Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa Message Board - Hurricane NOT expected

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JoAnna — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:25:51 +0000

From what I've seen, Miguel is a beautiful person inside as well as out!

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ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:46:54 +0000

If you click on my Facebook link at the bottom of the page you'll see a video I just shared of the downtown beach that was posted by a friend. Now it's getting real dark out even though the sun doesn't set for another hour. I expect it's fixing to rain real good.

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jodymaryk — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:38:24 +0000

Thanks for all of the updates!

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ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:19:56 +0000

All of a sudden it's begun to rain and the wind is blowing it sideways. Not looking good at the moment outdoors. Just when we thought the coast was clear!

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ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:51:18 +0000

We seemed to have dodged that bullet except for the folks on the open ocean who again have taken a pounding with super high surf. The surf was so high in the bay that it almost washed over into the street. It reached all the way to the buildings along my end of the beach: from the museum to Tata's restaurant. It almost took out the palapa at Casa Arcadia, which still isn't out of the woods yet. So if it was that bad for us in the bay then all the folks along the open ocean at Playa Larga, Playa Blanca, Playa El Palmar, and all the way to Troncones and Saladita must be dealing with quite a bit of damage.

On a lighter note, our ahijado Miguel "Tarzan" Galván rescued three lovely Brazilian tourists who'd been caught in the undertow at Playa La Ropa while playing in the surf. Out of all the lifeguards and other folks on the beach he was the only one with the courage to actually enter the water when the damsels appeared in distress. I'm not surprised in the least that he would do so.

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Sun Seeker — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 18:07:16 +0000

Thank goodness. You're all in my prayers. Kim

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ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:12:30 +0000

It looks like it's taken a bit of a westward turn. Rain is currently light and intermittent and there's hardly a breeze.

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midalake — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:48:40 +0000

"Farther south in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Polo formed off southern Mexico Tuesday evening. It was centered 235 miles (375 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph), and was moving northwest parallel to the coast at 12 mph (19 kph). The hurricane center predicted that Polo could become a hurricane by Wednesday night."

That still puts this off Z/Ixtapa

Dave

It's predicted to be much closer to Colima and Jalisco by 11:00pm tonight when it is expected to become a hurricane. This is pretty much the same thing that happened with Norbert and Odile.

Well that's good because the 12mph movement is slow. I hope it does go north before going full hurricane.

Dave

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ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:44:03 +0000

"Farther south in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Polo formed off southern Mexico Tuesday evening. It was centered 235 miles (375 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph), and was moving northwest parallel to the coast at 12 mph (19 kph). The hurricane center predicted that Polo could become a hurricane by Wednesday night."

That still puts this off Z/Ixtapa

Dave

It's predicted to be much closer to Colima and Jalisco by 11:00pm tonight when it is expected to become a hurricane. This is pretty much the same thing that happened with Norbert and Odile.

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midalake — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:34:50 +0000

"Farther south in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Polo formed off southern Mexico Tuesday evening. It was centered 235 miles (375 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph (85 kph), and was moving northwest parallel to the coast at 12 mph (19 kph). The hurricane center predicted that Polo could become a hurricane by Wednesday night."

That still puts this off Z/Ixtapa

Dave

Tropical Storm Polo is here (reply)

ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:23:16 +0000

Here are the expected winds.

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jodymaryk — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:10:11 +0000

Keeping everyone down there in my prayers! Hoping this will be the last storm for a while as I know everyone is!

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ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 14:02:53 +0000

Thanks, Dave.

The eye of the storm is expected to pass about 270 km off our coast around 2:00pm, about the same didtance as from here to Acapulco, and the current highest wind gusts registered in the center of the storm are around 80 kph.

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midalake — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:39:04 +0000

Buckle-up

Might be a bumpy ride............

Dave

Tropical Storm Polo is here

ZihuaRob — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:32:59 +0000

The third in a series of back-to-back tropical storms/hurricanes has arrived to the coast of the Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa region. It's currently raining lightly in downtown Zihuatanejo and classes were canceled at all the local schools. Everyone is a bit anxious because this storm is a little closer to the coast than the last one, and heavy-to-torrential rains are predicted for the coast of Guerrero, according to the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

Hold on and enjoy the ride everyone! Be careful and help your neighbors.