
The same or even worse damage could have been done with a severe sismo, in which NO WARNINGS are given.
At least with weather trouble, if one heeds the advice, & leaves the area, there is a chance to get by and survive,
vs in a sismo that advantage does not exist.

¡Cuidemos nuestro patrimonio!

Hola
Well, we really dodged a bullet getting here. Flew from Vancouver at 6 am Wednesday to Calgary. - 16C and lots of snow there. Arrived at Zihua at 3pm. No problem, only slight turbulence. Great landing. Sorry for all the folks in Acapulco.

Glad to read you're "back home." First time since....? Same place?
We hope to be there in Jan/Feb.
We're in Varadero right now. I'll take La Ropa or Playa Larga anytime.

Don and Joanne

Here I am! We're all okay! Thanks for asking. Oh wait...

Zihuatanejenses have rarely if ever been so grateful for what we have! Zihuatanejo dodged another bullet! All my friends and neighbors are walking around almost in a daze trying to digest what happened to Acapulco and how close we came to suffering that fate. We barely even got any rain or breeze from the largest hurricane to ever hit Guerrero in recorded history, though we were expecting the worst. Of course, the 4.4 sismo trepidatorio Wednesday morning shook us out of our stupor, and reality set in. Since most of us had no internet access at all until about 1:30 a.m. this Thursday morning, many of us were glued to news programs on TV and radio to find out what happened to our beautiful Acapulco. Our streets were empty. Many shops and stores were closed. And the news programs seemed to all repeat the same horrifying video clips of a barely recognizable Acapulco cut off from the outside world, and no news at all of anyplace else. Técpan. Atoyac. Coyuca de Benítez. Today with the restoration of internet services, the horrors are becoming known and we are agonizing for the catastrophic suffering of our neighbors down the coast.

It will likely take Acapulco at least ten years just to recover and get back to where they were before Huracán Otis. Many structures will likely remain in ruins for decades. Their tourism industry will take years if not decades to recover. Locals are gathering and collecting aid packages to send to our brothers and sisters in communities down the coast and in the sierra. If you would like to make a donation, please visit the Cruz Roja Mexicana de Zihuatanejo. Their info can be found on my Community Notices & Events page.

I had no internet access shortly after signing off here on Tuesday evening, so I was unable to post any messages here or elsewhere. I'm surprised at some of the comments I've read, and even more surprised by what wasn't mentioned. But most of all, like my neighbors and the rest of my family, I'm just glad that I woke up in a Zihuatanejo that looks "normal", with everything in place. A few tourists out'n'about. Locals doing their morning things. A calm and beautiful bay under a bright sunny sky. We are so fortunate that the hurricane missed us entirely. No gusting breezes. No torrential rains. No roofless homes. No looters running around in the streets. Our services work. Our roads are passable from here to the interior cities as well as north along the coast and south to Petatlán. Our airport is open. Our beaches have people sunbathing and exercising on them. We feel like the luckiest people in the world today.

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¡Cuidemos nuestro patrimonio!
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#NoQueremosBlueFlagEnLasPlayas
#PreservemosPlayaManzanillo

Muy poca gente paseando en el Paseo del Pescador Zihuatanejo la noche de miércoles.

Pescadores aprovechan del clima perfecto y una bahía tranquila la mañana de jueves para buscar algo de comer.