The island's U.S. military and contractors have been evacuated. Here's the expected path:
Posted on 08/30/2006 10:39:07 AM PDT by RDTF
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Hurricane John has become a dangerous Category 4 storm and is likely to strengthen further while traveling closer to Mexico's Pacific coast than previously thought, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.
Packing maximum sustained winds of 135 mph, and gusts up to 161 mph, John was already lashing some areas with heavy winds and rain from its outer bands.
Hurricane-force winds were likely to begin raking beaches south of Puerto Vallarta late Wednesday, then come close to hitting land early Thursday. The storm should then nick Los Cabos at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula on Friday before heading out to sea, the center said.
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As they come north they hit cooler waters and start dying out.
Gotta scare the Americans somehow!
The weather people seemed so deflated that Ernesto did not respond to all their cheerleading and produce a satisfying amount of death and destruction. Those people are ghouls.
Looks like moisture from John will bring much-needed rain to Texas over the next few days!
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