¡Otra Vez! Huracán con ZIHsmo

10-31-2023

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.

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