Hurricane OTIS Landfall at Acapulco Mexico

[-Chris-]

Late yesterday a tropical storm intensified into a Category 5 hurricane in well under 24 hours in one of the most rapid storm intensifications in recorded history. 

 

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2023/ep18/ep182023.discus.012.shtml?

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A nightmare scenario is unfolding for southern Mexico this evening
with rapidly intensifying Otis approaching the coastline.

 

I’m concerned about our friends in the Acapulco area having gone to sleep anticipating a small storm and waking up to needing to evacuate due to intense hurricane force winds and flooding. I’m sure the brothers are on top of notifying and helping the friends but they would have had little time.

[CHecker]

This was just now on my news feed

https://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-otis-expected-landfall-near-031019660.html

Hurricane Otis unleashed a “nightmare scenario” on Acapulco in southern Mexico Wednesday morning after the storm rapidly intensified into a Category 5 just bef...

 

It's already a tragedy, they've never had a storm of this magnitude nor any time to protect themselves 😯

Edited October 25, 2023 by bagwell1987

[BLEmom]

Glad you posted. Was watching the news a bit ago and wondering if anyone on the board knows what is going on locally. 

[CHecker]

This is a channel I watch for weather reports.

 

 

[Desert Dan]

Let's all remember to keep the brothers in our prayers.   Just yet another life-changing event for some of our brothers.   Notice how many things are "unprecedented" in recent years in this system relative to many different situations, not just weather!

[Dustparticle]

46 minutes ago, Desert Dan said:

Let's all remember to keep the brothers in our prayers.   Just yet another life-changing event for some of our brothers.   Notice how many things are "unprecedented" in recent years in this system relative to many different situations, not just weather!

Not just our brothers and sisters. Not one soul deserves this. They had no warning, if so it was very short. 

[Rodejong]

3 hours ago, Dustparticle said:

Not just our brothers and sisters. Not one soul deserves this. They had no warning, if so it was very short. 

They were warned though yesterday that it would become a strong hurricane, But I doubt they knew it was a Cat 5.

This is horrific.

 

We had a strong storm last weekend here in Denmark, where large freight ships were thrown over the harbour barriers a few 100 meters on shore. That was almost a Cat 1.

This is so much stronger that it put's everything in perspective.

 

I always pray for al people, but especially for our friends.

 

 

[daydream]

2 hours ago, Rodejong said:

large freight ships were thrown over the harbour barriers a few 100 meters on shore. That was almost a Cat 1.

This is so much stronger that it put's everything in perspective.

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Water levels in several Danish towns exceeded their normal height by more than 2 meters (7 feet), levels normally only reached once every 100 years, according to Denmark's DMI weather service.

"We are having to clear large quantities of water from the towns, especially in southern Jutland," Martin Vendelbo of the Danish Emergency Management Agency told the Ritzau news agency.

Fishing boats were left stranded or about to sink in the port town of Rodvig, according to photos from Danish media.

 

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-storm-babet-triggers-power-northern.html

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Edited October 26, 2023 by Imagine

[CHecker]

Wow!!! And just one more catastrophic event. My 🙏 for all of us. 

[Loopy]

I can’t believe when they said gusts over 200 mph. 😳😳😳

 

Wow!

[booboo]

Just saw a report on the Weather Channel, so far 27 deaths.  Praying for our brothers and sisters who live in that area.  Hope we get a report soon

[-Chris-]

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/trying-to-make-sense-of-why-otis-exploded-en-route-to-acapulco-this-week/

 

Nice article on why forecasters missed this one so badly.

 

And yes, the friends and all the residents are on our mind. 

[CHecker]

In one of the posted articles it said that they went to bed with a minor tropical storm, not so unusual, but awoke to a Category 5! News reports say it hit at 1:25 CDT, so they literally were blasted awake.

[CHecker]