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Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:55 am
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SO THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED AND IT IS ALMOST A DIRECT QUOTE:
1. " You have to remember the bad storms in PV are almost always in Oct. near the end of the rainy season. The ones in Sept. just blow right on by." We all know the bay is protected and Kenna (which, that's right was in Oct) did all the damage from the storm surge, not from the wind or coming ashore.
2. "They close the entire bay to all shipping/boating traffic when it is passing by and the majority of the time it is just as calm and smooth as can be."
3. "Two days later when they open the bay to all shipping and boating traffic it is as rough and windy as can be".....Go figure!!! I take that to mean there is not the calm right after the storm with hurricanes in PV, at least not boating wise.
So that was my lesson on Hurricanes in PV as told by someone who has lived in PV his entire life.
Not to say they should not take precautions, just what normally happens in Sept vs. what happens in Oct. with regards to hurricanes in PV vs. what the news tells you.
Statistics:Posted by katnsocal — Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:36 pm
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THe locals did take it very seriously...moving everyone to rooms away from the bay, all chairs away from beach and pools, raising the sea wall at the resort, tape on windows throughout the village and well planned evacuation retreats etc.....it's just that nothing happened!
What I learned: went to get some bottled water (in case of power outage) and candles...there was plenty of water but the only candle was a glade 4 scent aromatic...there was no way I was going to ride out a storm with a glade christmas stench in the bunker (shifting later to whatever Easter smells like...) I also passed on the birthday candles....Moral: pack a candle when going to tropical storm areas ...for that matter maybe make it a regular item to have in the suitcase.
..and an aside: loved PV but the whole Nuevo Vallarta was more like being at a shopping mall/resort somewhere in So. Cal.
Statistics:Posted by coolchange — Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:01 pm
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Looks like all is well again in Puerto Vallarta. The eye is long gone, and now the chance of winds over 39mph in Puerto Vallarta is only 7%. Let's get back to having fun! :D[/quote]
Well -
Thank you for posting this =)
I've got a flight arriving in PV on Saturday, and I was pretty much freaking out and panicing expecting to be landing into a national disaster and shipped right back home.
I guess a bit of a silver lining behind this hurricane is the calm after storms?
//never been south of 50 ;P
Statistics:Posted by JPSenior — Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:18 am
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"Hurricane John Lashes Puerto Vallarta"
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Intern ... 5-sun.html
According to them, they reported this story actually from Puerto Vallarta too. I guess it's not just the American publications that like to make things up.
Looks like all is well again in Puerto Vallarta. The eye is long gone, and now the chance of winds over 39mph in Puerto Vallarta is only 7%. Let's get back to having fun!
Statistics:Posted by Johann&Sandra — Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:14 pm
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The locals are reporting dead calm, clouds, a sprinkle of rain.
Statistics:Posted by Jennybean — Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:40 pm
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Greetings
Mogens
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:11 pm
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CNN reports:
Some coastal communities in Jalisco state, where Puerto Vallarta is located, were being evacuated because of their proximity to two dams, state authorities said.
Statistics:Posted by tandr2 — Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:57 pm
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What are all these people gonna do.
You do understand that the eye of that hurricane, ie the thing that would do the most damage, is almost 200 miles away from the city of PV in open ocean, which is nestled back in the centre of that bay? The city is over two hours away from the mouth of the bay and open ocean, it's not like they're fully exposed!The city and its people for the most part are well prepared I'm hearing. Emergency services are on standby, windows are being taped up, emergency shelters set just in case, schools and businesses are closed and inventory stored away elsewhere. They are as prepared as they can be, and from the local's posts, they obviously still have power - and yet no rain.
Let's not think this is going to be another Katrina, folks. No need to get crazy. If they were in any kind of severe danger from the eye of that storm rather than just the likelihood of being hit by strong winds and rain, they would have been evacuating by now. They aren't. National Hurricane Centre is showing PV as being hit by winds under 45mph when this passes. To be hurricane strength, they have to be over 73mph.
I would be much more concerned about the people in Cabo, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan and La Paz, where the winds are predicted to be over 100mph in some areas.
Take a deep breath and relax. None of my local friends are panicking (they're watching and waiting, concerned of course, but nobody's freaking out and heading for higher ground with a pack burro, let's keep some perspective here), so if they aren't panicking, neither am I.
Statistics:Posted by Jennybean — Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:44 pm
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Greetings
Mogens
Statistics:Posted by webmaster — Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:37 pm
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Statistics:Posted by chico98 — Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:59 pm
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I don't want to even look at that radar, it makes me so sad. What are all these people gonna do.Statistics:Posted by Youarethere — Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:46 pm
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