[movermike] movermike: Hurricane Lane Is Battering Mazatlan

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Posted by movermike:
Hurricane Lane Is Battering Mazatlan
http://www.movermike.com/posts/1158428743.shtml


   Category Three Hurricane:

     Winds 111-130 mph (96-113 kt or 178-209 km/hr). Storm surge
     generally 9-12 ft above normal. Some structural damage to small
     residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall
     failures. Damage to shrubbery and trees with foliage blown off
     trees and large trees blown down. Mobile homes and poorly
     constructed signs are destroyed. Low-lying escape routes are cut by
     rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the center of the
     hurricane. Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with
     larger structures damaged by battering from floating debris.
     Terrain continuously lower than 5 ft above mean sea level may be
     flooded inland 8 miles (13 km) or more. Evacuation of low-lying
     residences with several blocks of the shoreline may be required.

   According to the National Hurricane Center winds are now sustained at
   125 mph and could strengthen further prior to landfall!

   In addition. [1]Tropical Depression FOURTEEN-E has formed in the
   Pacific off the coast of Mexico and south of Cabo.

   [2]Hurricane Lane [3]Mazatlan [4]Tropical Depression FOURTEEN-Ee
   [5]Mover Mike

References

   1. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml
   2. http://technorati.com/tag/Hurricane+Lane
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Mazatlan
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Tropical+Depression+FOURTEEN-E
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/Mover+Mike