"Moderate Risk" to lives and property in Monterrey after hundreds of miles across land and mountains?
I don't think so.

The remnants of Katrina spawned a tornado in Virginia, damaging at least 13 homes

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

 

Good news. That storm is supposed to be in Monterrey Saturday night and NOAA says: "Once the storm moves inland tonight, it will weaken rapidly with winds by Saturday morning down to tropical storm force."

Presto. Not a hurricane 12 hours before it eats Monterrey.
Practice floating, in case the rain doesn't calm down.

Or rather white water rafting. Monterey is split by a very large river that's almost always completely dry... except when a hurricane gets here.

https://www.google.com/search?site=...j4.64.mobile-gws-hp..11.32.6891.3.yhxgeqzOChQ

 

Finally rain in southern California.
http://kron4.com/2015/10/16/southern-california-i-5-blocked-in-flash-flooding-mud-slides/
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/10/16/chp-5-freeway-remains-closed-due-to-mudslides-in-castaic/

So Albert Hammond was lying?

 

Here we are the next day at noon and the winds in Monterrey are 35 MPH (gusting to 45 MPH). That's what I mean by not being much of a hurricane after crossing hundreds of miles of land and mountains. I see Martinez logged in 3 hours ago, so the electricity still works. Expecting him to say whether he is under water at this time.

 

Here we are the next day at noon and the winds in Monterrey are 35 MPH (gusting to 45 MPH). That's what I mean by not being much of a hurricane after crossing hundreds of miles of land and mountains. I see Martinez logged in 3 hours ago, so the electricity still works. Expecting him to say whether he is under water at this time.

Just got back here a few minutes ago. Arrived from Brownsville, Tx, from which I logged in this morning. The road was heavy with rain at several points, but all that weather originated in the Gulf of Mexico, and not the pacific. It's still not truly raining at this moment in Monterrey, just a few drizzles here and there. We're not expecting Patricia's heavy stuff until tonight after around 7 pm

 

Arrived from Brownsville, Tx,

You sure cross the border a lot!
When I tried to leave Tijuana (30 years ago), it took about 4 hours to get past the border guards.
I suppose you have learned how to do it much more efficiently than some gringo turista.

Keep us posted on the water levels!

 

I see Martinez logged in 3 hours ago, so the electricity still works.

Means nothing. I ran my internet (and my business) off my car battery for a week after Wilma. Breakfast was pancakes on the gas grill each morning.

Glad to hear he is OK though.

 

I ran my internet (and my business) off my car battery for a week after Wilma.

How did you get a supply of power to your Internet Service Provider?
Maybe they already have their own batteries and generators?

That would be very convenient. No lights in the city but the Internet still works!

 

How did you get a supply of power to your Internet Service Provider?

I don't supply my ISP with power...they seem to get their own, somehow.

At the time, it was AT&T. Even though we had no electric, the phone still worked. I keep an old phone-line-powered phone around exactly for that purpose.

Edit: and a battery-powered AM radio.

 

You sure cross the border a lot!
When I tried to leave Tijuana (30 years ago), it took about 4 hours to get past the border guards.
I suppose you have learned how to do it much more efficiently than some gringo turista.

Keep us posted on the water levels!

Maybe @cmartinez uses one of El Chapo's tunnels. They seem to be very efficient with no waiting.

 

Well, it seems that Patricia was much ado about nothing... fortunately. My friends at Manzanillo were affected, but in no way was it a catastrophe. And here in Monterrey, it rained a bit more than usual, but that was it. @joeyd999, thanks for your concern about my well being... I always knew you had it in you

And yes, I do have to travel to the U.S. quite frequently since my line of work demands it. The trick to avoiding long lines at the border (other than tunnels) is to leave town in the morning, so as to get there by noon. Long waiting lines always happen at the beginning and at the end of the day, especially on weekends.

 

Well, it seems that Patricia was much ado about nothing.

Happy about that!
"Moderate risk to lives and property"? Makes me wonder if the present weather guessers are a computer program, this year's crop of newgrads, or this year's crop of newgrads reading out the results of a computer program.

 

I think it was more a matter of luck. Patricia caused the usual havoc, mud slides, flooding and power outages, but in a sparsely populated area. So in the human experience, it didn't make a huge impact. Also, the strongest winds only extended 15 miles or so beyone the eye, so it was a small, albeit powerful storm.

It's a crap shoot with these storms. Some of the most destructive hurricanes were relatively mild in terms of strength, but hit populated areas and caused widespread damage.

 

I didn't make a big show about it here on the forum, but 2 months ago I bought a new house; My first house.

It's rained here constantly for the past 24hrs and I found out that my septic system gets full of rainwater and my toilets won't flush. I think I'm going to set a toilet out in the yard and just do my business there. I could put it on wheels so I never shit in the same spot twice.

 

I think it was more a matter of luck. It's a crap shoot with these storms.

That makes my guess look really lucky. It probably doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I have been betting my life that I could judge when to run from a hurricane for the last 45 years.

 

It's rained here constantly for the past 24hrs and I found out that my septic system gets full of rainwater and my toilets won't flush.

Sounds like a a job for AllAboutPlumbing!

 

That makes my guess look really lucky. It probably doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I have been betting my life that I could judge when to run from a hurricane for the last 45 years.

My issue is, I've had damage caused by "remnant" hurricanes, despite living 300+ miles from the coast. The remnants of tropical strom Dan blew a tree on my house near where I sleep, puncturing the roof. All I predict about storms is they are unpredictable.

 

When I tried to leave Tijuana (30 years ago), it took about 4 hours to get past the border guards.

Somehow, I can picture that and what I see makes me chuckle.

 

Somehow, I can picture that and what I see makes me chuckle.

Ees true, senior. Many times I passed for Mexican when I lived in L.A.

 

Ees true, senior. Many times I passed for Mexican when I lived in L.A.

I'm betting the grimace you made when you first tried menudo gave you away